Activities
1.3 Sustainability Activities
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
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...
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...
Activities
Groundswell: Questions to accompany movie
This is the last in a series of three soil-focused documentaries from director Josh and Rebecca Tickell (the other two were Kiss the Ground and Common Ground). It can be watched on Amazon Prime. This...
Assessment
Example IA - Field Work - Aquatic Ecology
This page takes you through an IA that investigated populations of mayfly nymphs in river habitats. It is primary data collection. This was an IA which was chosen as part of the sample required by the...
Assessment
Example IA - Secondary Data - Air Pollution
This page takes you through an IA that tested air pollution change with e-car numbers in Oslo. It is secondary data collection. This IA scored 25 points out of 30 and therefore scored a 7 in the current...
Activities
8.1 Investigating Human Population Dynamics
This page takes you through investigating factors related to human population dynamics. This is one of my favourite investigations, and ESS students generally love this topic. It can involve handling...