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Environmental systems and societies : course companion / Jill Rutherford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: IB diploma programme course companion | Course companionPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009Copyright date: �2009Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199152276
  • 9780199152278
  • 9780198389149
  • 0198389140
Other title:
  • IB diploma programme
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GE195 .R88 2009
Contents:
Historical overview of the modern environmental movement -- Environmental perspectives -- Ecosystems -- Systems: a theoretical framework -- Biodiversity -- Conservation of biodiversity -- The issue of global warming -- Population dynamics -- Resources -- natural capital -- Energy resources -- Water resources -- Soil resources -- Food resources -- Succession -- Pollution management -- Practical work and ideas -- Writing your extended essay -- Exam preparation and sample questions -- Answers to examination-style questions -- Directory
Summary: This Course Companion, presents a lively resource full of case studies, extracts, quotations, statistics and activities to allow students to fully understand complex and controversial issues. It follows an approach that includes the wider aims of the IB through connections to TOK,international-mindedness and the IB learner profile. It has been written by an IB Consultant and Examiner and has been extensively reviewed by teachers, consultants and the IB. With material integrated to include international and historical perspectives, students will be encouraged to thinkcritically and make connections to other subjects and to world issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical overview of the modern environmental movement -- Environmental perspectives -- Ecosystems -- Systems: a theoretical framework -- Biodiversity -- Conservation of biodiversity -- The issue of global warming -- Population dynamics -- Resources -- natural capital -- Energy resources -- Water resources -- Soil resources -- Food resources -- Succession -- Pollution management -- Practical work and ideas -- Writing your extended essay -- Exam preparation and sample questions -- Answers to examination-style questions -- Directory

This Course Companion, presents a lively resource full of case studies, extracts, quotations, statistics and activities to allow students to fully understand complex and controversial issues. It follows an approach that includes the wider aims of the IB through connections to TOK,international-mindedness and the IB learner profile. It has been written by an IB Consultant and Examiner and has been extensively reviewed by teachers, consultants and the IB. With material integrated to include international and historical perspectives, students will be encouraged to thinkcritically and make connections to other subjects and to world issues.

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