High School Physics Homeschool Science part 2

HS Physics: Part 2

This is part two of a three-part course in high school physics. In this study guide, students will learn about sound, electricity, magnetism, and energy.

Spine Text

This study guide accompanies the living book For the Love of Physics by Walter Lewin (Free Press, 2011).

For the Love of Physics is available on Amazon, but for more extensive used-copy search, try used.addall.com. It is also available as a well-read audiobook which might be a nice option if the reading level is a bit difficult for your student. Look for it on Audible.com (free with a 30-day trial,) Learn Out Loud or iTunes.

  • 284 pages, 15 chapters (102 pp, 5 chapters this term)
  • Reading Level: Grade 10 and up
  • Prerequisites: H.S. Physics (part 1)
  • Please Note. The study guide includes religious content. If you require a secular version, make that selection below. For more information, please see this page.

Author Bio

Walter H. G. Lewin (1936) is from The Hague, Netherlands. As a boy he adored art, even giving talks in high school that were extremely well received. He also enjoyed math and the sciences and then found that he loved physics, saying he was “made for physics” and that “physics is at the heart of everything”.

That boy who loved to show his friends around museums grew to be a man that delights to show us around the science of physics. With demonstrations and examples from the real world, he inspires us with a new way to look at things from the everyday to the stars in the universe. Because of today’s technology, almost anyone in the world can virtually sit in his classroom and watch many of his filmed lectures, making him a star in his own right with one lecture being viewed online over 12.7 million times. Professor Lewin thinks the technology that helps to educate the world is brilliant and the “best thing since sliced bread!” (source)

Other Necessary Items to Complement This Course

Schedule

This study guide includes 33 lessons, each requiring approximately 30-40 minutes. You can either schedule it:

  • Three times a week for 11 weeks, allowing for exams during the 12th week, or
  • Once a week for an entire year, allowing time for exams at the end of each term and including other science subjects on the other days of the week.

This guide uses the tools and prompts

  • Reading assignments
  • Narration and discussion prompts
  • Activities and experiments related to the reading
  • Supplemental current events, books, videos, and article suggestions
  • Leisure reading options
  • Exam questions

Transcripts

The completion of parts 1, 2, and 3 counts towards one high school physics lab credit.

If the student has completed Algebra 2, they will be able to complete the optional math sets provided. If not, they will still learn a great deal, but you should list “Conceptual Physics” on their transcript. Math is a language that helps scientists DO science, but if a student cannot do the math, they should not be held back from learning about this field of science.

Sample Lessons

A digital version can be purchased below, but the paperback copies of this study guide must be purchased on Amazon.