A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 2 – Ecology For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the second unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 22 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or opened using Google Slides. Save yourself time, all resources are ready to click and go! All my resources are informed by over 15 years of IB DP ESS teaching and examiner experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB ESS content. Features: • IB unit planner for the Ecology Unit • Lesson 1 – Introduction to the biosphere • Lesson 2 – Biotic and abiotic factors (Practical skills) • Lesson 3 – Population interactions • Lesson 4 – Measuring populations (Fieldwork skills) • Lesson 5 – Capture, mark, release, recapture (Practical skills) • Lesson 6 – Human impacts on ecosystems • Lesson 7 – Laws of thermodynamics • Lesson 8 – Food chains • Lesson 9 – Food webs • Lesson 10 – Toxins in ecosystems • Lesson 11 – Ecological pyramids • Lesson 12 – Biogeochemical cycles (the carbon cycle) • Lesson 13 – Human impacts on biogeochemical cycles • Lesson 14 – Human impacts on the carbon cycle presentation task • Lesson 15 – The role of agricultural and ocean systems as carbon sinks • Lesson 16 – Weather and climate • Lesson 17 – Introduction to the Earth’s biomes presentation task • Lesson 18 – Atmospheric systems, ocean currents and climate • Lesson 19 – What is zonation? • Lesson 20 – Ecological succession (Primary) • Lesson 21 – Ecological succession (Secondary) • Lesson 22 – Sand dune systems case study • Worksheets to support learning tasks • Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (SL) • Key ESS terminology highlighted • Integrated case studies • Engaging classroom activities • Knowledge review questions • Home learning tasks • Starter and plenary activities The resource is completely developed by me as an author with no use of Artificial Intelligence tools.

This bundle of resources contains whole lessons which meet all learning outcomes for the Ecology unit of the Trilogy AQA specification. Lessons included: Adaptations Air pollution Carbon cycle Classification Competition Deforestation & peat destruction Distribution of organisms Feeding relationships Maintaining biodiversity New systems of classification Recycling of materials The human population explosion The importance of communities Water pollution The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge questions and exam questions plus more than one opportunity, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment of tasks.

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KS3 new for the Activate resource ‘Ecology’ Download the first lesson ‘Photosynthesis’ free at the shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/photosynthesis-11720990 Full lessons ready to use straight ‘out of the box’. You’ll struggle to find a set of as many planned lessons this cheap and of similar quality Also get all KS3 Activate 2 Biology topics as a mega bundle here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-activate-2-biology-12274793 Similar structure to my other power points following the input - activity - review phasing Activities differentiated. Plenary sections for progress checking Clear learning objectives and outcomes Modern and engaging layout Little adaptation needed LESSONS: Photosynthesis Leaves Plant Minerals Chemosynthesis Aerobic Respiration Anaerobic Respiration Food Chains and Webs Disruption to Food Chains and Webs Ecoystems Field Investigation (BONUS LESSON included in the Ecosystem lesson 9) Please leave constructive feedback :D

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