Geography Teachers' Association of Singapore

22/06/2025

GTA SG is honoured to be hosted by the MRC Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR during our overseas fieldtrip this June 2025. It was a day of deep learning, insightful exchanges and we took home rich knowledge and (re)newed understandings on the latest developments at the Mekong River.

27/09/2024

Open to all Geog Teachers!
ST/LT Professional Learning Session II
From UnEarthing to Translating the Singapore Cluster

Are you thinking of how to sequence and teach the SG cluster in interesting ways?

Has it occurred to you that the Geography in Everyday Life cluster for Humanities Geography 2260. can draw relevance from the SG cluster?

Since the SG cluster NLC's launch in July 2024,members have applied Concept-based Teaching, creating innovative T&L resources and lessons.
Join the members as they share their insights with you.

Date: 11 October, Friday
Time: 2.30 - 5.00 p.m.
Venue: 2 Malan Road, Academy of Singapore Teachers, TR 11

Sign up below! Closing date: 2 October 2024.

Registration link: https://go.gov.sg/stlt2-geog-2024

24/03/2024

Have you registered ?
We are fast approaching the maximum number of participants for this Geo PD event, so do sign up if you haven’t! Remember, priority will be given to GTA members, so sign up as a member of .sg today 😀

Link for membership sign up: https://tinyurl.com/gtamembershipsignup

13/03/2024

Watch this space! (Upcoming GTA members only events)

GTA is pleased to organise two upcoming events for our members only in April and May 2024!

If you are keen and interested to attend the event, do sign up as a GTA member via https://tinyurl.com/gtamembershipsignup and upon confirmation you will get to enjoy free access to these events for geography educators in SG!

Info on the events will be sent via email to our GTA members only!

Hope to see you then!

Yours sincerely

Geography Teachers’ Association of Singapore

19/10/2023

11/09/2023

Wishing all GTA members and Geography educators A Happy Teachers’ Day!

26/06/2023

Hi Teachers! GTA's Jalan Jalan series is happening right around the coming long weekend! Ms Madeline Chen will be guiding this walk, and it’s a family friendly one; you are welcome to bring along your family members/kids in tow 🙂

There are still placings to make up a comfortable medium size group. So if you are interested, and are a GTA member, please sign up for this walk (via QR code below) and meet at the Mangrove Gallery to take in that fresh morning air!

Field Trip 2: Visit to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Date: 3 July 2023 (Monday)
Time: 8.45 am (Meet at Mangrove Gallery)
Venue: Sungei Buloh Wetland Visitor Centre | near car park along Kranji Way

Address: 60 Kranji Way, Singapore 739453

Notes: There is a level of mobility needed to walk the trails. The trails are stroller-friendly if you want to bring young children but will need some work carrying them up some flights of stairs in some parts.

If you just happen to be there.... Walk along with Madeline! Hope to see you!

23/05/2023

GTA is happy to partner Green Nudge again (after our successful Bedok Sustainability Trail!) this June to offer a walking trail in Woodlands conceptualised around the idea of sustainable transport. This is especially of relevance to those of us teaching the Lower Secondary syllabus (Topic 2.2 Transport Systems).

We will be having 2 runs of this trail this coming June holidays.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Appreciate and understand the eco-features that are built into our transport system and how we can make greener transport choices.
2. Develop an understanding of how our multi-modal public transport can help combat climate change and how improvements in our transport system can help us make the right choices to reduce our carbon footprint.

Details:
Dates: 5 June (Mon), 13 June (Tue)
Time: 9.30am to 11.15am
Duration: 1 h 45 mins
Trail Start Point: Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange
Trail End Point: Stellar@TE2
The start and end points are all walking distance away from Woodlands MRT Station.
Fee: $10 per participant (payment can be made either through PayNow or MOE IFAAS; payment details to be advised after the tour)

Please register here https://tinyurl.com/y4yfdnta if you would like to join the tour either on 5 June or 13 June!

Tour slots are still available and we hope to see you at this event!

05/03/2023

[Registration Deadline Extended!]

Register now: tinyurl.com/GTAseminar2023Regn

GTA SG is once again pleased to invite you to our Annual Seminar on 1 April 2023. The theme for this year's GTA Annual Seminar focuses on the Geographies of Care and Ageing in Singapore.

The seminar explores the myriad issues of health geographies and ageing in Singapore’s highly urbanised setting. Our panel of expert speakers will address a range of issues from the health trends of older populations to contemporary concerns on how space and place impact older people's health and health care. The seminar also aims to unpack the key geographical themes of spatial, relational and critical health geographies of ageing from different perspectives.

See you there!

30/01/2023

Dear GTA members and friends, would you like to explore the Greater Southern Waterfront with like-minded Geography educators?

The Geography Teachers' Association of Singapore (GTA) will be organising a professional Learning Journey along Berlayer Creek and Labrador Park, where we will investigate the health of mangroves, explore urban rejuvenation and sustainable urban development of various landscapes and spaces around the Labrador Park area.

The Learning Journey will be led by Madeline Chen and Chee Wah, and aims to help fellow Geography teachers unpack key concepts from the Lower (2021) and Upper Secondary Geography (2023) syllabi.

This Learning Journey is planned to be of benefit to past participants to our Kukup Field Trip in 2022, and to new participants by offering place-specific knowledge of local fieldwork sites that you may wish to consider for your students’ field-based learning experiences.

Date: 11 March 2023
Day: Saturday
Time: 8.30am to 12.30pm

Cost of trip:
GTA Member Price: S$30
Non-Member Price: S$35

Payment details and instructions will be sent in the confirmation email upon successful sign-up.

Please sign up at: https://go.gov.sg/hykj2i or scan the QR code in the last image. Registration closes on 1 March 2023; shortlisted participants will be notified via email by 3 March 2023.

For more information, please email to [email protected].

20/11/2022

Have you thought of this part of the carbon cycle?

"Schematic model for deep recycling of carbon leading to formation of carbonated undersaturated silicate melts in the mantle. Oceanic lithosphere is subducted, transporting hydrothermally introduced carbonate as part of the upper, mafic oceanic crust."

Source: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-104243