Physics in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) — the shared US science standards that are the science counterpart to Common Core. In elementary school the physical-science ideas are written grade by grade, from pushes and pulls in Kindergarten to matter, energy, waves and gravity by Grade 5.

Each grade is a course you can focus on and work through.

Early grades (K–2)

1. Kindergarten Physical Science
2. Grade 1 Physical Science
3. Grade 2 Physical Science

Upper elementary (3–5)

1. Grade 3 Physical Science
2. Grade 4 Physical Science
3. Grade 5 Physical Science

Ready for middle and high school? Continue to US secondary physics (NGSS & AP).

Start with Kindergarten →