What is Nothing?What is Nothing?

• Is it empty space?

• Is it the number ZERO?

• Is it when you just sit and be quiet?

NOW…NOW…

PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DO NOTHING

C’mon…Try really hard…

be very still…can you do it?

Is it possible to… Is it possible to…

DO NOTHING?

Is your brain still working?

Is your heart still beating?

Aren’t you thinking… Aren’t you thinking…

ABOUT

SOMETHING

But, how do you get something… But, how do you get something…

FROM

NOTHING?

Ex nihiloEx nihilo • This is a Latin word; it means:

“OUT OF NOTHING”

Think about making something…Think about making something…

OUT OF NOTHING

IMPOSSIBLE YOU IMPOSSIBLE YOU SAY??SAY??

MAYBE NOT

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ATOM LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ATOM

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!!

But this picture is not exactly how real atoms But this picture is not exactly how real atoms appear. We can imagine the atom a lot appear. We can imagine the atom a lot

bigger to get an idea of what it actually looks bigger to get an idea of what it actually looks like. like.

If the protons and neutrons were as wide as the tip If the protons and neutrons were as wide as the tip of your finger, and the electrons were the diameter of your finger, and the electrons were the diameter

of one human hair…of one human hair…Then the Then the whole atomwhole atom would be wider than the would be wider than the

length of length of fifteen football fields! fifteen football fields! (no way…YES WAY!!)(no way…YES WAY!!)

SO WHAT…DOES THIS SO WHAT…DOES THIS MEAN?MEAN?

(DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?)

THIS WILL FREAK

YOU OUT

(I PROMISE)

ARE YOU READY?

IT MEANS THAT IT MEANS THAT THE ATOM IS 99.9%THE ATOM IS 99.9%

EMPTY SPACE…

IT MEANS THAT…IT MEANS THAT…

THE ATOM IS:

NOTHING!

IT MEANS THAT…IT MEANS THAT…

EVERYTHING IS MADE OF…

NOTHING!

TOLD YOU…TOLD YOU…

IT WOULD FREAK YOU OUT

BUT…BUT…

HOW CAN THIS BE TRUE?

IT IS TRUE BECAUSE,IT IS TRUE BECAUSE,

WHEN THESE ZILLIONS AND CABILLIONS OF ATOMS HOOK UP (LINK ELECTRONS) TOGETHER THEY MAKE WHAT WE SEE AS SOLID OBJECTS.

SO…SO…

• WHEN CONNECTIONS (between electrons) ARE MADE SOMETHING IS CREATED.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

• GO HOME AND DO NOTHING

(SIT QUIETLY FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES)

THEN…THEN…

• TRY NOT TO THINK OF ANYTHING…BUT

• AT THE SAME TIME PAY GENTLE ATTENTION TO WHAT POPS INTO YOUR MIND

AND FINALLYAND FINALLY

• IF SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENS…

• WRITE IT DOWN…AND…

• COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT

SO, NOW YOU KNOW THAT,SO, NOW YOU KNOW THAT,

• SOMETHING IS REALLY NOTHING

(and)

• NOTHING IS REALLY SOMETHING

SO YOU CAN MAKESO YOU CAN MAKE

• SOMETHING

(A PAINTING, STICK CASTLE, DRESS, PAPER BIRDS, RUBBERBAND FANS, WOODEN CHICKENS, CARS, POSTERS, STORIES, ROBOTS, HOUSES,…

ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE!!)

OUT OF NOTHING

THE END(OF NOTHING)

Many thanks to…Many thanks to…

• Thomas and Tony for wanting to learn about..

NOTHING.