DP ESS 2025

Environmental systems and societies (ESS) aims to empower and equip students to:

1. Develop understanding of their own environmental impact, in the broader context of the impact of humanity on the Earth and its biosphere

2. Develop knowledge of diverse perspectives to address issues of sustainability

3. Engage and evaluate the tensions around environmental issues using critical thinking

4. Develop a systems approach to provide a holistic lens for the exploration of environmental issues

5. Be inspired to engage in environmental issues across local and global contexts.

Refer also to individuals and societies aims, and sciences aims.

Experimental Programme: 50 hrs

• Practical work: 30 hrs

• Collaborative Sciences Project 10 hrs

• Individual investigation (IA) 10 hrs

Total Teaching hours 150!

You need a Science Notebook or a section in your binder! Dedicate the back ten pages for a Glossary of the terms we'll encounter. 

• Also useful to bring: Ruler or protractor, and a basic calculator.

• You MUST do Homework in this class. It will be limited, but that means it must be done. 

HL ESS: (By MrKremerScience)

• HL.a Environmental Law

• HL.b Environmental Economics

• HL.c Environmental Ethics