knowledge+issues

In addition to the below,don't forget to look at the 2012/13 YCIS Guidebook, that was introduced to you at the start of the year, which also contains some handy tips.



So before you say anything, KIs are relevant. They might even change your world! You may not have noticed them but here are some KIs that came up in IB classes, just this last week:


 * Economics: **

-Why do you think it's important for a tax system to be based on a principle of equity that is generally accepted by members of society?

-Do the people of society have a moral obligation to pay taxes?

-What if they do not agree with the equity principle of the tax system?


 * Environmental and Social Sciences: **

-Some people are critical of Earth Days as marginalized activities that do not change the actions of politicians. Do you think they have an effect?


 * Mathematics: **

-whether or not the Poisson Distribution is also a Binomial Distribution

// In case you’re interested, here’s the argument: //

One student put forward that the Poisson Distribution is also a Binomial Distribution. The teacher disagreed, UNLESS, the case is Binomial with infinite trials.

-A KI would look at something like //the nature of categorization in different AOK.//

Here’s another one that might float your boat:

Question from text book:

Can this question be answered using Binomial Theorem?

A large bin contains ten thousand bolts, 1% of which are faulty. I draw a sample of 10 bolts from the bin. The variable is the number of faulty bolts.

Only if you make an assumption that each bolt picked is replaced (this is what Binomial Theorem means), but taking a sample does not necessarily mean that you do this.

-A KI might look at the application of language in mathematics, for instance.


 * __ History __**

-What is the role of the historian?

-How is history produced?

-Is objective history possible, or even desirable?

__**English**__ **B**

-What are the negative costs and the positive benefits of belonging to a group?

-How can we balance our natural bias within our groups with our desire for the truth about the world?

__//** The point is that TOK moments are coming up all the time, not just in class but in life. It is your job to find them. You don’t necessarily need to come up with an answer. It’s the questions that we care about in TOK (until you come to write your final essay at least!). **//__ // Below is the PPT with questions and potential KIs from class. //