THE STUDENT UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT OF THE SYSTEM

Initial level

Advanced level

THE SYSTEM
AS A WHOLE

He/She gives simple examples of everything in nature (e.g. animal, tree, forest) and in society (family, city, school) that can be considered a system. He names significant parts of such system and explain how they are interconnected and how they work together.

He/She gives examples of complex systems (ecological, social and socio-ecological) and their interaction - e.g. when one system is part of another (e.g. forest or another natural object in the city area).

THE STUDENT UNDERSTANDS INTERCONNECTIONS AND DEPENDENCES

Initial level

Advanced level

THE INDIVIDUAL
AND THE ENVIRONMENT

He/She explores and describes simple examples based on
dependence of individual organisms, including humans, on
the environment. Based on personal experience in the care
of a living organism or their long-term observation, he/she
describes its needs.

He/She compares the needs of living organisms (including mental needs) and explains how they are satisfied in the environment. He uses examples to describe and explain how individual organisms, including human, affect their environment
and how the environment affects them.

COEXISTENCE OF
THE ORGANISMS:
COMMUNITIES

Based on his/her own research or observation, he/she discovers and explains the examples of coexistence and relationships between organisms and with inanimate components of the environment (specific mutually beneficial or unilaterally advantageous links, food chains and networks between specific organisms).

He/She demonstrates typical forms of interconnection between organisms and between organisms and inanimate components of the environment (different types of coexistence of organisms, types of food chains, interconnectedness of the flow of materials, energy and information between organisms etc.) with suitable examples. The Student uses examples to explain the consequences of interfering in these links.

FLOWS AND CYCLES

He/She finds simple examples of the cycle of substances in life environment and explains how he is involved.

He/She describes the cycle of an important substance (e.g. water) and the flow of solar energy through the environment and gives examples of consequences of human interference.

RESOURCES AND
POLLUTION

He/She gives examples of natural resources. The student explains how to use and save them efficiently. Based on their own or mediated experience gives an example of significant environmental damage by people and the consequences of this damage.

He/She compares renewable and non-renewable resources, the possibilities of using them and the impact of their use on
the environment. He/She states significant examples of pollution, their effects on the environment and organisms. He/She
compares different options how to prevent or reduce pollution (e.g. material and energy reduction demands, increasing the
service life of products, elimination of pollution).

LINKS IN GLOBALIZED WORLD

He/She finds examples of how various everyday activities
are connected with places and people somewhere else in
the world (eg food, raw materials, products, people’s work, etc.)

For specific phenomena in a globalized world (e.g. poverty, robotization, migration, climate change), he/she examines their causes and consequences, historical development and scenarios of further development.

STUDENT UNDERSTANDS CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS

Initial level

Advanced level

BIODIVERSITY

He/She gives specific examples of the diversity of nature. He/She names and characterizes individual communities and compares them in terms of their biodiversity.

He/She explains by using the examples how important the diversity in nature is for functioning of natural systems and for humans as well. He/She gives examples of reducing or endangering biodiversity and the possibilities and ways of its protection.

HUMAN DIVERSITY

Based on their own experience, the student describes how people are similar and different (e.g. in character, interests, experience, language, beliefs etc.)

He/She describes examples of different historical and cultural developments in different parts of the world. He/She seeks causes affecting cultural identity, the form of coexistence and the way people live.

THE STUDENT UNDERSTANDS CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS

Initial level

Advanced level

EVOLUTION AND
ADAPTABILITY

He/She describes on specific examples how organisms are adapting to their environment to survive best.

He/She gives examples and describes gradual changes through many generations that led to the selection of the individuals who adapted best to life in the environment.

DEVELOPMENT
OF THE POPULATIONS AND
ECOSYSTEMS

He/She looks for examples of changes in populations and ecosystems over time and finds out their causes.

Using examples of specific organisms including humans, he/she explains how the state of populations can change under the influence of various factors. Then he/she explains how the ecosystem develops under settled conditions and how it develops in the event of a disturbance, as well as how it develops naturally and how in continuous human influence (succession process).

DEVELOPMENT OF
THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE HUMAN AND NATURE

He/She gives examples of significant changes in nature and landscape caused by man.

Using examples, he/she demonstrates how the use and condition of the landscape has changed in a region over time and how this development impacts the current state of nature and society.

DEVELOPMENT
OF THE GLOBAL
COMMUNITY

He/She notices that the human community (including culture) is changing, He/She states the examples of significant changes over the last century and describes what new these changes have brought to the lives of people on Earth (e.g. the way of communication, method of production, transport, GPS, weapons).

He/She gives examples of historical events that have significantly influenced the development of communities across different parts of the world (e.g. migration of nations, transition to agriculture, overseas discoveries, colonialism, industrial revolution, digital revolution). He/She explains what changes these events have brought to the development of the global community.

STUDENT ACCEPTS UNCERTAINTY AND UNPREDICTABILITY

Initial level

Advanced level

UNCERTAINTY
AND UNPREDICTABILITY

On a specific example (e.g. weather), he/she realizes the limited ability to predict the future. He/She finds and describes more examples of such uncertainties in nature or society.

He/She gives examples when human interventions brought the originally unforeseen consequences. He/She looks for and examines the causes of uncertainties and discusses them (e.g. delay between cause and effect, large impact of originally small stimuli).