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 PHYSICIST IN ANCIENT
GREECE

A physicist in ancient Greece was

somebody who theorized and thought
about the natural and physical world.
 LEUCIPPUS AND
DEMOCRITUS
WHO BEGAN CONSIDERING THE
NATURE OF WHAT THINGS WERE
MADE OF.

THEY WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH

HOW THE UNIVERSE SEEMED TO BE
BOTH CHANGING AND CONSTANT.
 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION OF
LIVING THINGS.

Atoms, Molecules, organelles, cells,

tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms,
population, community, ecosystem,
biome, and biosphere.

Void- completely empty

The first dynasty of the Persian Empire was
created by Achaemenids, established by Cyrus
the Great in 550 BC with the conquest of
Median, Lydian and Babylonian empires.
 ALCHEMY HAS BEEN PRACTICE
IN:

Mesopotamia- Iraq today

Korea
Egypt
Classical Greece and Rome
Persia-Iran
India Muslim Civilization

China
Europe
Japan
In alchemy, the
term chrysopoeia (Ancient
Greek: χρυσοποιία,
khrusopoiia) means
transmutation into gold (from
the Greek χρυσός, khrusos,
"gold", and ποιεῖν, poiein, "to
make"). It symbolically
indicates the creation of the
philosopher's stone and the
completion of the Great Work.
Concentric circles Activity
 READING OF RELATED TEXTS

Lead to Gold, Sorcery to Science: Alc

hemy and the Foundations of Modern
Chemistry
1 whole sheet of
paper
 EVALUATION

1-3. Which of the following was not part of the ideas of

Leucippus and Democritus?
a. The universe is made up of either atoms or a void.
b. An object is made of small, indivisible parts which
influence the object’s properties.
c. The universe is made up of four elements that combine
and separate to cause change.
d. The universe changes because atoms move about,
combine, collide and separate.
 EVALUATION

4-10. What did physicist mean in

Ancient Greece?
 EVALUATION

Minimum of 10 connected words,

11-15. Create a concept map of
Atomism
16-20. Create a concept map of
Alchemy