Homeschooling High School Physics
Here at Blog, She Wrote, we have lots of STEM resources for homeschooling high school science. This page serves as the hub for all things physics. You’ll find text suggestions, trade book references, activities for your high schooler, and labs for your high school physics courses.
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Not everyone high schooler will take physics, but if your teen wants to major in a STEM field, then it’s a must.
So, don’t skip homeschooling high school physics!
Physics Resources at Blog, She Wrote
The Beginner’s Guide to Learning about Gears– this one is all about different types of gears and how they work along with a lab using LEGO Technic pieces.
The Beginner’s Guide to Experimenting with Torque– one of the logical steps you can take after learning about gears.
Calculating Density– a great physics lab that teaches how to calculate density from getting the mass of an irregular object.
How to Build an EV3 Robot– a tutoral for building a simple robot with the Mindstorms EV3 kit. You’ll also find a program to run on it, courtesy of our youngest.
How to Make a Marble Speed Trap with LEGO Mindstorms– we also did this the old fashioned analog way, but this one is building a device to collect the data and calculate for you.
Learning with LEGO Mindstorms– the hub here on the blog for all of our Mindstorms activities
Making STEM Connections with Gravity Jousting– a nice lab using a kit from Pitsco Education, but most of the materials are household items that you can use and do the same lab.
More Resources for High School Physics
These are some things we’ve used in our physics studies. You can’t go wrong with any of these!
- 50 piece LEGO Gear & Axle Set– The perfect set for trying out the demonstrations on gears
- LEGO Crazy Contraptions Kit– This is a kit with Technic pieces for building all sort of little machines. It will contain what you need for these exercises.
- The Way Things Work Now– This book, by David Macaulay, has wonderful drawings and explanations about gears in addition to lots of machines which use them.
- Gears the Basics– a YouTube video that shows how to find the gear ratio between a large and small gear.
- LEGO Technic Idea Book Simple Machines– The next three books are photographic books showing how to build all sorts of machines and contraptions with Technic LEGO pieces. We use them with our students to teach them how to make a sturdy structure for use in robotics. We highly recommend them. If you are doing a unit on simple machines, Technic pieces are well suited for the task.
- LEGO Technic Idea Book Wheeled Wonders
- LEGO Technic Idea Book Fantastic Contraptions
- Amazing Maker Gifts for Your Curious Teen– lots of physics materials here that you don’t want to miss!