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A mini-lesson based on an Vox podcast interview with journalist Maggie Jackson, about our fear of uncertainty - and why we shouldn’t allow that to happen.

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, exploring ‘pluralistic ignorance’ - otherwise known as ‘the Emperor’s new clothes’.

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A mini-lesson based on an Aeon video, exploring the work of Judy Baca, who created the vast public mural, the Great Wall of Los Angeles in San Fernando Valley.

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CREATING A PUBLIC VOICE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, which looks at the link between an identity crisis and the use of language for Latino immigrant communities.

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THE GATEKEEPER OF IDENTITY | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a New Humanist article, looking at the importance of the metaphor in understanding scientific ideas.

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BRIDGING THE NEW & KNOWN | TOK mini-lesson & knowledge journey

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article, looking at the motives behind a statue of a British naval officer freeing an enslaved African, and what it tells us about how we remember the past.

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, which argues that using genetics to justify mass deportations is an example of scientific racism, based on a misunderstanding of biology.

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BAD GENES, OR BAD BIOLOGY? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Sapiens article, evaluating what the Bigfoot Hoax tells us about public mistrust of science - and how science itself should be carried out.

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, arguing that the dominance of the English language in scientific publications hinders the development of useful knowledge.

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GATEKEEPERS OF KNOWLEDGE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based a BBC article, examining the way in which a photo of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee changed our assumptions about nature.

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A NEW WAY OF UNDERSTANDING | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, which pushes back against media coverage about how eating ham sandwiches increases the risk of developing diabetes.

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HAM SANDWICHES AND NUANCE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based an Smithsonian article, looking at the attempts by a team of scientists to stop the naming of organisms after human beings.

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A mini-lesson based on a DV article, exploring the relevance of the Nobel Prizes awarded for science in an era of global, collaborative, and diverse research.

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THE MT. EVEREST OF SCIENCE? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, arguing that scientific thinking can encourage people to become more collaborative, and improve society.

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CONSIDER THE OPPOSITE | TOK mini-lesson & knowledge journey

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A mini-lesson based on a Project Syndicate article, which argues that the concept of ‘umwëlt’ may help us to better understand and solve the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article, examining the science of intuition, in an attempt to explain the role it plays in helping us know about the world.

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MAKING SENSE OF INTUITION | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, in which a professor of literature argues that Taylor Swift should be taught alongside Shakespeare.

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AVOIDING REDUCTIVE ASSERTIONS | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think interview with Claire Dederer, which discusses the age-old question of art vs. artist, and why the goalposts have moved in the online age.

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AN AESTHETICO- ETHICAL DANCE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think video with David Eagleman, in which he argues that the first step in understanding the world is understanding the way your brain works.

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INGROUPS AND OUTGROUPS | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a DesignBoom article, looking at one of the executive orders of the new US government that states new federal buildings should be based on classical traditions of design.

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BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think video, featuring the late Daniel Dennett discussing why philosophers should also have a comprehensive understanding of science.

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WHAT IF I’M WRONG? | TOK mini-lesson & knowledge journey

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, asserting that everyone - not just scientists and philosophers - should care more about the truth, and insist on its wider application.

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EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON IT | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, arguing that every science laboratory should employ an artist to help communicate new concepts and ideas.

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OVERCOMING SILO MENTALITIES | TOK mini-lesson

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The UP padlets offer students a wide selection of mini-lessons and other resources that explore and unpack the latest issues and events related to engineering, enabling students to link learning to the real-world, develop a more critical eye, and demonstrate their interest in the subject.

The advice on the final slide of the presentation provides specific advice on how the story will help to deepen their knowledge, introduce them to key thinkers, and relate to wider issues going on in the world.

Choose which version of the mini-lesson you want, depending on the programme you're following. IB students can use the TOK mini-lesson; other students should follow the link on the second slide of the presentation, to take them to the non-IB Diploma version.

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