First Person Physics

Interactive Lessons

All core instructional content is delivered through short and focused text, video, animations, and simulations.

• Over 900 activities, videos, and simulations deliver instruction in class or allow students to review on their own.
• Animations proceed step-by-step through each key idea and concept.
• Hundreds of animations illustrate physics in action, allowing anticipation, replaying, and discussion.
• Summary videos encapsulate the key ideas of each topic.
• Professional audio accompanies all instruction providing support for all learners.
  
  

Simulations

• Pause at any time to record data points or rerun using different starting values.
• Simulations encourage collaborative learning and include
  —driving a car through a 3D city to experiment with motion in two dimensions
  —dragging a test charge into a field and observing the direction and magnitude of force
  —recreating part of the Curies’ famous experiment on alpha particles
  —analyzing a substance using a mass spectrometer simulation
  —exploring advanced topics such as rotational motion and angular momentum
  
  

Math Support

Quickchecks develop problem-solving ability and build confidence.

• Embedded instructional videos provide real-time support.
  
• Step-by-step support builds self-efficacy and problem-solving skills.
  
• Generate new problems to ensure mastery.
  
• Performance is automatically recorded in teacher gradebook.
  
  

Sample problems provide step-by-step support for students solving key physics problems.

• Master educators explain solutions.
  
• Each step rolls out one at a time.
  
  

Progress Monitoring

Quizboards at the end of each chapter provide formative review.

• Hints provide instructional support.
• Immediate feedback for students.
  
  

Virtual Labs

• Bring to life concepts that can't be demonstrated in most classrooms.
• Complete insructions and simulations allow for electronic or print submission.
• Students can complete virtual labs in class or as homework.
• Grade virtual labs easily and effectively within the digital grade book.
  
  

Physical Labs and Demonstrations

Provide ample hands-on time for both students and instructors.

Lesson Plans

Lesson plans for each chapter contain

• Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings for the chapter and lesson.
• explanations of all vocabulary terms.
• STEM skills.
• a step-by-step walkthrough of the lessons with one-click access to all instructional material.
• pre-built assignments.
• cross-curricular support for language arts and math standards.
  
  

Course Management

Comprehensive management allows you to

• create and manage classes; add or drop students.
• create, modify, and distribute assignments, quizzes, and tests in seconds.
• track performance.
• drill down into class or individual student data.
  
  

Assessment

Use pre-built assignments or create your own.

• Pre-built assignments are aligned to lessons.
• Edit to add or delete problems within the assignment or easily access question banks from other lessons or standards to build custom assignments.