ESS FAQs

• You really enjoy learning about contemporary environmental issues.

• You are curious to learn more.

• You enjoy learning independently as much as in class.

• You would like to develop investigation skills

• You may need ESS for your university degree/career

• Foundations of the course and its major ideas

• Ecosystem structure and function

• Biodiversity and Conservation

• Water resources

• Soil systems and food production

• Atmospheric science

• Climate change and energy production

• Human populations and resource use

Continual formative assessment over the 2 years. At the end of each topic students will sit an end of topic test. In Y13 the students will research and carry out the Internal Assessment (IA).

The predicted grade is calculated using all assessments during the course.

The final grade is calculated from the IA (25%) and 3 written examinations (75%).