IB ESS

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 1 – Foundations. For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this HL/SL unit is the first unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 19 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Go

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 2 – Ecology For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the second unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 22 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to yo

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 5 – Land For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the fifth unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 8 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Go

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Unit 3 – Biodiversity & conservation For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the third unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 13 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, adde

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 4 – Water For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the forth unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 14 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Unit 6 – Atmosphere and climate change for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the sixth unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 12 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, adde

A set of teaching materials for ESS Internal Assessment For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this this bundle contains 7 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or opened using Google Slides. Save yourself time, all re

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Unit 8 – Human populations & Urban systems for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the eighth unit of the ESS course. This bundle contains 9 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning,

A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Higher Level Lenses – (Law, Economics & Ethics). For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, these Higher Level lenses can be taught at any time during the ESS course. This bundle contains 17 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person an

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Land Unit 5.2 – Agriculture and food. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Land topic that is the fifth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains five lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that can be used both in-

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Human populations and urban systems Unit 8.2 – Urban systems & urban planning. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Human populations & urban systems topic that is the eighth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains three lessons

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Atmosphere Unit 6.2 – Climate change – causes and impacts. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Atmosphere topic that is the sixth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains five lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Human populations and urban systems Unit 8.1 – Human populations. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Human populations & urban systems topic that is the eighth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains three lessons with PowerPo

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Human populations and urban systems Unit 8.3 – Urban air pollution. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Human populations & urban systems topic that is the eighth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains three lessons with PowerP

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Natural resources Unit 7.2 – Energy sources, uses and management. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Natural resources topic that is the seventh unit of the ESS course. This unit contains four lessons with PowerPoint presentations

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Atmosphere Unit 6.3 – Climate change – mitigation and adaptation. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Atmosphere topic that is the sixth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains three lessons with PowerPoint presentations and wor

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Natural resources Unit 7.1 – natural resources, uses and management. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Natural resources topic that is the seventh unit of the ESS course. This unit contains three lessons with PowerPoint presenta

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Atmosphere Unit 6.4 – Stratospheric ozone. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Atmosphere topic that is the sixth unit of the ESS course. This unit contains two lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that can be used

A fully resourced set of teaching materials for ESS Natural resources Unit 7.3 – Solid waste. A subtopic for the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level sub-topic is part of the Natural resources topic that is the seventh unit of the ESS course. This unit contains three lessons with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets that ca

This Unit Planner document is the official IB document used to plan the teaching of Unit Eight – Human populations & urban systems of the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024. Created by an IB Curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this IB ESS unit plan gives teachers a ready to go plan for teaching the eighth unit in the new ESS course. The completed unit planner also gives evidence of ESS curriculum