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BC Bungee jump
In this activity you will apply your learning about forces and deformation tro check that a bungee jump is safe for everybody! Criterion B: Inquiring and Designing Criterion C: Processing and Evaluating...
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BC Floating and sinking
What properties of materials can we measure? What makes a material float? How do properties of materials affect how they behave? How do we exploit properties of materials in useful ways? Criterion B:...
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4.2BC Structures and materials activities
Look here for criterion B and C activities for the unit inquiry 4.2 Structures and materials What properties of materials can we measure? What makes a material float? How do properties of materials affect...
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C Uncertain reactions
How certain can we be about the measurements that we make? How do we quantify uncertainty? In this activity you will carry out a simple experiment to measure reaction time and state the uncertainty in...
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4.1BC Measuring up activities
Look here for criterion B and C activities for the unit inquiry 4.1 Measuring Up How certain can we be about the measurements that we make? How do we quantify uncertainty?In this activity you will carry...
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5.4A Waves and communication activities
Look here for criterion A activities for the unit inquiry 5.4 Waves and communication In this activity you will apply your understanding of lens optics to understand how vision defects can be corrected...
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5.3A Electromagnetism activities
Look here for criterion A activities for the unit inquiry 5.3 Electromagnetism In this activity you will interpret diagrams and data to explain how electromagnetic induction is used to generate electric...
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5.4 Waves and communication
This is the unit planner for the MYP 5 inquiry into oscillations, waves, wave phenomena, electromagnetic spectrum, optics and sound. The inquiry explores this physics through communications in the global...
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A All in the eyes
In this activity you will apply your understanding of lens optics to understand how vision defects can be corrected by an optometrist. Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding Communication skills > Organise...
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A Separating colours
In this activity you will show how a prism can be used to separate white light into its component colour spectrum, through a process known as chromatic dispersion. Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding...