IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK) HL Theory of Knowledge Example

The student identified three distinct objects with clear real-world contexts.

The student's exhibition shows a genuine attempt to connect everyday life, history, and technology to TOK ideas.

The EpiPen example is especially effective because it is concrete, personal, and clearly linked to a real consequence of knowledge.

The student includes some reflective and comparative thinking rather than treating all three objects in the same way.

Some of the TOK links stay broad and repeat the same general claim in different forms.

Several assertions, especially around the atomic bomb and the smartwatch, would be stronger with more precise evidence.

At points, the commentary becomes descriptive or generalized rather than sharply analytical.

The conclusion does not fully distinguish what each object uniquely reveals about the prompt.