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IB ESS Case Study Breakdown with Worked Examples and Activities

Editable ESS case-study writing guide with worked examples, three student activities, planning scaffolds and exemplar responses.

  • Programme: Diploma Programme
  • File format: DOCX in ZIP
  • Level: IB Diploma

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Single-teacher licence. This purchase permits one teacher to use these resources with their own students, year after year. You may print classroom copies, adapt editable materials for your teaching, and share materials with your students through a password-protected classroom platform. Sharing with other teachers, department-wide use, public uploading, redistribution and resale are not permitted. Additional teachers require their own licences.

What is included

  • One editable Word guide
  • Worked examples
  • Three student case studies with planning scaffolds
  • Exemplar responses

About this resource

Help students build focused case-study responses for IB Environmental Systems and Societies. This resource guides students from interpreting the command term to selecting evidence, comparing stakeholder perspectives and evaluating management strategies.

What is included

  • A structured approach to discuss, evaluate and to what extent questions.
  • Worked examples covering the Montreal Protocol and phosphorus management.
  • Three student case studies: Yellowstone wolf reintroduction, Galápagos Project Isabela goat eradication, and Singapore water security through the Four National Taps.
  • Practice resource texts and data tables, planning scaffolds, evidence banks and stakeholder comparison tables.
  • Model and exemplar responses showing systems thinking, DPSIR, environmental value systems and evaluation.
  • A QR code for an externally hosted podcast-style audio summary.

What makes this useful

Use the worked examples for modelling, the scaffolds for guided practice and the case-study prompts for independent writing. The editable Word format allows teachers to select and adapt activities.

The student resource-booklet materials are simulations with values simplified for practice, as labelled in the source.

Download format

One original editable Word document, rendered as 37 pages, supplied in a ZIP. Page count may vary with Word settings. The audio is accessed externally through the QR code and is not included as an audio file in the ZIP. Internet access is needed for audio playback.

Who this resource is for

IB Diploma ESS teachers and students.

Resource details

Programme
Diploma Programme
Subject
ESS
Resource type
Worksheets
Topic
Case study analysis, Environmental value systems, Systems thinking
File format
DOCX in ZIP
Editable
Yes
Answers / markscheme
Model responses included
Level
IB Diploma
Pages
37
Components
1
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