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Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.9 Waves and communications reflection
Reflect and consolidate your understanding of the ‘waves and communications’ unit with these activities. Use this reflection to consolidate your learning in this unit. Keep these reflections together...
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A Our place
Where are we, in space and time? How far or how near are we from each other? How does this compare to the distances across space, or between atoms? In this activity you will apply your understanding of...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.3.6 Unit reflection
Use this reflection to consolidate your learning in this unit.Keep these reflections together in a portfolio or file in your online notes, so that you can use them to review and revise. Our unit statement...
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A What power bank?
You have learnt how we can calculate the electrical energy used by a device, and also how we can use a transformer to change potential differences. In this activity, you will connect this knowledge and...
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Grab bag: Impossible machines
In this activity you will inquire and analyse machines that claim to have 100% efficiency and move forever! Related concepts Energy Guiding questions How can we manage energy transfer efficiently and...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.0.6 Things you need to know Free
What do you need to know, to start MYP 4-5 Physics? Are you ready? Approaches to Learning focus: Reflection skills > Identify strengths and weaknesses of personal learning strategies This course is written...
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A Eco-architecture -1
How easy is it to conserve energy and prevent it from transferring in ways that are not useful? This activity looks at real data comparing a house with some simple energy-conserving modifications to one...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.1.2 Electric moments
In this inquiry you will explore electric charges and electric fields, and how they interact with matter. Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts Try the PhET ‘John Travoltage’ game: What happens when...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.2.3 Finding the force
On this page we explore how we can find the total (resultant) force acting on an object from the different forces acting on it. Image courtesy Reussir son BPJEPS Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts...
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C Cooking with a stone ATTL
This page has the rubric, teaching and marking notes for the MYP 4 C Cooking with a stone activity. Approaches to Teaching and Learning Thinking > Critical-thinking skills > Analysing and evaluating...
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Grab-bag: Evaluating risk and impact
On this page you will find resources to use to evaluate the risk of an activity, perhaps in the laboratory, and also to consider the environmental impact. Related concepts Environment, Consequences...
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C Atom builder
In this activity you will build atoms from nucleons (protons, neutrons) and find out which are stable elements and which are stable or unstable isotopes. Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding Information...