Value of the Activity Set for an IBDP Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) Classroom
This collection of activities is designed to help students engage with core ESS concepts through hands-on projects, case studies, and discussions. Each activity promotes critical thinking and practical application of environmental systems, sustainability, and decision-making in real-world contexts. By examining ecological resilience, sustainability, environmental justice, and the role of feedback loops, students deepen their understanding of environmental issues and develop problem-solving skills.

List of Activities with Summation:

1. Assessing Ecosystem Resilience
   Students analyze the resilience of various ecosystems and explore factors that enhance or reduce their stability​.
2. Building a Terrarium to Study Ecosystems
   Students build a terrarium to model a small ecosystem and observe the interactions between components​.
3. Designing a Sustainable School Plan
   Students develop a sustainability plan for their school, addressing environmental, social, and economic aspects​.
4. Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Policies
   Students assess environmental policies from multiple perspectives and analyze their effectiveness in addressing environmental issues​.
5. Investigating Environmental Injustice
   Students explore real-world cases of environmental injustice, examining causes, impacts, and responses​.
6. Investigating the Role of Feedback Loops in Climate Change
   Students analyze how feedback loops contribute to climate change and create diagrams to illustrate these processes​.
7. Measuring Sustainability with Ecological Footprints
   Students use ecological footprint calculators to assess their own sustainability and identify ways to reduce their environmental impact​.
8. Modeling Environmental Systems
   Students construct and observe bottle ecosystems, exploring the components and interactions within environmental systems​.
9. Understanding Perspectives on Environmental Issues
   Students investigate how different environmental perspectives (technocentric, anthropocentric, ecocentric) shape attitudes toward environmental problems​.
10. Analyzing Environmental Value Systems
    Students explore environmental value systems and their influence on decision-making through case studies and group discussions​.