TOK II (Class of 2022)

  Aims & Objectives: make connections between a critical approach to the construction of knowledge, the academic disciplines and the wider world examine how academic disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge understand that knowledge brings responsibility which leads to commitment and action. Essential Question: What methods, assumptions, and approaches distinguish the natural sciences as an area of knowledge? Agenda: Journal: Does measurement help us create knowledge? Discussion: Natural Sciences Pop Quiz Talk through  this Prezi on the Natural Sciences Ongoing & Upcoming: Thursday: our FIRST EVER CORE THURSDAY.  Come prepared to work on Extended Essay: Continue research & writing Contact EE Supervisor to arrange first formal reflection session 2000-word draft (with 10 sources cited) due Sunday, 4/4 Remember, this is a process checkpoint--if you are DOING the work, it should SHOW in this draft Begin moving some of your thinking around to giv...

"What's in the box?!" -Brad Pitt   Let's begin our discussion of science with a quick POP QUIZ!!! After you are done, put your quiz someplace safe.  We'll come back to it soon to check your initial understanding. Now, we will try some hands on science with my favorite TOK activity: THE  BLACK BOX  PROBLEM I will put you in teams of 3-4 students.  Together, you will work together to discover the nature of the universe. Please follow along on  these instructions  as I explain.