Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.6.6 What a state we're in!
On this page you will explore what happens when a material changes physical state. Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts Earlier in 4.6.1 What's the matter? you explored how the physical properties...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.6.5 Heat and temperature
On this page you will find out about how the properties of a body affect the internal energy that is stored in it, at a particular temperature. Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts These little...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.6.2 What's the temperature?
How do we measure temperature? What is temperature? What different instruments can we use to measure temperature? On this page you will explore this important physical quantity. Inquiry questions Disciplinary...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.6.3 Temperature effects
On this page you explore the effects of temperature change on solids, liquids and gases, and explain those effects in terms of the energies of particles Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts Think-pair-share...
Learning
Visible Thinking
This page introduces Visible Thinking routines from Harvard Project Zero. Approaches to learning focus Reflection skills > Try new AtL skills and evaluate their effectiveness Creative-thinking skills...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.6.1 What's the matter?
What are the properties of states of matter? What evidence do we have for the existence of particles in matter? How do we decide what a state of matter is? When does one state end and another begin? How...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.5.6 Being efficient
How efficient can we be? In this page you will inquire into the physics concept of efficiency, and explore some real-life examples of efficient and inefficient machines. Inquiry questions Disciplinary...
Assessment
C Glaciers in retreat - student work
This page has some marked exemplars of student work from the criterion C activity: Glaciers in retreat Note to teachers: the tasks here were made by students using an earlier version of the activity,...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.5.7: What future for energy?
In this activity you will explore the global context of decision making about energy resources. You will find out what action your chosen country plans to take to achieve 'net zero', and you will evaluate...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.5.5 Energy and motion
How is energy stored? How is energy transferred within and between systems? Is all the energy stored available to do work? Here we explore how energy is stored and transferred in the motion of objects....