Exploring Physics 2.5.3

The Exploring Physics Curriculum App serves as a comprehensive resource for high school educators and students engaged in conceptual physics. It integrates a workbook, lab book, and textbook into a singular interactive platform that emphasizes inquiry and modeling-based learning. This curriculum facilitates a hands-on approach while promoting discussion-oriented pedagogy, enabling students to develop mental models of key scientific concepts. It is designed to cater to all levels of high school conceptual physics, suitable for students from ninth to twelfth grade.

For students, the app offers a variety of features including:

• Laboratory exercises
• Reading pages
• Tutorial problems
• Simulations
• Practice problems
• Tools for entering answers

For educators, the app provides essential resources such as:

• Big Ideas
• Storyline guides
• Common Misconceptions addressed
• Materials lists for classroom activities
• Alignment with Next Generation Science Standards and Math Common Core
• Teacher Pages for each activity
• Instructional videos on lab setups
• Tools for grading student work

The curriculum encompasses eight eUnits of physics content, including:

• Introduction to electricity
• Electrical circuits
• Uniform motion
• Accelerated motion
• Forces and Newton’s laws
• Applications of Newton’s laws
• Momentum
• Energy

Each eUnit consists of:

• Hands-on student labs
• Inquiry-based experimental design activities
• Problem-solving activities
• Student Reading Pages
• Student Summary Pages
• Teacher Resources for enhanced instruction