NEW CONTENT FOR FALL 2023
Biological language delights in Natural Sciences Area of Knowledge
Masters and apprentices
Navigating biological vernacular
Etymological
Esoteric plural forms
Celebrated namesakes
Eccentricities
Thinking critically about biological classification
Superior bipeds
Do you ever find yourself using language like a squid uses its ink?
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WHAT’s NEW FOR 2023?
A. ALL 350 CLASS ACTIVITIES ON ONE ENORMOUS PAGE
This monster page will enhance your site navigation. Also consider copying and pasting the entire page to a Google Doc. The links will remain intact. You can use it selectively to plan your teaching year.
B. EXHIBITION AND ESSAY PAGES
New pages provide robust preparation strategies that work for any prompt.
TOK Exhibition
TOK Essay essentials
TOK Essay strategy
TOK Essay virtuosity
TOK Essay blunders to avoid
TOK Essay satirical poem
C. CORE THEME—KnoWLEDGE AND THE KNOWER
Here is the new structure for the Knowledge and the Knower core theme:
I. What counts as knowledge?
II. Perspectives
III. Tools
IV. Ethics
D. 12 TOK CONCEPTS
The 12 TOK Concepts menu links to relevant pages from all sections.
E. Who WANTS TO KNOW?
In Who wants to know? the fourth wall is broken. I touch upon certain inescapable aspects of the human predicament that have informed my approach to teaching TOK.
F. TOK RESOURCE BRIEFING BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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