Environmental Systems and Societies
International Baccalaureate
Internal Assessment
Checklist breaking down the ESS IA.
Helps students to track each section and what to put into each section.
Adapted from the IB marking criteria.
International Baccalaureate
Environmental Systems and Societies
ESS
A checklist for each topic based upon the specification.
I use give these to students for both learning and revision purposes.
Topic 1: Foundations of environmental systems and societies
1.1 Environmental value systems
1.2 Systems and models
1.3 Energy and equilibria
1.4 Sustainability
1.5 Humans and pollution
Topic 2: Ecosystems and ecology
2.1 Species and populations
2.2 Communities and ecosystems
2.3 Flows of energy and matter
2.4 Biomes, zonation and succession
2.5 Investigating ecosystems
Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation
3.1 An introduction to biodiversity
3.2 Origins of biodiversity
3.3 Threats to biodiversity
3.4 Conservation of biodiversity
Topic 4: Water and aquatic food production systems and societies
4.1 Introduction to water systems
4.2 Access to fresh water
4.3 Aquatic food production systems
4.4 Water pollution
Topic 5: Soil systems and terrestrial food production systems and societies
5.1 Introduction to soil systems
5.2 Terrestrial food production systems and food choices
5.3 Soil degradation and conservation
Topic 6: Atmospheric systems and societies
6.1 Introduction to the atmosphere
6.2 Stratospheric ozone
6.3 Photochemical smog
6.4 Acid deposition
Topic 7: Climate change and energy production
7.1 Energy choices and security
7.2 Climate change—causes and impacts
7.3 Climate change—mitigation and adaptation
Topic 8: Human systems and resource use
8.1 Human population dynamics
8.2 Resource use in society
8.3 Solid domestic waste
8.4 Human population carrying capacity
Form breaks down each section and helps students to peer assess another's work. Huge time saver!
Each section has tick boxes to help students keep track of marks and also allows you to quickly assess how each students has performed in each area.
Also useful for modelling or using as a teacher marking criteria.
Easy to edit/adjust for specific practicals/experiments. The experiment covered here is reacting limestone with hydrochloric acid.
My specific template is aimed at the IB MYP however it applies to all KS3 science curricula.
Environmental Systems and Societies
Topic 4 Water and aquatic food production systems and societies
Fishing
Sustainability
Food production
WARNING: SOME VIDEO LINKS CONTAIN EXPLETIVES
Environmental Systems and Societies
Topic 4 Water and aquatic food production systems and societies
Fresh Water
Sustainability
WARNING: SOME VIDEO LINKS CONTAIN EXPLETIVES
Topic 2.5 Investigating Ecosystems
International Baccalaureate
Environmental Systems and Societies
Ecosystems and Ecology
Diversity
Measuring abiotic factors
Biotic factors
Environmental Systems and Societies
International Baccalaureate
ESS Topic 4
Card sort with questions on eutrophication and other aspects of water pollution
Environmental Systems and Societies Tracking Grid
International Baccalaureate
Space for results from end of topic tests, mocks, and IA
Percentages and residuals calculated
Could be adapted for tracking any IB subject
Look at Page 2 for grade boundaries if you want to adjust them
Environmental Systems and Societies
International Baccalaureate
Card sort activity focussing on Productivity, as well as it links to succession, and some general flows of energy questions.