Buckswood School IB Diploma Programme Subject Environmental Systems and Societies HL / SL SL Text book Environmental Systems and Societies (OUP) Lesson per week 3 hours Teacher Mr Lawless Students Christmas term (U6th) Recommended Week Topics covered TOK Question Connections Extra Reading 1 5.3 Soil degradation and (11 Sept) conservation 2 6.1 Introduction to the (18 Sep) atmosphere 3 6.2 Stratospheric ozone (25 Sep) Environmental problems are often emotive—under what 6.3 circumstances should we Chemistry maintain a detached (topic 5) relationship with the subject Geography matter under investigation? (option G), 4 6.3 Photochemical smog (02 Oct) 6.4 Acid deposition To what extent does the recognition of the ethical 6.4 responsibility of knowledge Chemistry influence the further (topic 8); production or acquisition of knowledge? To what extent does the recognition of the ethical Chemistry 5 7.1 Energy choices and security responsibility of knowledge (topic 8); (09 Oct) influence the further production or acquisition of knowledge? 6 Assessment week (16 Oct) 7 Half term (23 Oct) 8 Internal Assessment (30 Oct) 9 Internal Assessment (06 Nov) 10 Internal Assessment (20 Nov)
Buckswood School IB Diploma Programme Subject Environmental Systems and Societies HL / SL SL Text book Environmental Systems and Societies (OUP) Lesson per week 3 hours Teacher Mr Lawless Students Christmas term (U6th) Week Topics covered TOK Question Connections Recommended Extra Reading 1 (11 Sept) 5.3 Soil degradation and conservation 2 (18 Sep) 6.1 Introduction to the atmosphere 3 (25 Sep) 6.2 Stratospheric ozone 4 (02 Oct) 6.3 Photochemical smog 6.4 Acid deposition Environmental problems are often emotive—under what circumstances should we maintain a detached relationship with the subject matter under investigation? To what extent does the recognition of the ethical responsibility of knowledge influence the further production or acquisition of knowledge? 6.3 Chemistry (topic 5) Geography (option G), 6.4 Chemistry (topic 8); 5 (09 Oct) 7.1 Energy choices and security To what extent does the recognition of the ethical responsibility of knowledge influence the further production or acquisition of knowledge? Chemistry (topic 8); 6 (16 Oct) Assessment week 7 (23 Oct) Half term 8 (30 Oct) Internal Assessment 9 (06 Nov) Internal Assessment 10 (20 Nov) Internal Assessment
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