Assessment
Essay AK2 plus in-text commentary
In this age we have taken apart a student essay and provided an in-text commentary to give a feeling for the way examiners think when reading a ToK essay. We have included comments on strategy and tips...
Assessment
Commentary on essay WS
This is a satisfactory essay scoring 6/10 Note In the commentary that follows the examiner has focused on the improvements that can be made to the essay in order that it may score the highest marks. This...
Assessment
Commentary on Essay HC
This is a satisfactory essay scoring 5/10 Note In the commentary that follows the examiner has focused on the improvements that can be made to the essay in order that it may score the highest marks. This...
Assessment
Commentary on essay AK
This is a satisfactory essay scoring 5/10 Note In the commentary that follows the examiner has focused on the arguments in the essay and makes an assessment of them. There are also suggestions for improvements...
Assessment
Exhibition comments JL
Prompt 20: What is the relationship between personal experience and knowledge?This exhibition scores 4/10 and reaches a Basic level in the assessment instrument. Prompt 20: What is the relationship between...
Activities
Natural Sciences
This site contains a selection of resources and lesson plans for an Area of Knowledge: Natural Sciences. These activities focus on whether the natural sciences have any common features that distinguish...
Activities
Diagramming the concepts of the Natural Sciences
Concepts play a big role in the production of scientific explanations. We use concepts such as induction, prediction, model, fact, theory regularly when thinking about doing science. But how do these...
Activities
How is new science discovered?
These activities piece together the process of scientific discovery by examining famous discoveries in the past. We ask whether discovery can be separated from processes of justification. Corresponding...
Activities
The Mastermind Game
These activities focus on the methods of science and explore how we might describe how hypotheses are tested through a cycle of designing and carrying out experiments, collection and analysis of results...
Activities
Scope of the Natural Sciences: "Following the science" and Covid-19
What can science do and what responsibilities do scientists have in everyday life? The activities on this page explore the relationship between science and politics regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Politicians...