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1.2: Daisyworld activities
Daisyworld is a very cool science idea from James Lovelock in 1983. It's about helping us understand how our Earth works. Imagine a little world with just black and white daisies everywhere. Sounds strange,...
Assessment
Example Response to Essay
Here is an example of a response to the 9-mark question. You can use different coloured pens to work through the essay, making note of when the student demonstrates certain features required for the mark...
Assessment
Paper 2 Section B: Tips for Part c Essay Questions
The essay question at the end of Paper 2 (worth 9 marks) can be challenging. The key to success is to unpack the question carefully and take some time to plan out what you want to incorporate. Lots of...
Activities
1.3 Sustainability Activities Free
In this section, we have a variety of activities to support student learning in subtopic 1.3 Sustainability. Some can be followed independently, serving as review. All can be used as teacher-guided or...
Assessment
Designing Surveys and Questionnaires Free
Designing surveys and questionnaires is an important skill. On this page we provide some important considerations for this skill. Students need to learn to design their own surveys and questionnaires....
External Assessment
Topic 5 Paper 2 Section A style questions
We've designed some data analysis questions for Topic 5 which you can use as a pick and mix to create your own assessments. Question 1 This question assesses SL 5.1.14, 5.1.9, 5.1.1 specifically Figure...
Review/revision
Answers - Practise with Command Terms
Find the answers to this activity here Describe two ways in which climate change could affect a tundra* ecosystem (2) (*could be any). Outline two transfers and two transformations of matter or energy...
Review/revision
Practise with Command Terms - can you follow the arrows?
This activity is designed to help you get more familiar with the three most common command terms; describe, explain and outline. In all honesty, it's a bit difficult to articulate the differences in...
Assessment
Example IA: Survey - Rights of Nature
This page takes you through an IA that used a survey to determine if young people and older people have different opinions on granting the rights of nature to a local river. Image: “Die Reuss beim Gnadenthal”...
Activities
4.4 Sources of Water Pollution
In this activity, we will examine the pollutants that cause water pollution and produce very brief case studies for each pollutant type. Link to presentation Student Task Divide the list of water pollutants...