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IB DP TOK | Models Theories and Laws Lesson Walkthrough

Students compare six scientific models and use the history of DNA model-building to discuss the differences between models, theories and laws.

Students critique AI-generated passages, compare human and machine responses and discuss whether producing an answer is the same as understanding it.

Students sort examples of games and sports, compare their features and explore Wittgenstein’s idea of family resemblance.

Students interpret a shared source through different lenses and examine how context changes the meaning of a dataset.

Students respond to rapid stimuli and assess case studies to explore when intuitive judgement is useful and when it can mislead.

Students assess knowledge claims and explore Gettier cases to question whether justified true belief is sufficient for knowledge.

Students take part in a cave simulation and discuss return scenarios to explore appearance, reality and the nature of knowledge.

Students compare observer roles and build positionality maps to examine how perspective influences knowledge claims.

Students use language activities, a colour grid and evidence cards to explore linguistic relativity.

Students evaluate shared evidence from different roles and debate what counts as sufficient proof in different contexts.