Introduction To Environmental Systems For The Ib Diploma

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Posted on 29 Oct 14:19 | by mitsumi | 23 views

Introduction To Environmental Systems For The Ib Diploma
Last updated 8/2021
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.14 GB | Duration: 1h 40m

The Foundations of Environmental Systems

What you'll learn
Develop an understanding of the essential foundations of environmental systems and their relationship with human society.
Develop an understanding of environmental value systems, the tensions that exist within them how historical events have helped create them.
Explore system models to help in understanding the relationships within and between the environment and society.
Understand the movement, transfers and transformations that affect energy and matter in environmental systems
Investigate the concept of sustainability
Explore the links between humans, pollution and environmental systems.
Requirements
Middle/High School general science or biology
Description
The course is designed to help students studying the IB Environmental Systems and Societies course at Diploma Level. However it is also useful for any High School students doing ecology, geography or environmental science.The course is built to help students review and prepare for summative assessments in the subject as well as provide additional understanding, examples and ways of thinking about the course.In this first course we focus on Topic 1 of the IB Environmental Systems and Societies course, the Foundations of Environmental Systems and Societies.In the Topic students explore aspects of:Environmental Values SystemsSystem ThinkingThe sources and fate of energy and matter within systemsSustainabilityPollutionThese provide the underlying foundation for the entire Environmental Systems and Societies Course. The course supports students through over one and half hours of video covering each theme in depth alone side tasks and quizzes designed to help the student take what is covered in each video and articulate their understanding of the concepts, and content in the concept of specific examples form around the world. All resources used are also available for students to download and save for latter revision and reflection.Subsequent Topics return to these building blocks through the program as the scaffold in which a deeper appreciation of the subject is developed.
Who this course is for
Students taking IB Environmental Systems and Societies classes or taking ecology and environmental science units in Biology, Environmental Science or Geography at High School