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As you follow the Foundation unit, all SL and HL students attend all three lessons a week. This lasts until early November, depending on missed lessons etc.
| Assessment component | Weighting |
|---|---|
| External assessment (3 hours) | 75% |
| Paper 1 (1 hour) | |
| Students will be provided with a range of data in a variety of forms relating to a specific, previously unseen case study. | |
| Questions will be based on the analysis and evaluation of the data in the case study. | |
| All questions are compulsory. | |
| (35 marks) | 25% |
| Paper 2 (2 hours) | |
| Section A (40 marks) is made up of short-answer and data-based questions. | |
| Section B (20 marks) requires students to answer one structured essay question from a choice of two. Each question is worth 20 marks. | |
| (60 marks) | 50% |
| Internal assessment (10 hours) | |
| This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course. | |
| The internal assessment consists of one task: the individual investigation. | |
| (30 marks) | 25% |
| Assessment component | Weighting |
|---|---|
| External assessment (4.5 hours) | 80% |
| Paper 1 (2 hours) | |
| Students will be provided with a range of data in a variety of forms relating to a specific, previously unseen case study. | |
| Questions will be based on the analysis and evaluation of the data in the case study. | |
| All questions are compulsory. | |
| (70 marks) | 30% |
| Paper 2 (2.5 hours) | |
| Section A (40 marks) is made up of short-answer and data-based questions. | |
| Section B (40 marks) requires students to answer two structured essay questions from a choice of three. Each question is worth 20 marks. | |
| (80 marks) | 50% |
| Internal assessment (10 hours) | |
| This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course. | |
| The internal assessment consists of one task: the individual investigation. | |
| (30 marks) | 20% |
| Syllabus component | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Foundation | ||
| 1.1 Perspectives | ||
| 1.2 Systems | ||
| 1.3 Sustainability | 16 | |
| (3) | ||
| (5) | ||
| (8) | ||
| Topic 2: Ecology | 22 | 35 |
| Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation | 13 | 26 |
| Topic 4: Water | 12 | 25 |
| Topic 5: Land | 8 | 15 |
| Topic 6: Atmosphere and climate change | 10 | 23 |
| Topic 7: Natural resources | 10 | 18 |
| Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems | 9 | 15 |
| Higher level (HL) lenses | ||
| HL.a Environmental law | ||
| HL.b Environmental economics | ||
| HL.c Environmental ethics | 17 | |
| (5) | ||
| (7) | ||
| (5) | ||
| Experimental programme | ||
| Practical work | ||
| Collaborative sciences project | ||
| Individual investigation | 50 | |
| (30) | ||
| (10) | ||
| (10) | 50 | |
| (30) | ||
| (10) | ||
| (10) | ||
| Total teaching hours | 150 | 240 |