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
• Paper 1 unit test 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.

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kris_french

4 months ago
5

Absolutely fantastic set of resources. These can be used 'as is' or tailored to your classes and teaching style etc. This bundle (and future ones) will certainly help with the planning and delivery of the new course. Highly recommended!

Luke1984

5 months ago
5

I think the bundle is fantastic overall. It includes lessons, a unit plan and assignments to go along with them. An excellent way to get started with the new curriculum, and I'm told that further units are in the works! Well worth the purchase!

fgallantree

5 months ago
5

Thankyou for sorting the files that weren't working for me - I now have a really helpful resource that has cut down my planning time!

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