Physics FITNESS
Bootcamp
Conceptual Physics I
(Kinematics, Newton's Laws, Energy, Rotational Motion, and Gravity)
Conceptual Physics II
(Electricity & Magnetism)
Honors Level Physics I
(Kinematics, Newton's Laws, Energy, Rotational Motion, and Gravity with word problems
Algebra Based
AP Physics I
(Honors Physics + Mechanical waves, Electric charge, Electric Potential, DC Ciruits )
Introduction to Modern Physics: Particle Physics/Atoms, Light, Relativity, Energy and Quantum Physics
(Conceptual Overview)
Fluids and Thermodynamics
(Conceptual Overview)
Grades: Elementary School: (Difficulty level varies per age group). Academically, This course continues where Physics Fitness Bootcamp I left off. Our classes have been a favorite staple that blends in the skill building ideals of science education, personal training, and athletic development all at the same time!
Benefits for the program
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Customized routines that simulate the laws of physics and science education that you're trying to learn
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Students get introduced to all the basic the laws of physics through the power of seeing their own kinematics perform the motions.
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Get a GREAT exercise routine supplied by a physics professor and professional personal training!
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Learn without worrying about complicated word problems, hard tests, and hard math
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New topics covered: energy/sports nutrition basic particle physics/ fundamentals of chemistry and health and wellness (see below for details)
Fitness Physics II runs complete with a sports nutrition element. It doesn't just teach you how to be a better student athlete, it teaches you HOW to live well. In essence, this course is a combination of learning classical physics, particle physics, SPORTS NUTRITION, kinematics, athletic development and even holistic wellness! Because of its diversity, students finally learn to appreciate how powerful having a physics education can really be, for the justification of all these concepts unifying together can be made possible through exploring physics!
Physics Fitness Bootcamp II
5th - 8th Grade
This is a condensed course one week long (5 hours a day for 5 days) designed to introduce the concepts and principles of Physics. Students study a wide variety of topics in Physics that are components of the major themes of “energy and matter”. Topics include: energy, work, conservation of energy, an introduction to particle physics, atoms, and ultimately learning reality from the ground up until we get to chemistry. Professional level personal training activity and hands-on instruction, exercise routines, and physical games are your labs! Activities will allow a student to experience a firsthand account classical physics by using their physical abilities in athletics and sports games as lab as lab activities. Below is a typical example of the curriculum (scheduling may vary depending on time of day):
Topics covered:
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Energy: What is energy? (Topic 1)
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Work (Topic 2, etc)
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Mechanical energy
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Types of mechanical energy: kinetic, potential, rotational energy
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chemical energy: fuel/food. Importance of food and why it pays to eat properly
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Natural organic diet recommendations and meal plans
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Dissecting what energy really is
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brief intro to strings and quantum fields
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basics of particle physics: quarks and leptons
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protons, neutrons, electrons, the basics of an atom
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how electromagnetic forces between atoms work and make up what we call chemistry
Topics covered:
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Class: Energy: What is energy? (Topic 1) (est 30 min)
Activity: how long can you conserve energy? Plyometric exercises for extreme fat burning/fast twitch muscle building and power development session 1/break(30 min)
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Class: Work (Topic 2, etc) (est 30 min)
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Class Mechanical energy (30 min)
Activity: Manual labor made fun! The ultimate way to work out and make money! (30 min)
Lunch (30 min)
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Class: Types of mechanical energy: kinetic, potential, rotational energy (introduction) (30 min)
Activity: Crazy obstacle course design incorporating all three types of mechanical energy(30 min)
Class: Elastic Potential energy (30 min)
Working on your physics comic book
(30 min)
Day 1: Total five hours
Day 2
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Class: Gravity -- the reason gravitational potential energy exists (30 min) Activity using your own gravity and the gravity of others to get you 'jacked' (30 min)
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Class: Uniform circular motion and satellites: how planets orbit and satellites operate because of gravitational potential energy (30 min)
Activity (1 hour)
Lunch (30)
Activity: a sincere discussion; a reflection on how you felt after you ate. (light workout to notice how your digestion stress due to light activity vs intense activity (30 min)
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Class: review on various mechanical energies (30 min)
Activity: Plyometric jumping exercises (30 min)
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Working on your physics comic book -- what you learned so far (30 min)
Day 2: Total five hours
Day 3
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Class: Introduction to Power (30 min)
Activity: Plyometric workouts for ultimate fat burning part II (30 minutes)
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Class: Rotational kinetic energy
Activity Power and power exercises and now how to pace yourself (30 minutes)
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review on all mechanical energies covered/ introduction to chemical energy: optimal sports nutrition (30 minutes)
Lunch (30 minutes)
Activity: a recollection on how you feel after your meal: how much energy you feel you have and why + light activity to understand one's internal digestion (30 minutes)
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class: chemical energy: sports nutrition (part II) fuel/food. Importance of food and why it pays to eat properly (30 min)
Activity (30 min)
Activity (working on your physics comic book) (30 min)
Day 3 Total five hours
Day 4
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Class: chemical energy continued: Natural organic diet recommendations and meal plans: the importance of how food affects our reality (30 min)
Activity (30 min)
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Dissecting what energy really is
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brief intro to strings and quantum fields (30 minutes)
Activity: drawing 'strings and quantum fields in your notebook: trying to visualize what this looks like in your own head (there's no wrong way of picturing such subatomic sized entities because they can never be seen under a microscope) (30 min)
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basics of particle physics: quarks and leptons (30 min)
Lunch (30 min)
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protons, neutrons, electrons, the basics of an atom (30 minutes)
Activity Running through the double slit experiment (30 min)
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photons and light (30 minutes)
Working on your physics comic book (30 minutes)
Day 4 Total five hours
Day 5
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Now that we looked at some of the basic particles we can define as individual bits of energy, how none of these subatomic particles are still technically energy by itself!: What's out there beyond the universe(30 minutes)
Activity: try to draw and picture what energy looks like if its not these subatomic particles we wrote about (30 minutes)
Activity 2: Utilizing energy effectively: custom made workout routine based on all the exercises we learned so far (30 minutes)
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Class: Coming to full circle: how nothing, no subatomic particles or even us can move around without some sort of energy being expended (30 minutes)
Lunch (30 minutes)
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Conservation of energy in the entire universe (30 minutes)
Activity (learning to conserve your energy) Power exercises: the trade off we feel when we do explosive power movements (30 minutes)
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how electromagnetic forces between atoms work and make up what we call chemistry (30 minutes)
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Activity review, and what was the coolest thing you learned about energy you didn't know before? (30 minutes)