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ESS 2015 (First Exams 2017)

  • ESS 2015 (First Exams 2017)

Welcome to the landing page for the ESS Course starting in August 2015 with first exams in 2017. On this page you will be able to navigate to all our original material while the guide is still active.

The Topics

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....

Activities

In this section of the website you will find all the activities that students can work through independently, guided by teachers, in class or online. All the activities are directly accessible by students....

Practical Approach

Topic 1 doesn't lend itself to many practical activities but there are some simple introductory activities and simple labs which you could try. I have categorised these labs and activities per subtopic....

Independent Investigation

The Independent Investigation is the formal component of the Internal Assessment and should take about 10 hours of time to complete. It is important to have a plan for how you will approach the Independent...

Assessment

In this section, we explain how ESS is assessed, provide sample tests and exams and give advice on where to find more resources in the IB past papers. There are a lot of tricks to be able to adapt old...

Revision

This is where we are all heading... how to be successful in the final exams. Along the way there is review, revision and tests. This page leads to the collection of resources which explains how the exam...

IB Core and Philosophy

ESS has a lot to offer the core of the IB Diploma. In these pages we will explore links to CAS, TOK and provide more in depth advice of supervising Extended Essays in ESS and World Studies which lends...

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