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The Story-Based Physics Educational Resources Library

The Story-Based Physics Educational Resources Library

Fantasy books, worksheets, and games for teaching kids ages 8-12 about physics

Apr 21, 2025
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The Sometimes Science Newsletter!
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The Story-Based Physics Educational Resources Library
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Welcome! You can:

  • Try free samples of all my books, games, and resources below

  • Subscribe to unlock the full library (and everything I make in the future!)

  • Or buy individual titles if that’s more your style!

I also send out a newsletter with free resources for free subscribers, so feel free to come along!

What’s in this library?

All my story-based educational math and physics resources! Plus everything I make in the future!

You can also get everything without subscribing here:

Buy the Stories Digital Bundle

Or paperbacks of my books on Amazon or whichever retailer you prefer!

Buy Books in Paperback

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:

Download the Sample

Buy the PDFs

Buy in Paperback

Physics Fables

Short stories with hands-on physics activities for ages 8-10

Read a Sample Story

Buy PDF

Buy in Paperback

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

Play the Demo!

(the demo only works on laptops or desktop computers! It will look bad on a phone or tablet)

Buy the Game

The Case of the Seven Reflections: A Fairy Detective Optics Mystery

Buy the Game

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.

Download a Sample

Buy the Bundle

Free-Body Diagrams Worksheet

Starting from the basics, but moving into all the classic, counterintuitive situations.

Buy the Worksheet

Circular Motion Worksheet

Standard, AP-style questions

Buy the Worksheet

The links for all of these are below!

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