Conceptual Physics Alive

About This Curriculum
Conceptual Physics engages students with analogies and imagery from real-world situations to build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong conceptual foundation, students are better equipped to make connections between the concepts of physics and their everyday world.

Table of Videos

About this Program

Conceptual Physics
Alive!

The original Conceptual Physics Alive! DVD series has been re-mastered and made available for free here at Conceptual Academy as a gift from Paul G. Hewitt through a Creative Commons license.

Before and after images of Conceptual Physics Alive re-mastered​

To access these video lessons, click into the Table of Videos. You can stream these videos directly through Conceptual Academy. To embed within your LMS, copy/paste the URL into an iframe. To download, right-click and choose "save video."

College Instructors

Cover of Conceptual Physics, 13th edition

Conceptual Academy hosts a library of 900+ video lessons with each lesson averaging about 6 minutes in length. The system collates these lessons, plus worksheets and other resources, to match your class schedule of topics. Students earn points for video and reading assignments through an automated quiz system and grade book providing a quantitative measure of student involvement. To learn more, write to Support@ConceptualAcademy.com or visit ConceptualScience.com.

High School Instructors

Conceptual Academy Physics, Cover

Conceptual Academy has partnered with PocketLab in the development of conceptual science programs appropriate for high school students, such as Paul's new 2023 high school edition: Conceptual Academy Physics. Aligned to various state standards, including NGSS, this program integrates paragraphs, illustrations, videos, worksheets, phenomena-based activities, hands-on activities, writing activities, and sensor-activites featuring PocketLab's real-time sensors. To learn more, write to Support@ConceptualAcademy.com or visit PocketLab.

Home Schools

Conceptual Academy offers self-guided and complete science programs for home learners from grades 7 and higher. To learn more, write to Support@ConceptualAcademy.com or visit our home school support site LearnScience.Academy.

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