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.
A PAPER ONE style case study paper to assess the knowledge from ESS Unit 1 - Foundations
Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this HL/SL unit contains three subtopics that are assessed with the unit test.
This unit test is developed to assess knowledge from the topics:
1.1 – Perspectives
1.2 - Systems
1.3 -Sustainability
The test is in the style of a paper 1 case study exam and is a great way to assess the knowledge from the foundations topic for both HL/SL students.
• Focus of the case study London, UK
• Resource booklet to provide stimulus material
• 1 hour question paper with a total of 35 marks
• Full mark scheme for the exam
Features:
• Resource booklet contains data, diagrams, fact files and visual material
• Question styles cover a wide range of syllabus material
• Command terms designed to meet the ESS assessment objectives
• A range of 1,2,3 & 4 mark style questions
• Final holistic 6 mark question
• Mark scheme to provide easy marking for teachers.
• Flexibility to adapt the test if needed to become a 70 mark HL exam
The resource is provided in both PDF and editable word format
The resource is completely developed by me as an author with no use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Higher Level Lens HL.a – Environmental Law. A HL lens 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 sub-topic is part of the Higher Level extension lenses of the ESS course.
This unit contains five 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 – The role of environmental law
• Lesson 2 – The effectiveness of environmental laws
• Lesson 3 – Environmental laws at local, national, and international level
• Lesson 4 – Environmental laws, application and enforcement
• Lesson 5 – Environmental laws – legal personhood
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL)
• 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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Ecology Unit 2.1 – Individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. 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 Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Ecology topic that is the second unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains six lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that 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 – 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
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (SL)
• Key ESS terminology highlighted
• Engaging classroom activities
• Technicians notes for experiment preparation
• 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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Ecology Unit 2.2 –Energy and biomass in ecosystems. 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 Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Ecology topic that is the second unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains five lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that 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 – Laws of thermodynamics
• Lesson 2 – Food chains
• Lesson 3 – Food webs
• Lesson 4 – Toxins in ecosystems
• Lesson 5 – Ecological pyramids
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Ecology Unit 4.1 – Water 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 Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Water topic that is the fourth unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains two lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that 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 – Introduction to water systems (practical activity)
• Lesson 2 – Human impacts on the hydrological cycle
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Ecology Unit 4.2 – Water access, use and security. 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 Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Water topic that is the fourth unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains four lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that 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 – Water security
• Lesson 2 – Water availability and access (presentation task)
• Lesson 3 – Improving water supplies
• Lesson 4 – Water conservation
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Higher Level Lens HL.b – Environmental Economics. A HL lens 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 sub-topic is part of the higher level extension lenses of the ESS course.
This unit contains seven 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.
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Features:
• Lesson 1 – What is economics and environmental economics
• Lesson 2 – Market Failure
• Lesson 3 – Greenwashing
• Lesson 4 – Governing the commons
• Lesson 5&6 – Ecological economics
• Lesson 7 – Doughnut economics and circular economic models
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL)
• 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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Ecology Unit 4.3 – Aquatic food production 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 Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Water topic that is the fourth unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains four lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that 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 – Aquatic food production
• Lesson 2 – Fisheries – Unsustainable harvesting
• Lesson 3 – Ocean acidification lab (experiment)
• Lesson 4 – Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s) and Aquaculture
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Higher Level Lens HL.c – Environmental Ethics. A HL lens 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 sub-topic is part of the higher level extension lenses of the ESS course.
This unit contains five 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 – Introduction to environmental ethics
• Lesson 2 – The concept of value in environmental ethics (instrumental & intrinsic)
• Lesson 3 – Traditional ethics (virtue, consequential and rights-based)
• Lesson 4 & 5 – Ethical debate – Northern Spotted Owl conservation
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (HL)
• 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Ecology Unit 2.3 – Biogeochemical cycles. 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 Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Ecology topic that is the second unit of the ESS course.
This unit contains four lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that 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 – Biogeochemical cycles (the carbon cycle)
• Lesson 2 – Human impacts on biogeochemical cycles
• Lesson 3 – Human impacts on the carbon cycle presentation task
• Lesson 4 – The role of agricultural and ocean systems as carbon sinks
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (SL)
• Key ESS terminology highlighted
• Modelling the carbon cycle activity
• 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 Unit Planner document is the official IB document used to plan the teaching of Unit Two - Ecology 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 second 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 Ecology Unit two lessons and resources available on my ESS Shop.
Features:
• A complete Unit Two – Ecology Unit Plan
• Individuals and populations, communities, and ecosystems
• Energy and biomass in ecosystems
• Biogeochemical cycles
• Climate and biomes
• Zonation, succession and change in ecosystems
• 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.
A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Higher Level Lenses – (Law, Economics & Ethics). 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, these Higher Level lenses can be taught at any time during the ESS course.
This bundle contains 17 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:
• HL.a Law
• Lesson 1 – The role of environmental law
• Lesson 2 – The effectiveness of environmental laws
• Lesson 3 – Environmental laws at local, national, and international level
• Lesson 4 – Environmental laws, application and enforcement
• Lesson 5 – Environmental laws – legal personhood
•** HL.b Economics**
• Lesson 6 – What is economics and environmental economics
• Lesson 7 – Market Failure
• Lesson 8 – Greenwashing
• Lesson 9 – Governing the commons
• Lesson 10&11 – Ecological economics
• Lesson 12 – Doughnut economics and circular economic models
•** HL.c Ethics**
• Lesson 13 – Introduction to environmental ethics
• Lesson 14 – The concept of value in environmental ethics (instrumental & intrinsic)
• Lesson 15 – Traditional ethics (virtue, consequential and rights-based)
• Lesson 16 & 17 – Ethical debate – Northern Spotted Owl conservation
• 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 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.
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.