Activities
7.1 Societies Choose How to Use Resources (diagrams)
In this activity, we will explore the factors that shape a society's choice in resource use. Background Information The choices a society makes in using given natural resources are affected by many factors...
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8.2 Urban vs Natural Systems
In this activity, we will explore the similarities and differences between urban and natural systems. I have had a few requests for a version of the urban system diagram. I include mine here but please...
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7.1 Resource Security for Food
In this activity, we will compare two contrasting countries' approaches to food security but also examine how a worldview can influence the determination of what it means to be food secure and what factors...
Activities
7.1 Societies Choose How to Use Resources
In this activity, we will explore the factors that shape a society's choice in resource use. Background Information The choices a society makes in using given natural resources are affected by many factors...
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8.3 Activities
You will find lots of activities in this section to explore the impact of air pollution in different locations around the world. There are also extra examples of how humans are trying to reduce this type...
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7.1 The Dynamic Value of Natural Capital
In this activity, we will explore how we value resources and how this value can change over time. Students find this concept quite difficult to understand as economics is only one factor in determining...
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HL 7.1 Evaluating Hydropower as a Renewable Resource
Hydropower is a renewable energy resource but it does have emissions associated with its production and lifetime. In this activity we will evaluate the sustainability of hydropower. Student Task Here...
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7.1 The Challenges of Managing Natural Capital
This activity helps explore the challenges of managing natural capital that is non-renewable. It explores the need for lithium in the transition to a low carbon economy with the needs of indigenous peoples...
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7.1 Exploiting Natural Capital Sustainably
In this activity we will explore the hidden impacts of exploiting natural capital to help in the evaluation of whether a resource is being exploited sustainably. In ESS, sustainability is simply whether...
Review/revision
Revision Posters (SL)
These revision posters were quite popular for the last guide so we've updated them for the new syllabus. There are several ways to use them; either print them all out for a quick and visual support (A3)...