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IBDP ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
I have not updated this portion of the website for the current ESS curriculum.
Materials here may be useful for study, but do not reflect up-to-date IB requirements.


Welcome to IB ESS!

Please find below a copy of our curriculum, with links to the lessons we will be completing over the next two years.
I am here to share my passion for science and help you learn, so never hesitate to come talk to me and ask questions. The IB won't always be easy, but speaking as a graduate of the program myself, know that it will be rewarding. Let's begin!
Best,
    Mr. Briner

                                   “What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
                                                                     - Henry David Thoreau, Familiar Letters


Curriculum

UNIT TOPIC TITLE
Populations 2.6 Changes
3.1 Population dynamics
3.7 Limits to growth
3.8 Environmental demands of human populations
Changes and Energy 3.2 Resources - natural capital
2.7 Measuring changes in the ecosystem
3.3 Energy resources
Resources 3.4 The soil system
3.6 Food resources
3.5 Water resources
Pollution 1 5.2 Detection and monitoring of pollution
5.3 Approaches to pollution management
5.5 Solid domestic waste
Pollution 2 5.6 Depletion of stratospheric ozone
5.7 Urban air pollution
5.8 Acid deposition

Useful review websites:
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  • Biology
    • Topic links
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    • Full syllabus >
      • Topic 1 >
        • 1.1
        • 1.2
        • 1.3
        • 1.4
        • 1.5
        • 1.6
      • Topic 2 >
        • 2.1
        • 2.2
        • 2.3/2.4
        • 2.5
        • 2.6
        • 2.7a
        • 2.7b
        • 2.8
        • 2.9
      • Topic 3 >
        • 3.1
        • 3.2
        • 3.3
        • 3.4
        • 3.5
      • Topic 4 >
        • 4.1/4.2
        • 4.3/4.4
      • Topic 5 >
        • 5.1
        • 5.2
        • 5.3
        • 5.4
      • Topic 6 >
        • 6.1
        • 6.2
        • 6.3
        • 6.4
        • 6.5
        • 6.6a
        • 6.6b
      • Topic 7 >
        • 7.1
        • 7.2
        • 7.3
      • Topic 8 >
        • 8.1
        • 8.2
        • 8.3
      • Topic 9 >
        • 9.1
        • 9.2
        • 9.3
        • 9.4
      • Topic 10 >
        • 10.1
        • 10.2
        • 10.3
      • Topic 11 >
        • 11.1
        • 11.2
        • 11.3
        • 11.4
      • Option A
      • Option C
    • Internal Assessment >
      • Grading
      • Guide
      • Statistics
      • Tables and Graphs
  • ESS
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  • TOK
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