The Story-Based Physics Educational Resources Library
Fantasy books, worksheets, and games for teaching kids ages 8-12 about physics
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All my story-based educational math and physics resources! Plus everything I make in the future!
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Books (PDF and eBook formats)
The Fairy Tale Physics series books 1-4
Fairy tales that teach physics concepts for ages 10-12
Read the first two chapters of the Gravity Fairy Tale:
Physics Fables
Short stories with hands-on physics activities for ages 8-10
Algebra 1 Workbooks
Over 700 practice problems each. Detailed, step-by-step instructions for the math concepts that I found were most often tripping my students up.
The Complete Stick Figure Physics Tutorials
Fun, stick-figure based explanations, including examples with detailed math and practice problems.
Interactive Story Games
HTML games playable on laptops and desktop computers.
The Sorceress of Circuits: A Steampunk Electricity Adventure
An interactive story that teaches circuits to kids ages 10-12
(the demo only works on laptops or desktop computers! It will look bad on a phone or tablet)
The Case of the Seven Reflections: A Fairy Detective Optics Mystery
Worksheets
Beautifully illustrated worksheets with practice problems I developed based on the physics concepts kids most need to understand.
Middle School Physics Quest Worksheets
Somewhat silly fantasy adventure quests with classic middle school level physics practice problems built in.
Free-Body Diagrams Worksheet
Starting from the basics, but moving into all the classic, counterintuitive situations.
Circular Motion Worksheet
Standard, AP-style questions