Lesson on nothing

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What is Nothing?

Is it empty space?

Is it the number ZERO?

Is it when you just sit and be quiet?

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NOW…

PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DO NOTHING

C’mon…Try really hard…

be very still…can you do it?

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Is it possible to…

DO NOTHING?

Is your brain still working?

Is your heart still beating?

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Aren’t you thinking…

ABOUT

SOMETHING

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But, how do you get something…

FROM

NOTHING?

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Ex nihilo

This is a Latin word; it means:

“OUT OF NOTHING”

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Think about making something…

OUT OF NOTHING

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IMPOSSIBLE YOU SAY??

MAYBE NOT

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Let’s take a look at the atom

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Atoms are made of teeny tiny particles called protons, neutrons, and electrons. The green and orange dots in the in the middle are called the nucleus of the atom.

The electrons spin (really fast) around the nucleus.

Everything in the whole Universe

(planets, stars, people, animals, plants) is made of Atoms. EVERYTHING!!

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But this picture is not exactly how real atoms appear. We can imagine the atom a lot bigger to get an idea of what it actually looks like.

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If the protons and neutrons were as wide as the tip of your finger, and the electrons were the diameter of one human hair… Then the whole atom would be wider than the length of fifteen football fields! (no way…YES WAY!!)

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SO WHAT…DOES THIS MEAN?

(DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?)

THIS WILL FREAK

YOU OUT

(I PROMISE)

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ARE YOU READY?

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