The TOK exhibition is focused on one of the 35 prompts and three “objects” chosen by the students. Review the prompt and object guidelines requirement and see how you could use the following for one section of an exhibition. “A Grade 4 lesson that included material critical of Alberta’s oil Read more…
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50740324 The TOK exhibition is focused on one of the 35 prompts and three “objects” chosen by the students. Review the prompt and object guidelines requirement and see how you could use the following for one section of an exhibition. ” Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a Read more…
Consider the photo below from the perspective of artists and natural scientists. What aspects of the image or of the tardigrade can be explained / cannot be explained? Is it the parts that can or cannot explained that are more important?
Text: Nikk Ogasa “Io may have an underworld magma ocean or a hot metal heart” Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/io-magma-ocean-hot-metal-core-jupiter This news article uses words like “may” and “maybe.” This choice in language indicates the lack of certainty in the results which the article explores. The inability so far to conduct different Read more…
Text: “Acupuncture: In Depth.” https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture-in-depth “Current evidence suggests that many factors—like expectation and belief—that are unrelated to acupuncture needling may play important roles in the beneficial effects of acupuncture on pain.” There is some research that shows some benefits of acupuncture but it isn’t clear whether or not the actual Read more…
Text: “Mapping the harm of COVID-19 misinformation on social media.” https://uwm.edu/news/mapping-the-harm-of-covid-19-misinformation-on-social-media/ Social media is, unfortunately, full of instances of “little knowledge” which make it a good topic for May 2023 TOK essay prescribed title #4. There are a number of influence people on social media who have very little expertise Read more…
Text: “NASA’s New Shape-Shifting Radiator Inspired by Origami” This specific example has an interesting connection to May 2023 TOK essay prescribed title #3. This is an instance where a group of scientists has looked outside of their “bubble” into Japanese art and have used what have learn to improve the Read more…
Text: “A Scientist’s Gender Biases Mouse Research” “Duhaime-Ross reports on a new study, which found that mice are scared of men. When a male researcher works with a mouse, the mouse’s body courses with stress hormones. This doesn’t happen when a woman scientist is doing the work. The difference in how mice respond to male Read more…
Text: “A pointed question: Can science study acupuncture?” https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/acupuncture#:~:text=Over%204%2C000%20scientific%20studies%20have,underlying%20causes%20of%20these%20symptoms. The linked article looks into the challenges of trying to answer questions regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture.
Text: “DNA test jailed innocent man for murder.” BBC news. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19412819 Extract from the article: “David Butler has every right to be cynical about the use of DNA evidence by the police. He spent eight months in prison, on remand, facing murder charges after his DNA was allegedly found on Read more…