Preliminary Rounds

We would like to thank all the schools who have registered for Geography Challenge 2010. Below is the outline of the program on 20th February 2010, Saturday.

Time	Program
0730h – 0815h	Registration at LT 11
0830h – 0915h	Opening and Welcome Address
0930h – 1015h	Prelims Section A (MCQ - Individual)
1030h – 1100h	Break
1100h – 1145h	Prelims Section B (Application Question - Team)
1145h-1230h	Geo-Tunes Briefing and Closing Address (LT11)
1230h	End of Event

1. Please be reminded that all participants should report to the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, LT 11 by 7.45 AM sharp to facilitate registration.

2. Students participating in the event must bring along with them their NRIC/ EZ link card for identification purpose. Please take note that the any reserve participant that the school may have chosen on their own accord is not required to attend the Preliminary Round. If there is to be any change in names due to valid reasons, schools are requested to inform us before 20th February itself if possible, if not, upon registration.

3. GC T-shirts will be given out upon registration. The Organising Committee will allocate the T-shirt sizes according to the sizes indicated on the submitted Entry Forms. However, in the event that there is limited stock of certain sizes, some students might not be able to get their desired sizes.

4. Teachers who choose to wait for the students for the duration of the Preliminary Rounds are welcome to stay in the Earth Lab (near to LT11) whilst the students are completing the questions. There will be a talk by Head of Department of Geography, Associate Professor Shirlena Huang. Payment can also be made during this period.

5. Schools can choose to submit payment via cheque/ cash upon registration on the actual day itself. The registration fee for NUS GC is SGD60 per team. Registration fees will be used to cover the operational needs for this competition.

6. As part of Preliminary Rounds, schools are required to bring markers. Each school should have FOUR markers. This will be needed during Preliminary Rounds.

7. Click here for a copy of the Rules and Regulations for the Preliminary Rounds to be held on the 20th of February 2010.

We look forward to seeing you on 20th Feb. Have a great Chinese New Year break!

2009 Preliminary Round MCQ Questions

In view of concerns about the type of questions that will be asked during the Preliminary Round MCQ paper, the MCQ paper from GC 2009 has been uploaded.

Teachers and students are to take note that while a similar level of difficulty can be expected, the distribution of the type of topics will differ, in line with this year's theme - RE:SOS.

Also, as the maximum age has been lowered, this year's questions will focus more on concepts, as well as key methods and skills involved, in Geography and sustainability.

Link to last year's paper (GoogleDocs PDF):
Click here

Last year's Application Question will not be uploaded.

Preliminary Round

Prelimary rounds will kick off on 20th February 2010 with 'Relieving Gaia'. In Greek Mythology, Gaia refers to the Greek Godness personifying earth. Unfortunately, with rising sea levels, freak weather conditions and soaring global temperatures - Gaia and its inhabitants are in peril. With the current crisis Mother Earth is undergoing, we hope to use this segment of GC to draw our attention to the various efforts we, as humans, can do to ameliorate the dire situation, hence relieving Gaia of the multiple stresses placed on the resources. The concept of sustainable development techniques will be explored in great depth.

The GC2010 Preliminary Rounds will take place at the following date and time:

20th February 2010, Saturday
8.30am to 12.30pm
Registration begins from 7.30am

The Preliminary Rounds consists of two components, the MCQ and Application Question round. The MCQ round will comprise 30 MCQ questions relating to Geography while the Application Question round will require participants to think critically and creatively about real issues.