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- Slide Overviews
- Practical Ecology Overview Slides
- Topic 1: Foundations of ESS Activities
- 1.1 Perspectives Activities
- 1.1 Perspectives Overview
- 1.1 Understanding Who We Are?
- Summer Read: New Ways of Thinking
- Indigenous Knowledge - What can we learn?
- Environmental Scrap Book
- Thinking about the way we value nature
- What do you think? What do they think?
- 1.1 Development of the Environmental Movement
- Environmental Movements - Change over Time?
- How do we change attitudes and behaviour?
- 1.1: Flea beetles, Jeremy Clarkson and the EU.
- Data Activity - Data Skills - Topic 1.1 - Smoking
- Data Activity - Topic 1.1 - Do people care about climate change?
- Stats Activity - Topic 1.1 - EVS & Recycling
- 1.2 Systems Activities
- 1.2 Systems Overview
- Wicked Problems - Visualising Systems
- System Tools: Causal Loop Diagrams
- 1.2 Feedback Test
- 1.2: Daisyworld activities
- Tipping Points - Connect Extend Challenge
- Investigating Tipping Points
- Resilience Diversity and Stability Activity
- Complex Systems: Water and Food
- Data Activity - Graph Skills - Topic 1.2 - Plastics
- 1.3 Sustainability Activities
- 1.3 Sustainability Overview
- 1.3: Deeper thinking on the concept of sustainability
- 1.3: Windigo Thinking
- An Introduction to Environmental Justice
- Environmental Justice: Access to Water, Food and Energy
- 1.3 Ecological Footprints - Personal Investigation
- 1.3 Exploring Ecological Footprints and Biocapacity
- 1.3 Exploring Food Footprints
- 1.3 Exploring Models used to promote Sustainability
- 1.3 Skills: trends and patterns in graphs - Ecological Footprints
- Data Activity - Data Skills - Topic 1.3 - Food waste
- Data Activity - Graph Skills - Topic 1.3 - Sustainability
- Topic 1: Experimental Ideas
- 1.2 Burning Candle as a System
- 1.2 Drawing A Local System
- 1.2 Measuring Change in an Emerging System
- Controlled Experiments and Modelling a System
- Environmental Indicators
- Modelling Feedback
- 1.2:Investigating predator prey models
- Value Surveys
- Topic 2 Ecology Activities
- 2.1 Individuals and populations, communities, and ecosystems
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.1 Ecological Regulation
- 2.1 Naming species
- 2.1 Using and Building Dichotomous Keys
- 2.1 Biotic Interactions Review
- 2.1 The Niches of Elephants
- 2.1 Predator-Prey Interactions Activity
- 2.1 Yellowstone National Park Wolves
- The Reindeer of Matthew Island
- 2.1 Whitebark Pine Trees and Clark's Nutcrackers
- 2.1 Exploring Keystone Species
- HL 2.1 Caminalcules and Evolutionary Relationships
- HL 2.1 Fundamental vs Realised Niches
- HL 2.1 Human Impacts and Conservation Biology
- Data Activity - Topic 2.1 - Breeding like rabbits!
- Stats Activity - Topic 2.1 - Hedgehogs
- Stats Activity - Topic 2.1 - Muscles on Mussels!
- 2.2 Energy and biomass in ecosystems
- 2.2 Overview
- SL/HL 2.2 Vocabulary for 2.2 Card Sort
- SL/HL 2.2: Investigating Food Chains
- 2.2:Practising Analysing Food Webs
- SL/HL 2.2 Impact of Feeding on Different Trophic Levels
- HL 2.2 Measuring Productivity
- 2.2 Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification
- 2.2 Ecological Pyramids Review
- 2.2: Drawing Ecological Pyramids
- HL 2.2: Ecological Efficiency
- 2.2 Human Impacts on Flows of Energy and Matter
- Data Activity - Graph Skills - Topic 2.2 - Global Biomass
- 2.3 Biogeochemical cycles
- 2.3 Overview - Slides
- 2.3 Hope in a Changing Climate - Constructing the Carbon Cycle
- Carbon Cycle Card Sort
- HL: Nitrogen Cycle Card Sort
- HL: Human Impacts on the Nitrogen Cycle
- 2.3 (HL) The Nitrogen Cycle - scaffold and support
- 2.3 (HL): Slimy corn
- 2.3(HL) Beware the insectivorous plants of the peatlands
- Data Activity - Graph Skills - Topic 2.3 - CO2 and Methane
- Data Activity - Topic 2.3 - Forests as Carbon Stores
- Data Activity - Data Skills - Topic 2.3 - Fertiliser
- 2.4 Climate and biomes
- 2.4 Overview - Slides
- 2.4 Climatographs
- 2.4 Tricellular Theory
- 2.4: Biomes and Map analysis
- Stats Activity - Topic 2.4 - Global Warming
- 2.4 HL El Niño and La Niña
- 2.4 HL Tropical Cyclones and Hurricanes
- 2.5 Zonation, succession and change in ecosystems
- 2.5 Overview - Slides
- Data Activity - Kite diagram
- 2.4 Zonation - Graphic Organiser
- 2.5 Succession Case Studies
- 2.5 (HL): Yellowstone National Park Wolves
- Practical Ecology Activities
- Topic 2: Experimental Ideas
- Topic 2 Introductory Ideas
- Investigating Altitudinal Zonation in Switzerland
- 2.1 Modelling Population Growth
- Investigating Photosynthesis
- Determining Numbers - "How Many?"
- 2.2 Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification
- Measuring Productivity
- Microplastics Data Analysis
- 2.1 Barnacle Competition
- 2.1 Sampling strategy for non-motile Organisms
- 2.1: Using the Lincoln Index
- Topic 3: Biodiversity and Conservation Activities
- Topic 3.1 Activities - Biodiversity and Evolution
- 3.1 Natural Selection: Practice
- 3.1 Overview - Slides
- 3.1 Biodiversity Introduction Task
- 3.1 Exploring Genetic Diversity
- 3.1 Data Analysis of Biodiversity
- 3.1 Biodiversity Knowledge and Conservation
- 3.1 Collecting Species Diversity Data
- HL 3.1 Mutation and Sexual Reproduction
- HL 3.1: Speciation by Reproductive Isolation
- HL 3.1 Islands, Endemism and Extinction
- HL 3.1: Investigating Biodiversity Hotspots
- HL 3.1 Human Activity and Evolutionary Change
- HL 3.1 Artificial Selection - An Evaluation
- HL 3.1 Earth History, Extinctions and Speciation
- HL 3.1 Mass Extinctions: Then and Now
- 3.1 Deep Time
- HL 3.1 The Age of the Anthropocene?
- Data Activity - Graph Skills - Topic 3.1 - Disappearing butterflies
- Topic 3.2 Activities - Human Impact on Biodiversity
- 3.2 Overview - Slides
- 3.2 Direct and Indirect threats to Biodiversity
- 3.2 Invasive Species
- 3.2 The IUCN Red List
- 3.2 Conservation Case Studies
- 3.2 Tragedy of the Commons - Biodiversity
- 3.2/8.2.1: Coyotes in urban areas of the USA
- 3.2 Human Threats to Biodiversity: Border Walls
- HL.c Approaches to Ethics and Conservation
- HL 3.2 Key Biodiversity Areas
- HL 3.2 Indigenous Land Management and Environmental Justice
- Data-based activity - Topic 3 - Snakes on Guam
- Data Activity - Topic 3.2 - Biodiversity Loss
- Topic 3.3 Activities - Conservation and Regeneration
- 3.3 Overview - Slides
- 3.3 Arguments for Preserving Biodiversity
- 3.3 The Role of the CBD
- 3.3 Strategies in Conservation
- 3.3 Protecting Habitats
- 3.3 Scales of Conservation and Regeneration
- 3.3 What is Rewilding?
- 3.3 Rewilding: The Knepp Case Study
- HL 3.3 Evaluating Response Types in Conservation
- HL 3.3 Positive Feedback Loops for Regeneration
- HL 3.3 Evaluating Rewilding and Conservation
- HL 3.3 Evaluating Ecotourism
- Data activity - Topic 3.3 - Reducing lawn mowing
- Topic 3: Experimental Ideas
- 3.1 Comparing Species Richness with Species Diversity
- Bird Song as Tool for Investigating Ecosystems
- Using Bird Song Apps to calculate biodiversity
- Topic 4: Water Activities
- 4.1 Water Systems Activities
- 4.1 Overview - Slides
- Data-based Activity - Topic 4.1 - Coastal vs Inland Cities
- 4.1 The Hydrological Cycle Challenge
- 4.1 Impacts on the Hydrological Cycle
- 4.1 Exploring Ocean Circulation
- Complex Systems: Water and Food
- HL 4.1 Exploring the Properties of Water
- HL 4.1 Impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide on Aquatic Systems
- 4.2 Water Access, Use and Security Activities
- 4.2 Overview - Slides
- 4.2 Water Security and Water Scarcity
- 4.2 Water Conservation and Mitigation
- 4.2 Brave Blue world activity
- HL 4.2 Global Governance
- HL 4.2 Water Case Study Resources
- HL 4.2 Conflict over water resources case study
- HL 4.2 Water Case Studies
- HL 4.2 Water Stress
- HL 4.2 Water Footprints
- HL 4.2 Citizen Science for Equitable Access to Water
- HL 4.2 Inequitable Access to Water: Marginalised Groups
- HL 4.2 Planetary Boundaries for Water
- Data Activity - Topic 4.2 - Clean Water
- 4.3 Aquatic Food Production Systems Activities
- 4.3 Overview - Slides
- Data Activity - Topic 4.3 - Fishing in Norway
- Ocean with David Attenborough: Questions
- 4.3 Analysing Data on Aquatic Systems
- Data Activity - Topic 4.3 - Farmed fish
- Data-based activity - 4.3 - MPAs
- Data-based activity - Topic 4.3 - Shrimp Aquaculture
- 4.3 Unsustainable Aquaculture
- 4.3 Sustainable Aquaculture
- 4.3: How to reduce food waste from fish
- 4.3 Aquatic Food Production Technology
- 4.3 Understanding Aquatic Food Production
- HL 4.3 Assessing Recovery of Fish Stocks
- HL 4.3 UNCLOS and the UN High Seas Treaty
- HL 4.3 Hunting of Marine Mammals
- 4.4 Water Pollution Activities
- 4.4 Overview - Slides
- 4.4 Sources of Water Pollution
- 4.4 Plastic Pollution
- 4.4 Causes and Impacts of Eutrophication
- 4.4 Management of Eutrophication
- HL 4.4 Anoxic Waters
- HL 4.4. Harmful Algal Blooms
- HL 4.4 Bottled Water Case Study
- Data Activity - Topic 4.4 - Guppies on Prozac
- Data-based activity - 4.4 - Water quality
- Stats Activity - Topic 4.4 - Nitrate Levels
- Stats Activity - Topic 4.4 - Plastics
- Stats Activity - Topic 4.4 - Water pollution
- Topic 4: Experimental Ideas
- Exploring the Properties of Water
- Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen
- Investigating Oil Spills
- Investigating Polluted Soil and Water
- 4.4 Indicator Species and Biotic Indices
- 4.4 Biological Oxygen Demand
- Water Quality
- Topic 5: Land Activities
- 5.1 Soil Activities
- 5.1 Overview - Slides
- 5.1 Soil System Diagrams
- 5.1 Soil Documentary
- 5.1 HL Using the Soil Triangle
- HL: 5.1 and 5.2 Soil Types and Agricultural Systems
- Stats Activity - Topic 5.1 - Fertilisers
- Stats Activity - Topic 5.1 - Soil carbon
- 5.2 Agriculture and Food Activities
- 5.2 Overview - Slides
- Groundswell: Questions to accompany movie
- 5.2 Agricultural Systems
- 5.2 Marginalised Groups, Land Use and Environmental Justice
- 5.2 Nomadic Pastoralism and Low Productivity Systems (HL)
- 5.2 A Comparative Study of Two Contrasting Food Production Systems
- 5.2 Knowing your Pesticides from your Fertilisers
- 5.2 The Green Revolution, Synthetic Fertilisers and the Alternatives
- 5.2 Conserving Soil
- 5.2 Food Security
- 5.2 Impact of Feeding on Different Trophic Levels
- 5.2 (HL) Food Supply and Health
- 5.2 (HL) Sustainability of Diet Types
- 5.2 (HL) Harvesting Wild Species
- 5.2 HL Technological Solutions to Food Production
- Data-activity - Topic 5.2 - Land Use Change
- Data-based activity - Topic 1.3 & 5.2 - Food Footprints
- Data Activity - Topic 5.2 - How many harvests left?
- Topic 5: Experimental Ideas
- 5.1 Investigating Effect of Salinisation on Seed Germination and Growth
- 5.1 Practical: Using dry combustion to measure soil carbon
- 5.1 Soil Dry Percolation Rate
- 5.1 Soil Porosity
- Comparing Two Soils
- Topic 6: Atmosphere and Climate Change Activities
- 6.1 Introduction to the Atmosphere Activities
- 6.1 Overview - Slides
- 6.1 Exploring Atmospheric Circulation
- 6.1 HL Milankovitch Cycles - "Natural Climate Change"
- 6.2 Climate Change - Causes and Impacts Activities
- 6.2 Overview - Slides
- 6.2 Introduction to Climate Change Science
- 6.2 Interpreting CO2 and Temperature Graphs
- 6.2 Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystems and Societies
- 6.2 Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystems
- 6.2 Climate Change Impacts on Societies
- 6.2 Perspectives on Climate Change
- 6.2 HL: Investigating Proxy Data and Scenarios for Climate Change
- HL 6.2 Thresholds, Tipping Points and Tipping Cascades
- 6.2 HL: Climate Justice
- Data Activity - Topic 6.2 - Rising sea levels
- Data Activity - Topic 6.2 - Sinking methane
- 6.3 Climate Change - Mitigation and Adaptation Activities
- 6.3 Overview - Slides
- HLa Policy and Legislation for Climate Change
- 6.3 Global Cooperation - Evaluating the COP Climate Conferences
- 6.3 Decarbonisation Plans
- 6.3 Mitigation of Climate Change
- 6.3 Simulating Climate Change Mitigation - EnRoads
- 6.3 Direct Carbon Capture Investigated
- 6.3 Evaluation of Afforestation as a Mitigation Strategy
- 6.3 Coal Mines and Clean Energy?
- 6.3 Adaptation Strategies
- Evaluating Hydropower as a Renewable Resource
- Data Activity - Topic 6.3 - Renewable Energy
- 6.3 HL Exploring Stakeholder Engagement and Response to Climate Change
- 6.3 HL Geoengineering and Ethics
- 6.3 HL Technology and Climate Change
- 6.3 HL: Tragedy of the Commons and Climate Change
- 6.4 Stratospheric Ozone Activities
- 6.4 Overview - Slides
- 6.4 Stratospheric Ozone
- 6.4 HL Polar Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- 6.4 HL The Challenge of Air Conditioning
- Data Activity - Topic 6.4 - Southern hemisphere ozone hole
- Data Activity - Topic 6.4 - Ozone-depleting Substances
- Data Activity - Topic 6.4 - UV Radiation & Skin Cancer
- Data Activity - Topic 6.4 - Air-conditioning
- Topic 6: Experimental Ideas
- Topic 7: Natural Resources Activities
- 7.1 Natural Resources - Uses and Management Activities
- 7.1 Overview - Slides
- 7.1 Exploring Natural Resources
- 7.1 The Dynamic Value of Natural Capital
- 7.1 Exploiting Natural Capital Sustainably
- 7.1 Miombo ecosystem goods and services and the impact of climate change
- 7.1 The Challenges of Managing Natural Capital
- 7.1 Resource Security for Food
- 7.1 Societies Choose How to Use Resources
- HL 7.1 Evaluating Hydropower as a Renewable Resource
- HL 7.1 Exploring EIAs
- HL 7.1 Management and Intervention Strategies
- HL 7.1 Economic Approaches to Resource Use
- HL 7.1 Resource Security, Globalisation, Geopolitics
- Data-based activity - Topic 7.1 - Natural capital
- 7.2 Energy Sources - Uses and Management Activities
- 7.2 Overview - Slides
- Data-based Activity - Topic 7.2 - Rare earth metals
- 7.2 Analysing Energy Consumption
- 7.2 Energy Efficiency and Conservation
- 7.2 Sustainability of Energy Sources
- 7.2 Energy Choices of Societies
- 7.2 Rare Earth Metals
- 7.2 Intermittent Energy Production
- HL 7.2 Energy Security
- HL 7.2 Battery Storage
- HL 7.2 Nuclear Power
- Data Activity - Topic 7.2 - Energy Sources
- Data-based activity - 7.2 - Power
- 7.3 Solid Waste Activities
- Topic 7: Experimental Ideas
- Topic 8: Human Populations and Urban Systems Activities
- 8.1 Activities
- 8.1 Overview - Slides
- Topic 8.1 - Self-Study
- 8.1 Don't panic, the truth about population
- 8.1 Calculating Human Population Indicators
- 8.1 Population Pyramid Analysis
- 8.1: world population modelling
- 8.1 Dynamics of Human Populations
- 8.1 Population Policies
- An Introduction to Human Population Demographics
- HL 8.1 The Earth's Systems are Stressed
- HL 8.1 Comparing Two Countries and their DTM Path
- HL 8.1 Environmental Migration
- Data-based activity - Topic 8.1 - Comparing cities
- Data-based activity - 8.1HL - Dependency ratios
- Data Activity - Topic 8.1 - We the People
- 8.2 Activities
- 8.2 Overview - Slides
- Topic 8.2 Self-Study
- 8.2 Case Studies on Sustainability in City Design
- 8.2: Reducing air pollution in Barcelona
- 8.2 Urban vs Natural Systems
- HL 8.2 Green Architecture
- HL 8.2 The Doughnut and Cities
- Data-based activity - Topic 8.2HL - Grey water in Dubai
- Data-based activity - Topic 8.2 - Urban green spaces
- Data-based activity - Topic 8.2 - Urban vs rural
- 8.3 Activities
- Topic 8: Experimental Ideas
- HL Lenses Activities
- HL.a Environmental Law Activities
- HL.a Law Overview
- HLa Environmental Law and Climate Change
- HLa Policy and Legislation for Climate Change
- Biorights of rivers
- HL.a.1-4: Introduction to Environmental Law
- HL.a.5: Environmental constitutionalism
- HL.a.6-9: Different levels of Environmental Law
- HL.a.10: Examples of International environmental law in International courts and tribunals.
- HL.a.12:Combining legal and economic strategies
- Data Activity - Graph Analysis - HL Law Lens
- HL.b Environmental Economics Activities
- HLb Economics Overview - Slides
- Evaluating Mainstream Economics
- HL.b Thinking about Sustainability and Greenwashing
- HLb: Greenwashing
- HLb: Market Failures
- HLb: Polluter Pays Principle
- HLb: IPAT - Environmental Impact and Technology
- HLb: The Problem with Growth
- HLb 7.1 Economic Approaches to Resource Use
- Data Activity - Data Skills - HL Environmental Economics
- HL.c Environmental Ethics Activities
- Case Studies in ESS