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  The Topics

  8.2 Resource Use in Society (updated)

  Resource Use in SocietyThis subtopic tackles the anthropocentric concepts of natural capital, natural income and sustainability. It's important to realise that these are words that used in many disciplines...

  8 November 2021
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  Activities

  8.3 Plastic Pollution

  Plastic has become the number one environmental enemy recently, partly following the BBC documentary Blue Planet where Sir David Attenborough raised its profile and the follow-up documentary Drowning...

  26 January 2020
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  Practical Approach

  Topic 8 Practical Ideas Free

  Topic 8 provides many opportunities for students to compare how we, as humans, live in different parts of the world and how we impact the world. It gives them a chance to examine their own lives or that...

  13 February 2019
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  Welcome to ESS

  Introduction to Ecosystems

  This unit takes students through topics 2.1 Species and Populations 2.2 Communities and Ecosystems 2.3 Flows of Energy and Matter .I keep 2.4 and 2.5 for later in the year. There is a danger of "ecology...

  29 June 2019
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  Welcome to ESS

  Managebac Planning - Resource Use and Human Societies

  On this page is a pdf of Introduction to Ecosystems which covers topics 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3. The Unit was made using the latest iteration of TOK and updated for the IB Standards and Practices 2020.

  11 July 2021
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  Welcome to ESS

  Resource Use and Human Societies

  This unit deals with the remainder of topic 8, 8.2 Resource Use in Society 8.3 Solid Domestic Waste 8.4 Ecological Footprints 8.4 Human Population and Carrying Capacity. Students find the concepts of...

  29 June 2019
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  ESS 2024 (First Exams 2026)

  Comparing ESS 2024 and ESS 2015 Free

  In this section, we provide highlights of the course starting in 2024 and how it differs from the version first published in 2015. We hope this helps you with a good introduction to the fun learning ahead.You...

  6 February 2024
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  ESS 2024 (First Exams 2026)

  Topic 1: Foundations of ESS

  In these pages we support the Foundation Topics - Perspectives - Systems - Sustainability - which form the core concepts for the whole course at SL and HL.

  7 February 2024
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  The Topics

  4.1 An Introduction to Water Systems - The Hydrological Cycle

  In this short introduction to water systems, we will learn about the hydrological cycle as a system, identifying stores and flows in the system and how humans impact the system. The next part of this...

  13 May 2021
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  The Topics

  3.4 Conservation of Biodiversity

  After the previous sub-topic this is an opportunity to fill the students with possibilities and good news stories. Of course it isn't all good news and students need to learn to critically analyse the...

  15 February 2019
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  The Topics

  2.4 Biomes, Zonation and Succession

  In Sub-topic 2.4 we learn about biomes, zonation and succession. This is an interesting grouping of topics as they can overlap conceptually. I have chosen to teach these topics relatively late in year...

  24 November 2019
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  ESS 2024 (First Exams 2026)

  Welcome to the landing page for the ESS Course starting in August 2024 with first exams in 2026. On this page you will find the main headlines for the new course and we will add links as we release the...

  6 February 2024
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  Activities

  3.1 Data Analysis of Biodiversity

  Here are some data sets and figures to practice data analysis of biodiversity data. Take note of some of the language that students might come across. These are not designed as exam questions and may...

  3 March 2019
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  The Topics Free

  This current ESS curriculum is for first teaching in September 2015 and was prepared from about 2011-2013 by a group of educators from around the world each bringing a different perspective on the course....

  13 February 2019
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  The Topics

  4.3 Aquatic Food Production Systems

  This is quite a new topic for ESS. Although teachers had the option, in the previous syllabus, to teach an aquatic food production system, I have not found this a common option. Past case studies have...

  20 September 2023
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  The Topics

  4.2 Access to Fresh Water - the problems

  It is important to contrast why different locations may be suffering from the challenges of access to fresh water. Freshwater is unequally distributed around the world (some areas are dry and others,...

  8 September 2019
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  Assessment

  Tips for Approaching the Part c essay Questions

  From 2017, each essay question that the students write will be divided into three parts worth four, seven and nine points. The final nine points are marked against mark bands, something new to ESS. From...

  31 January 2021
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  Independent Investigation

  Writing the Independent Investigation

  The Independent Investigation (II) should take about 10 hours of your time, including the planning and investigation stages. It is worth 25% of the final grade reflecting the importance that the IB places...

  25 October 2021
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  ESS 2024 (First Exams 2026)

  1.1 Perspectives

  In this section we support learning in subtopic 1.1 Perspectives

  17 February 2024
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  ESS 2024 (First Exams 2026)

  The Topics - ESS 2024

  Here you will find all the topics for the ESS course starting in 2024. We will gradually be releasing these links until they are all released ready for teaching the new course in August 2024.

  6 February 2024