IB ESS Timeline

  • IB foundation

    In 1968 the IB program was founded. It started as a nonprofit educational foundation that promoted the learning process of inquiring students, focusing on a globalizing context.
  • Current CAS stablishment

    On 2015 the IB programe settled a set of strands that a CAS student must follow: Creativity, Activity and Service. This strands are the base for a person that is able to generate a positive social impact in a community
  • Current ESS sylabus

    In 2016 the updated version of the sylabus for the subject ESS was introduced and is the format used for the current IB programe
  • ESS-CAS Data flow

    The programs CAS and ESS would be able to exchange data on a commun forum or library that will easy the work of future field proyects. This will ease the comparison of past proyects with current ones and the correction of past obstacles on other activities done.
  • Introduction of ESS international datagathering

    Taking into account that the ESS program uses topics relevant on a global scale. The implementation of a data bank for the students would be a tool that allow them to use, manipulate and check information gathered around the world and through out different years. This will allow them to make outstanding assesments with many different resources.
  • ESS national interacting activities

    The IB program could promote the interaction of national groups to do field trips and gather data suficient to produce outstanding projects. This will be a challange on some countries taking into account the lack of conection between cities but with a good planning this project could become a reality.