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IBDP Environmental Systems and Societies Resources New syllabus SL/HL (First teaching 2024)
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IBDP Environmental Systems and Societies Resources
New syllabus SL/HL (First teaching 2024)
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Introduction to Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) First Teaching 2024
This PowerPoint presentation has everything you need to introduce the ESS course to students in 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 IB ESS slideshow outlines the content and structure of the new course.
This 21-slide Google Slides Presentation 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:
• 21 Editable Slides
• Clear lesson aims
• Official IB content statements and linking questions
• ESS framework introduction
• ESS Syllabus content introduction
• ESS Assessment introduction
• Highly visual, with clear definitions
• Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide), images and examples
• Student tasks
• Key terms
• Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
The resource is completely developed by me as an author with no use of Artificial intelligence tools.
ESS Foundation Unit 1.1 Perspectives – Lesson 1 First Teaching 2024
This lesson is for ESS Unit 1.1 – Perspectives. This is lesson 1 of 4 in this subtopic 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 IB ESS slideshow outlines the content and structure of the new course.
This 17-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or opened using Google Slides.
The resource also includes two worksheets to complement the lesson tasks.
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:
• 17 Editable Slides
• Worksheet – Rhino hunt
• Worksheet COP28
• Clear lesson aims
• Perspective key terms
• Personal perspective systems diagram
• ESS values task
• Link to HL syllabus – Ethics
• Greenwashing debate
• Starter and plenary activity
The resource is completely developed by me as an author with no use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
ESS Foundations Unit 1.2 Systems – Lesson 1 (ESS) First Teaching 2024
This lesson is for ESS Unit 1.2 – Systems. This is lesson 1 of 6 in this subtopic 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 IB ESS slideshow outlines the content and structure of the new course.
This 18-slide Google Slides Presentation 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:
• 18 Editable Slides
• Clear lesson aims
• Systems key terms
• Storge, flows and boundaries explained
• Systems diagram worked exam style question
• Transfer and transformations tasks
• Starter and plenary activity
The resource is completely developed by me as an author with no use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
ESS Curriculum Overview/Plan 2024
This complete curriculum overview document is the official IB document used to plan the two years of 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 IB ESS curriculum overview gives an example the content and structure of the new course.
This document has been completed to give teachers a ready to go plan for teaching the new ESS course.
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:
• A complete ESS curriculum overview for the two-year course
• Editable mapping of the 8 SL/HL topics and 3 HL lenses
• Outline of experimental program linked to the topics
• TOK guidance
• Collaborative science project
• ATL skills
• Laboratory resources
The resource is completely developed by a human author with no use of Artificial intelligence tools.
ESS Foundations Unit – Subtopic 1.1 Perspectives – First Teaching 2024
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 1.1 – Perspectives. A subtopic 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 HL/SL sub-topic is part of the foundations topic that is the first unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains four lessons with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets and 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:
• Lesson 1 – Perspectives
• Lesson 2 – Survey and questionnaires (Practical skills)
• Lesson 3 – Environmental value systems
• Lesson 4 – The environmental movement
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL/SL)
• Key ESS terminology highlighted
• 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.
Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) Unit Plan – Unit 1 Foundations. First Teaching 2024
This 12 page unit plan document is the official IB document used to plan the teaching of Unit One - Foundations of 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 IB ESS unit plan gives teachers a ready to go plan for teaching the first unit in the new ESS course. The completed unit planner also gives evidence of ESS curriculum planning for IB accreditation.
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.
This unit planner is developed to link to the Foundations Unit lessons and resources available on my ESS Shop.
Features:
• A complete 12 page Topic One – Foundations Unit Plan
• Subtopic 1.1 Perspectives
• Subtopic 1.2 Systems
• Subtopic 1.3 Sustainability
• Guiding questions included
• Clear lesson objectives
• Syllabus content mapped
• Application of skills mapped
• Formative and summative assessment
• ATL skills
• TOK & CAS opportunities
• Unit resources linked.
The resource is completely developed by a human author with no use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
ESS Foundations Unit – Subtopic 1.3 Sustainability– First Teaching 2024
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 1.3 – Sustainability. A subtopic 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 HL/SL sub-topic is part of the foundations topic that is the first unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains nine 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:
• Lesson 1 – Sustainability
• Lesson 2 – Sustainable development
• Lesson 3 – Unsustainable development
• Lesson 4 – Environmental Justice
• Lesson 5 – Inequality water, food & energy
• Lesson 6 – Sustainability indicators
• Lesson 7 – Footprint calculators (online lab/data processing)
• Lesson 8 – Sustainable development goals (SDG) and planetary boundaries model
• Lesson 9 – Doughnut economics and circular economy models
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL/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.
ESS Foundations Unit – Subtopic 1.2 Systems– First Teaching 2024
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 1.2 – Systems. A subtopic 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 HL/SL sub-topic is part of the foundations topic that is the first unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains six 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:
• Lesson 1 – Systems introduction
• Lesson 2 – Types of system
• Lesson 3 – Terrarium (Lab/experiment)
• Lesson 4 – Feedback loops
• Lesson 5 – Modelling systems
• Lesson 6 – Tipping points and resilience of systems
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL/SL)
• Key ESS terminology highlighted
• 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.
Bundle
Bundle ESS Unit 1 Foundations – First Teaching 2024
A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 1 – Foundations. 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 HL/SL unit is the first unit of the ESS course.
This bundle contains 19 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 Foundations Unit
• Lesson 1 – Perspectives
• Lesson 2 – Survey and questionnaires (Practical skills)
• Lesson 3 – Environmental value systems
• Lesson 4 – The environmental movement
• Lesson 5 – Systems introduction
• Lesson 6 – Types of system
• Lesson 7 – Terrarium (Lab/experiment)
• Lesson 8 – Feedback loops
• Lesson 9 – Modelling systems
• Lesson 10 – Tipping points and resilience of systems
• Lesson 11 – Sustainability
• Lesson 12 – Sustainable development
• Lesson 13 – Unsustainable development
• Lesson 14 – Environmental Justice
• Lesson 15 – Inequality water, food & energy
• Lesson 16 – Sustainability indicators
• Lesson 17 – Footprint calculators (online lab/data processing)
• Lesson 18 – Sustainable development goals (SDG) and planetary boundaries model
• Lesson 19 – Doughnut economics and circular economy models
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL/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.