Physics course website design for high school and exam prep must answer one question: does the student understand the method, or only memorize the answer? In physics, a student who has seen only the final answer gets stuck as soon as the wording of a problem changes a little. This demo shows an online physics academy that solves every problem step by step, asks a quick question after every step, and shows weekly progress in the personal student dashboard.
Why must online physics teaching be step by step?
In a live class, the teacher solves the problem on the board and the student can ask in the middle, “where did this come from?”. In a video this is not possible. Step-by-step solving answers exactly that question: every step opens separately and its reason is given. The student cannot see the next step until they have understood the previous one.
A personal student dashboard: weekly progress
A high school student must know how far they moved this week. The personal dashboard shows it:
- the finished chapters and the chapters that remain;
- the score of every quiz and the number of attempts;
- the last lesson that was open;
- messages from the teacher or the institute.
For exam-prep institutes this dashboard is also a follow-up tool: a student who falls behind is seen early.
Interactive lessons made for physics
Step-by-step problem solving
A kinematics or dynamics problem in a few short stages: the given data, drawing the figure, choosing the relation, substituting, the result. Every stage opens with a click and its reason is explained.
A quick question after every step
After every stage, a short question. A mistake is seen right there and gets an explanation, not in the exam hall.
Two cases side by side
Two different conditions of one experiment next to each other, for example motion with friction and without friction. The student sees the effect of one change directly.
Scored quizzes and exam preparation
Every chapter has a quiz, and the score and a review of the answers are shown after the quiz. For exam preparation, a timed quiz with a limited number of attempts can be set up, and the result stays in the student’s report card.
Formulas, numbers and text together
On physics sites, formulas and units are often scrambled inside mixed-direction text. In this academy the layout is set up for a mix of text, numbers and formulas so that the relations are read correctly.
A blue and clear look
The look of this demo is blue, light and clear, suitable for a teenage audience, without clutter. In your project, the colors are matched to the brand of your school or institute.
For teachers, schools and exam-prep institutes
A teacher can create a separate course and quiz for every class. A school can run a blended class: lessons in the room, practice online. An exam-prep institute can sell a self-paced course that is not limited by classroom capacity. The academy is built on your own hosting. For engineering courses, also see the architecture and engineering academy demo.
Summary
A physics course site must show the method, not only the answer. Step-by-step solving, quick questions and a weekly progress dashboard were made for exactly this. See the online demo right now; the access arrives in your email instantly and automatically.