Assessment Guide: The TOK Exhibition

Assessment Guide: The TOK Exhibition

Note on marks and boundaries. The exhibition is marked out of 10 using a single holistic (global-impression) rubric, and the overall TOK grade (A–E) is set by boundaries the IB fixes per session. Any band descriptions or mark ranges here are approximate and unofficial. Follow the official current TOK guide, the official list of IA prompts for your course, and your teacher's guidance.

What the task is

The TOK exhibition asks you to show how TOK ideas manifest in the world around us. You choose one IA prompt (from a fixed list of 35 prompts provided by the IB, all phrased as knowledge questions), select three real objects, and write a commentary explaining how each object connects to your chosen prompt. The point is not to decorate a display but to demo