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)
Ages 18+: (Difficulty level varies per age group). Academically, this course continues where Physics Fitness Bootcamp I left off. But complete with a sports nutrition element, it doesn't just teach you what to do, it teaches you HOW to live well. In essence, this course is a combination of learning classical physics, particle physics, SPORTS NUTRITION, fitness through mastering kinematics, 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!
Unlike the same level class for juniors, the activities in this particular class are all based on workout routines and exercises that you can learn using your own physical body, so that you will never have to pay for gym membership ever again if you don't want to!
Physics Fitness Bootcamp II (EXERCISE BASED/ ADULTS)
Imagine a physics class that doesn't just get you ready for exam time, but teaches you
true health and wellness in mind body spirit! Before he was a physics instructor, Claudio
was a personal trainer at such prestigious clubs as BSC, Ywca and institutions like Worcester Polytechnic Institute!
Adding his unique blend of knowledge in fitness and physics, Claudio has been able to
create a curriculum that satisfies an incomparable education in physics and health and wellness.
how? because it's all connected! As students see...his 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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Energy: What is energy? (Topic 1) (est 30 min)
Activity/break (30 min)
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Work (Topic 2, etc) (est 30 min)
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Mechanical energy (30 min)
Activity (30 min)
Lunch (30 min)
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Types of mechanical energy: kinetic, potential, rotational energy (introduction) (30 min)
Activity (30 min)
Potential energy (30 min)
Working on your physics comic book
(30 min)
Day 1: Total five hours
Day 2
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Gravity -- the reason gravitational potential energy exists (30 min) Activity (30 min)
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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 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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more types of mechanical energy: elastic potential energy (30 min)
Activity (spring systems) (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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Other types of mechanical energy: translational kinetic energy (energy in motion) (30 min)
Activity (30 minutes)
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Rotational kinetic energy
Activity Power and power exercises(30 minutes)
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review on all mechanical energies covered (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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chemical energy: 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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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 (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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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)