IB+ESS+OUTLINE


 * IB ESS COURSE OUTLINE[[image:livingearth/020907006.jpg align="right"]] **


 * YEAR 1 **


 * TOPIC 1: SYSTEMS AND MODELS **
 * IA ASSESSMENT: Energy content of different nuts (laws of thermodynamics) **


 * TOPIC 2: ECOSYSTEMS **
 * Biome Group Presentation **
 * IA ASSESSMENT: Various Abiotic and Biotic factors **
 * IA ASSESSMENT: Capture Mark Release Recapture Simulation **
 * IA ASSESSMENT: Simpson's Diversity Index Simulation **


 * TOPIC 3: HUMAN POPULATION, CARRYING CAPACITY, AND RESOURCE USE **
 * Water: River Systems Group Presentation **
 * IA ASSESSMENT: Soil type comparison (water holding capacity / infiltration) **


 * TOPIC 7: ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE SYSTEMS **
 * Environmental Philosophies Group Presentation **


 * IA FOCUS **
 * Introductory lessons to practical collection methods, use of apparatus and basic preparation for fieldtrip **


 * YEAR 2 **


 * TOPIC 4: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">TOPIC 5: POLLUTION MANAGEMENT **
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IA: PLANNING LAB ACID DEPOSITION **
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IA: EUTROPHICATION LAB **
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IA: Planning Lab Natural Selection (simulation) **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">TOPIC 6: THE ISSUE OF GLOBAL WARMING **
 * Inconvenient Truth Film Study **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">EXAM REVISION **
 * Summaries, Presentations, Worksheets, Essays etc... **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">PAST PAPER PRACTICE **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">MAY EXAMS: GOOD LUCK! **