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ESS Assessment Tips -1-8

1 Foundations Of ESS Assessment Tip

2 Ecosystems and Ecology Assessment Tip

3 Biodiversity and conservation Assessment Tip

4 Water and Aquatic Food Production Systems and Societies Assessment Tip

5 Soil systems and Terrestrial Food Production Systems and Societies Assessment Tip

6 Atmospheric Systems and Societies Assessment Tip

7 Climate Change and Energy Production Assessment Tip

8 Human Systems and Resource Use Assessment tip

IB ESS Resources

Quizlet with all of the terms in the IB ESS glossary: http://quizlet.com/_6pzew

Below is a list of great websites you should look up for good information relating to the syllabus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CZFfyed3M – species to community

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6wqG4nb3M – food chain song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag5ATGEplbU – biomes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taLr2pTlAEM – ecological pyramid

http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/580.html - labs

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072315474/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRuen6BMbw – population interactions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3SZKJVKRxQ&feature=related – carbon cycle cartoon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4ODWMZq5U&feature=related – carbon cycle and global warming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdY4I-EaqJA&feature=related – nitrogen cycle

http://expert-eyes.org/shola.html - tropical montane forests

http://www.wildvistas.com/nationalparks/kodaikanal/kodaikanal.html - Kodaikanal shola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFLssJ2n5FY&feature=related – succession

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HCCSq75o0&feature=related – secondary succession

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6UFRIAcWgY – soil formation during succession

http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/successn/intro.htm - ecological succession

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEFwaQej_0E – sustainable development

http://www.shell.com/home/content/media/news_and_library/speeches/2009/climate_change_podcasts.html - CCS -

carbon capture and storage

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/resources/teachers/pdfs/EIAScavengerHunt.pdf - energy hunting

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/resources/teachers/pdfs/Activitybook_web.pdf - ENERGY ACTIVITY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xytSsbJusVg – soil erosion and conservation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_GohbbmoKs - commercial agriculture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXdEmQkYlek - subsistence to commercial farming

http://media.ft.com/cms/s/2/f5bd920c-975b-11dc-9e08-0000779fd2ac.html?from=textlink - Food

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/ - water cycle animation

http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/TLSF/theme_b/mod09/uncom09t05.htm - footprint

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science_project_ideas.php - projects

http://www.myfootprint.org/en/visitor_information/ - ecological footprint quiz

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/EnvEng_p026.shtml - rooftop garden

http://www.bigpicture.tv/videos/watch/a5bfc9e07 - Wackernagel's view on ecological footprint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNGp-3c5CE&feature=related – loss of biodiversity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjbiNmLmQaU&feature=related – rainforests

http://www2.ucar.edu/climate/faq - global warming UCAR

http://ei.cornell.edu/toxicology/bioassays/Duckweed/analysis.asp - bioassay analysis

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=127021 – LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7ogH7B3_w – atmosphere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p79g9_5IxgE&feature=related – earth’s surface

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml - steps of a scientific experiment

http://www.saburchill.com/index.html -source for all science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfziy_860GU – plate tectonics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdtQhTV0J6g – nonpoint source pollution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabPFNxo844&feature=related – water cycle 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YswL4dIDQuk&feature=related – water cycle 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDALeYd9i2U – biotic index

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczsDc1LiOI – lichen as

http://www.aquatext.com/tables/bioticind.htm - biotic index

http://www.mbgnet.net – biomes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA8tEUGVI_I - deep sea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBO10VhVmc&feature=related – deep sea creatures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN_NmCpry38 - el Nino

http://www.practicalbiology.org/areas/intermediate/environment/environmental-indicators/ - practicals

http://www.tropicalbiology.org/admin/documents/pdf_files/Kenyaabstracts/O'Moore%20Donohue%20&%20Meijer_2006.pf – lichen

http://sciencebitz.com/ - resource

http://new.coolclassroom.org/img/adventures/plume/docs/Eutrophication_Teacher.pdf - eutrophication

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBgDeG0kzCQ – eutrophication 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JevA4C6Iwu8 – use of models

http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS03 - ECOSYSTEM QUIZ 1

http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS04 - ECOSYSTEM QUIZ 2

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