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Environmental systems and societies (New Syllabus)
IB DP Category 2

Stockholm, Sweden, 2 - 4 May 2025
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Environmental systems and societies: A focus on internal assessment
IB DP Category 3

Berlin, Germany, 3 - 5 October 2025
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Environmental systems and societies (New Syllabus)
IB DP Category 1

Paris, France, 7 - 9 November 2025
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Teaching Statistics & Data Skills in DP Biology & ESS

Virtual Think-In, 16 December 2024
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TOK for Language Teachers

Virtual Think-In, 20 May 2025
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An excellent resource for new teachers, putting together the first syllabus. It also helps more experienced teachers with new idea and new perspectives.

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Data Activity - Topic 2.3 - Forests as Carbon Stores
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Zoe
2.2: Energy and Biomass in Ecosystems
Hi Verónica, it is a simplification but heat is largely due to respiration and so they are used interchangeably. The loss of heat from organisms is the largest source of entropy in the system as heat is lost from the system and can't be re-used. Hope...
13 Dec 2024
COLIN
Individual Investigation Ideas
Thank you very much! This is very helpful. 
13 Dec 2024
Zoe
Individual Investigation Ideas
Hi Colin, thanks for the nice feedback. I'm enjoying making the new resources. Regarding your IA question, I think both are fine depending on the question that you want to answer. I had a student use a road as a transect and measure air pollution...
12 Dec 2024
Zoe
4.2 Water Access, Use and Security Activities
Sorry you feel this way - we are doing our best to update the site and have many innovative new activities. You should find these useful https://thinkib.net/ess/page/29127/topic-41-activities-introduction-to-water-systems...
12 Dec 2024