Georgia Standards of Excellence · SPS1–SPS10 · High School (Grades 9–12)
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Open study mode — explore all ten units, play the games, drill vocabulary, and earn badges at your own pace.
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Pick the standards your unit covers, choose the resources to include, and build a shareable assignment for your class.
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Teachers: print-ready PDFs — a textbook chapter for every standard (standard & scaffolded editions), activity packets with answer keys, a glossary, and review sheets — live in the 🖨 printable library (part of your subscription).
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⚔️ Science Quest — the science RPG
A role-playing adventure where students level up by mastering physical science. It's built on the 8th-grade standards, but it reinforces many of the same core ideas your high-schoolers review — atoms, the periodic table, forces, energy, waves, and electricity.
A separate one-time $19.99 purchase — not part of your hub subscription. Buy once, reuse with new students every year. Cherokee County teachers get it free.
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Step 1: check every standard your current unit covers. The panel on the right shows exactly which study guides, games, videos, and PhET labs match — live.
Step 2 · Choose what to include
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High School Physical Science · Georgia Standards SPS1–SPS10
Everything you need to master physical science.
Study guides for every lesson, flashcards, practice quizzes that tell you why an answer is right or wrong, and arcade games that secretly make you smarter. Pick your element below to begin.
How to use this site
1 · Study
Open a unit and read the study guide. Each lesson card has the key idea, the formula if there is one, and the classic mistake to avoid.
2 · Drill
Flip through the flashcards until you can define every term without peeking. Shuffle them so you're not just memorizing the order.
3 · Test yourself
Take the practice quiz. You get instant feedback and an explanation on every single question — wrong answers teach you the most.
4 · Play
Hit the Arcade. Beat your high score in every unit minigame.
Your progress
Quiz best scores and game high scores will show up here as you play. (Progress saves on this device when the site is hosted on a regular web page.)
🏅 Badge case
Earn badges by taking quizzes, chasing streaks, and keeping up with your vocabulary review. Gray badges are still locked — go get them.
Game Arcade
Play your way to an A.
Every game here drills a skill straight off the unit test. Chase a streak, beat your high score, and you'll be studying without noticing.
All five units · 70+ terms
Vocabulary trainer
Flip cards to study, or switch to Quiz Me mode and prove it. Choose a unit or take on the whole deck.
Study Tools
Cheat-sheet corner (the legal kind).
📐 Formula sheet
| Quantity | Formula | Units | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Density | D = m ÷ V | g/cm³ or g/mL | Matter |
| Kinetic energy | KE = ½ × m × v² | joules (J) | Energy |
| Gravitational PE | PE = m × g × h | joules (J) | Energy |
| Speed | s = d ÷ t | m/s | Motion |
| Acceleration | a = (vfinal − vinitial) ÷ t | m/s² | Motion |
| Newton's 2nd Law | F = m × a | newtons (N) | Motion |
| Wave speed | v = f × λ | m/s | Waves |
| Weight | W = m × g (g ≈ 9.8 m/s² on Earth) | newtons (N) | Gravity |
🧠 How to actually study (it's a science too)
Spaced practice beats cramming
Three 20-minute sessions across three days will beat one 60-minute cram every time. Your brain files memories while you sleep — give it more nights to work with.
Test yourself, don't just re-read
Re-reading feels productive but fools you. Closing the book and quizzing yourself — flashcards, practice quizzes, explaining out loud — is what actually moves facts into long-term memory.
Explain it to someone
If you can teach Newton's Third Law to a sibling (or your dog), you know it. If you get stuck mid-sentence, you just found exactly what to study next.
Do the wrong answers
When you miss a quiz question on this site, read the explanation, then come back tomorrow and try that quiz again. Missed questions are a map of what to study.
📏 Lab measurement refresher
Mass
Measured with a triple-beam balance or digital scale, in grams (g). Mass never changes with location.
Volume
Liquids: graduated cylinder, read at the bottom of the meniscus, in mL. Regular solids: L × W × H in cm³. Irregular solids: water displacement.
Temperature
Measured with a thermometer in °C for science class. Water freezes at 0 °C and boils at 100 °C at sea level.
Printable Library
Print it, copy it, teach with it.
Print-ready PDFs for High School Physical Science (SPS1–SPS10): a full textbook chapter for every standard in both standard and scaffolded (easier-reading) editions, student activity & lab packets with matching answer keys, a master glossary, and topic review sheets. These are part of your Physical Science subscription — which covers both the 8th-grade and High School hubs.
📖 Textbook chapters
Chapter 1 · Atoms, Ions & the Periodic Table
SPS1 — Atomic structure, ions & isotopes, valence electrons, periodic trends, and metals/nonmetals/metalloids.
Chapter 2 · Chemical Bonding & Formulas
SPS2 — Ionic & covalent bonding, writing formulas by balancing charge, and IUPAC naming.
Chapter 3 · Conservation of Matter & Balancing
SPS3 — Evidence that mass is conserved, and balancing equations by adjusting coefficients.
Chapter 4 · Nuclear Chemistry
SPS4 — Radioactive decay, fission, fusion, half-life math, and the benefits & problems of nuclear power.
Chapter 5 · States of Matter & Gas Behavior
SPS5 — Kinetic theory; solids, liquids, gases & plasma; and the gas relationships among pressure, temperature & volume.
Chapter 6 · Solutions, Acids & Bases
SPS6 — Solutes & solvents, concentration, solubility curves, the pH scale, and indicators.
Chapter 7 · Energy & Heat Transfer
SPS7 — Energy transformations, conduction/convection/radiation, specific heat, and heating & cooling curves.
Chapter 8 · Force, Motion & Simple Machines
SPS8 — Speed, velocity & acceleration (with the math), motion graphs, Newton's laws, work & simple machines.
Chapter 9 · Waves, Sound & Light
SPS9 — Wave properties, mechanical vs. electromagnetic waves, reflection/refraction, and the Doppler effect.
Chapter 10 · Electricity & Magnetism
SPS10 — Ohm's law, series & parallel circuits, current flow, and electromagnetism.
Master Glossary — all 10 chapters
🧗 Scaffolded editions — built-in reading support
The same ten chapters with reading supports built in — a strong fit for IEP, 504, and developing readers.
Chapter 1 · Atoms, Ions & the Periodic Table
Chapter 2 · Chemical Bonding & Formulas
Chapter 3 · Conservation of Matter & Balancing
Chapter 4 · Nuclear Chemistry
Chapter 5 · States of Matter & Gas Behavior
Chapter 6 · Solutions, Acids & Bases
Chapter 7 · Energy & Heat Transfer
Chapter 8 · Force, Motion & Simple Machines
Chapter 9 · Waves, Sound & Light
Chapter 10 · Electricity & Magnetism
🧪 Chapter activities & labs
A printable activity & lab packet for each chapter — ready for stations, sub days, or hands-on class time.
Chapter 1 Activities · Atoms, Ions & the Periodic Table
Chapter 2 Activities · Chemical Bonding & Formulas
Chapter 3 Activities · Conservation of Matter & Balancing
Chapter 4 Activities · Nuclear Chemistry
Chapter 5 Activities · States of Matter & Gas Behavior
Chapter 6 Activities · Solutions, Acids & Bases
Chapter 7 Activities · Energy & Heat Transfer
Chapter 8 Activities · Force, Motion & Simple Machines
Chapter 9 Activities · Waves, Sound & Light
Chapter 10 Activities · Electricity & Magnetism
🔑 Activity answer keys (teacher guides)
The teacher guide / answer key for each chapter activity packet.
Chapter 1 Answer Key · Atoms, Ions & the Periodic Table
Chapter 2 Answer Key · Chemical Bonding & Formulas
Chapter 3 Answer Key · Conservation of Matter & Balancing
Chapter 4 Answer Key · Nuclear Chemistry
Chapter 5 Answer Key · States of Matter & Gas Behavior
Chapter 6 Answer Key · Solutions, Acids & Bases
Chapter 7 Answer Key · Energy & Heat Transfer
Chapter 8 Answer Key · Force, Motion & Simple Machines
Chapter 9 Answer Key · Waves, Sound & Light
Chapter 10 Answer Key · Electricity & Magnetism
📝 Review sheets
Chemistry Study Guide
A one-stop chemistry review spanning atoms, bonding, reactions & solutions.
Forces & Simple Machines Review
SPS8 — Newton's laws, work, mechanical advantage & simple machines.