Conceptual Academy Lite

SUPPLEMENTAL HIGH SCHOOL LESSON CONTENT, POWERED BY POCKETLAB NOTEBOOK

Conceptual Academy Lite delivers the key concepts of our full curriculum - clear, compelling, and conceptually focused - designed to seamlessly complement your existing science program. It’s all the must‑have content, without extra bells and whistles.

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Conceptual Academy Lite in Notebook

Explore the essentials of Conceptual Academy Lite! Create your Notebook Account today to get instant access to select sample content for the lite versions of Conceptual Physics, Conceptual Chemistry, Conceptual Biology, and Conceptual Integrated Physics & Chemistry.

Same high‑quality foundations as the full program, distilled to the essentials.

Perfect as supplemental content alongside any existing curriculum.

Flexible, modular lessons you can drop in for clarity, reinforcement, or enrichment.

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Why Conceptual Academy Lite?

Designed by Paul Hewitt, John Suchocki and Jennifer Yeh, Conceptual Academy Lite brings high school science concepts to students in a unique and engaging way and builds a strong conceptual foundation. Students are easily able to make connections between the concepts and their everyday world.

Conceptual Academy Lite is a streamlined companion to any full curriculum, built for teachers using another core program who want conceptual clarity, engaging videos, and inquiry labs without adopting a full new curriculum.

Conceptual Academy Lite supports TEKS, and Next-Generation State Standards and is accessible to students of all learning styles and abilities.  

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Built on Paul Hewitt's Legacy

Paul Hewitt revolutionized teaching physics by making it more accessible and engaging. He wrote textbooks and created video and cartoon resources that focused on the conceptual understanding of the topic. Hewitt helped students connect science to their own lives. His approach to teaching has been widely adopted by schools around the world.

 

The Best Digital Platform

PocketLab Notebook is the best platform available for teachers to deliver lesson content online through a comprehensive digital learning environment that combines interactive lessons, customizability, real-time data collection, and analysis tools, progress monitoring, real-time feedback and group/class collaboration.

 

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Modern Classroom Tools

PocketLab multi-function wireless sensors have been used in schools all over the world. Student-led hands-on inquiry activities that feature authentic data collection will spark curiosity and creativity in your classroom. Your students' real-time data is live-streamed directly in their lesson making the curriculum come alive. Lesson data collection has NEVER been easier.

 

 

How Lite Fits into Your Classroom

Assign your students Conceptual Academy Lite lessons to supplement or replace your existing curriculum. Use them for clarity before a unit, reinforcement during, remediation after, or as enrichment projects.

Your current curriculum: How Lite enhances learning:
Textbook heavy and teacher led lessons

Inject short Conceptual Academy Lite lessons, videos and guided investigations for deeper understanding

Standards‑aligned but abstract

Bridge gaps with rich context, visuals, and real‑world connections

Minimal data‑driven inquiry

Add sensor‑powered investigations using PocketLab tools for authentic data collection

Traditional progression 

Use Lite for remediation, extension, or compact review modules—on demand

Plan and Prepare

Conceptual Academy Lite is available as modular lessons allowing you to customize content delivery and supplement with built-in notebook lessons, PhET Interactive Simulations, data tables, group discussion modules and more.

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Collaborate

Students collect data, respond to questions and engage in dynamic discussions right in Notebook. Review responses and chime in to keep the discussion and discovery moving along.

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Monitor Progress

Easily track progress through each chapter and lesson on the class dashboard. Comment directly on the student assignments and provide feedback in real-time.

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Conceptual Academy Lite Content

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CONCEPTUAL ACADEMY
PHYSICS

Introduction: About Science

Chapter 1: Newton’s First Law

Chapter 2: Newton’s Second Law

Chapter 3: Newton’s Third Law

Chapter 4: Momentum

Chapter 5: Energy

Chapter 6: Gravity

Chapter 7: Fluid Mechanics

Chapter 8: Heat

Chapter 9: Magnetism

Chapter 11: Waves and Sound

Chapter 12: Light and Color

Chapter 13: Light Properties

Chapter 14: The Atom

Chapter 15: Nuclear Energy

NGSS Alignment

CONCEPTUAL ACADEMY CHEMISTRY

Chapter 1: About Science

Chapter 2: Particles of Matter

Chapter 3: Elements of Chemistry

Chapter 4: Subatomic Particles

Chapter 5: The Atomic Nucleus

Chapter 6: How Atoms Bond

Chapter 7: How Molecules Mix

Chapter 8: How Water Behaves

Chapter 9: How Chemicals Reacts

Chapter 10: Acids and Bases

Chapter 11: Oxidations and Reductions

Chapter 12: Organic Compounds

Chapter 13: Nutrients of Life

Chapter 14: Medicinal Chemistry

Chapter 15: Optimizing Food Production

Chapter 16: Water and Air Resources

Chapter 17: Capturing Energy

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CONCEPTUAL ACADEMY
BIOLOGY


Chapter 1:
About Science

Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Life

Chapter 3: The Cell

Chapter 4: How Cells Work

Chapter 5: DNA and Genes

Chapter 6: Inheritance

Chapter 7: Genetic Technologies

Chapter 8: Natural Selection

Chapter 9: Evidence of Ecolution

Chapter 10: Diversity of Life 1

Chapter 11: Diversity of Life 2

Chapter 12: The Nervous System

Chapter 13: Control and Movement

Chapter 14: Maintaining the Body

Chapter 15: Protecting Health

Chapter 16: Populations

Chapter 17: Communities

Chapter 18: Ecosystems

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CONCEPTUAL ACADEMY INTEGRATED
PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY

Chapter 1: About Science

Chapter 2: Newton’s First Law

Chapter 3: Newton’s Second Law

Chapter 4: Newton’s Third Law

Chapter 5: Momentum

Chapter 6: Energy

Chapter 7: Heat

Chapter 8: Electricity

Chapter 9: Magnetism

Chapter 10: Waves and Sound

Chapter 11: Light and Color

Chapter 12: Particles of Matter

Chapter 13: Elements of Chemistry

Chapter 14: Subatomic Particles

Chapter 15: The Atomic Nucleus

Chapter 16: How Atoms Bond

Chapter 17: How Molecules Mix

Chapter 18: How Chemicals React

Chapter 19: Acid/Base and Redox

Chapter 20: Environmental Science

Monthly
Subscription

Conceptual Academy Lite

$20 per month

Pick which subject you would like to subscribe to:

Physics- Monthly Subscription

Chemistry- Monthly Subscription

Biology- Monthly Subscription

IPC- Monthly Subscription

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Conceptual Academy Lite

$180 per year

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Chemistry- Annual Subscription

Biology- Annual Subscription

IPC- Annual Subscription

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