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Due 20 April - Real life situation and central Knowledge Issue
 * 1) What is the real life situation under consideration?
 * Scientists at CERN have simulated a small scale big bang in the large hadron collider last month

2. What is the TOK knowledge issue that will be the focus of your presentation? (This must be expressed as a question.)
 * How do our religious views and cultural background affect our perception and the possibility of accepting new discoveries in quantum mechanics, such as the one mentioned above?

Due 10 May - Knowledge issues and different perspectives
 * 1) Identify (sub)knowledge issues related to the KI which is the focus of your presentation.
 * The role of language in labeling the issue from different perspectives
 * The role emotion plays in choosing a perspective
 * Ulterior motives for supporting either perspective, how they are formed
 * Ways of knowing how the universe was created - scientific method, logic (both inductive and deductive) as well as emotion and faith
 * 1) Explain how the knowledge issue(s) relate to the topic you have chosen.
 * They are essentially the same thing
 * 1) Identify at least two perspectives of different knowers.
 * Creationist/Christian - God created the universe, this research is an example of humans playing God
 * Scientific - in support of the Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe
 * Another example - when quantum mechanics was being founded by people such as Niels Bohr, showing that at the subatomic scale only the probability of events can be calculated, even Albert Einstein refused to acknowledge those new advances
 * 1) Illustrate your points with supporting quotes.
 * In response to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Einstein said "God does not play dice"
 * 1) What is YOUR perspective on the topic?
 * I personally can't wait for the creationist theories to be proven wrong

Due 17 May - Format of presentation and outline
 * 1) Explain the format of your presentation (such as lectures, skits, simulations, games, dramatized readings, interviews or debates.)
 * Our presentation will take the format of a lecture
 * 1) What supporting materials will you use? (videos, PowerPoint, posters, questionnaires, recordings of songs or interviews, costumes, or props)
 * PowerPoint
 * 1) Write a summary in note form (for example, a bullet point list), of the way you plan to deal with knowledge issues during your presentation).
 * 2) Provide a clear bibliography for your presentation.

31 May - Begin presenting!!!