Assessment
In this section, we explain how ESS is assessed, provide sample tests and exams and give advice on where to find more resources in the IB past papers. There are a lot of tricks to be able to adapt old past papers to the latest formats without too much effort, thereby giving authentic assessments.
I also provide advice on how to prepare students for the longer "part c" 9 mark essays and how to mark these.
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How is ESS Assessed? Free
ESS has two external exam papers and an internal assessment component. Paper 1 is a Resource Booklet containing one large...
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Unit Tests
These tests can be used as end of unit tests to check understanding of a unit / topic. Each are focussed on different aspects...
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Paper 1
On this page you will find some Paper 1 style assessments. Paper 1 is marked out of 35 and will include a range of questions...
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Paper 2 Section B
Paper 2 Section B contains what I call the essay questions. Students eventually need to answer 2 whole questions (parts...
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Topic 4 and 5 Test - Essay - Paper 2 Section B
Topic 4 and 5 are regularly testing together to allow students to show their understanding of a wide variety of food production...
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Topic 2 Test - Data and Short Essay
This test is designed for subtopics 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 but as with all ESS tests, students will need to be able to show understanding...