Connecting pre-university students with professional science
Physics matters in the world. Students should know that!
This project does not provide step-by-step linear curriculum coverage. It addresses core curriculum learning but allows wider-world scientific context to take the lead. Thus it not only shows the work of scientists, and its importance, but can be used for topic introduction, reinforcement and review. Some students will find that the contexts help them to make career decisions.
There are links to external videos on every page; that is, for every topic. The videos have been selected for brevity as well as for relevance in creating contexts and indicating curriculum links.
International Pre-University Common Core Physics
• Measurement
• Work, energy, power
• Linear motion
• Force and momentum
• Circular motion and gravitation
• Oscillation
• Force and materials
• Thermal behaviour
• Matter at small scale, nuclear changes
• Waves, general
• Waves, light
• Photons
• Electric charge
• Circuits
• Magnetism and electromagnetism
• Alternating current
Coming soon: an interactive topic-finder
This will provide quick access to coverage
of specific curriculum topics.
The Contextual Curriculum Connections
5 High-rise living – launch date TBA
2 Listening to the Cosmos from a South American desert – launch date TBA
6 From Earth orbit to the Oort Cloud … and beyond – launch date TBA
3 Solar – launch date TBA
7 Sustainable Physics
4 Diagnosis and treatment – launch date TBA
8 Speak to me – the Physics of Information and Communication – launch date TBA
Note: The Antarctic context, number 1 here, is currently provided as an example. The red buttons, 2 to 8, are not yet active.
I have created this resource as a former Teacher, Head of Science, National Chief Examiner and Author of many books, including Introduction to Advanced Physics and Further Advanced Physics. My most recent book is Ice, Rock, and Beauty, presenting The Myriad Objects of the Solar System, and will be published by global scientific publisher, Springer Nature, in 2025.
The material based on Antarctic context is provided as sample of this International Physics Now resource.
Other contexts as listed here, 1 to 8, are in preparation.
It is my wish, if this resource turns out to be valuable to learners and teachers, that is can become available to all, free of charge. There will then be no need for any topic to be for ‘subscribers only’. This is dependent on finding a source, or sources, of modest funding.
David Brodie
(C) David Brodie 2025 Note that all external videos and websites remain copyright of the creators