Empower Educators with a Robust Collection of Digital Resources

PASCO Academy is designed to supplement your school’s existing science curriculum by providing faculty with a library of digital experiment resources. Included with both the Essential Chemistry and Essential Physics 3rd Edition curricula, the Academy provides access to a suite of topical science videos that make key experiments accessible to substitute teachers, new science educators, and students learning from home.

Academy Resources Include:

  • Data Collection videos for students
  • Teacher Preparation videos
  • Student Follow-Up videos
  • Student lab handouts
  • SPARKvue files with recorded data
  • Answer keys
Physics Academy

Physics Academy

Physics Academy explores the fundamentals of algebra-based physics—from understanding motion graphs to visualizing thermodynamics. Physics Academy is included with the Essential Physics 3rd Edition curriculum.

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Topics Include

  • 1) Laboratory and Analysis Skills
  • 2) Constant Acceleration Kinematics
  • 3) Newton’s Second Law
  • 4) Spring and Forces: Hooke’s Law
  • 5) Friction Forces: Static and Kinetic Friction
  • 6) Two-Dimensional Motion: Projectiles
  • 7) Acceleration on an Inclined Plane
  • 8) Static Equilibrium and Torque
  • 9) Work and Force vs. Distance Graphs
  • 10) Work and Kinetic Energy
  • 11) Conservation of Energy: Inclined Plane
  • 12) Work by Friction
  • 13) Conservation of Momentum
  • 14) Inelastic Collisions
  • 15) Elastic Collisions
  • 16) Simple Harmonic Motion: Oscillators
  • 17) Sound and Resonance
  • 18) Circuits: Ohm’s Law
  • 19) Circuits: Compound Circuits
  • 20) Magnetism
  • 21) Static Electricity
  • 22) Reflection in a Plane Mirror
  • 23) Light: Refraction of Light
  • 24) Optics: Image Formation for a Convex Lens
  • 25) Thermodynamics: Specific Heat
Chemsitry Academy

Chemistry Academy

Chemistry Academy covers twenty standards-based chemistry topics that range from classifying matter to investigating acid-base titrations. Chemistry Academy is included with the Essential Chemistry curriculum.

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Topics Include

  • 1) The Science of Chemistry
  • 2) Measurement and Analysis
  • 3) Classifying Matter
  • 4) Temperature and Heat
  • 5) Specific Heat
  • 6) Naming Ionic Compounds
  • 7) Household Compounds
  • 8) Moles: Counting by Weighing
  • 9) Moles and Formulas: Empirical Formula
  • 10) Chemical Reactions
  • 11) Solubility Rules
  • 12) Stoichiometry: Conservation of Mass
  • 13) Stoichiometry, Reactions, Limiting Reactant
  • 14) Atomic Structure
  • 15) Bonding and Valence
  • 16) Energy and Change
  • 17) Gases
  • 18) Solutions
  • 19) Reaction Rates
  • 20) Chemical Equilibrium
  • 21) Acids and Bases
  • 22) Acid-Base Titrations
  • 23) Electrochemistry
  • 24) Nuclear Chemistry
  • 25) Organic Compounds
Biology Academy

Biology Academy

Biology Academy introduces students to a variety of core concepts, including plant and animal cells, enzymes, and more.

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Topics Include

  • 1) Introduction to Digital Microscopy
  • 2) Comparing Plant and Animal Cells
  • 3) Modeling the Cell Membrane
  • 4) Modeling Water Movement at the Cellular Level
  • 5) (Advanced) Why are Cells Small?
  • 6) The Role of Enzymes
  • 7) Body Temperature and Homeostasis
  • 8) Gene Expression in Yeast
  • 9) Cellular Respiration in Yeast
  • 10) Plant Respiration and Photosynthesis
  • 11) (Advanced) Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis
  • 12) Respiration of Germinating Seeds
  • 13) Impacts of Acid Rain