Physics

Physics for the IB MYP 4&5: by Concept 4.1

1 How big is everything?

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Physics for the IB MYP 4&5: by Concept 4.1

‘I ask you to look both

ways. For the road to a
knowledge of the stars
leads through the atom;
and important knowledge
of the atom has been
reached through the stars.’

 Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944)

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Physics for the IB MYP 4&5: by Concept 4.1

We understand our own relationship to the Universe when

we identify patterns at different scales

Key concept: Related concepts: Global context:

relationships patterns, evidence identities and
relationships

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Physics for the IB MYP 4&5: by Concept 4.1

Consider these questions

Factual
What is the smallest thing?
What is the largest thing? Conceptual
How do we measure them? How is the Universe
What is the Universe made from? structured?
How are the smallest and
the largest things in the
Debatable Universe connected?
What would the world look
like if you were very small?
Or very large?

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