August 3–7, 2026 | Live on Zoom | 90 Minutes a Day
Physics class starts in September. The students who do well in October started here.
Physics Readiness Bootcamp Five days to close the gap from math class to physics lab — before day one.
🟡 Early Bird: $197 through July 20, 2026 Regular price: $247
Early Bird Pricing Ends July 20
Most students walk into their first physics class and wait to be told what formula to use.
That’s not their fault. That’s what school has trained them to do. Find the right equation. Fill in the variables. Get the answer. Move on.
It works — sort of — until the test asks something slightly different. Or until the lab doesn’t match the worksheet. Or until the real world hands them a problem with no formula sheet attached.
The students who thrive in physics don’t just know more equations. They know how to think. They look at a problem and ask: what is actually happening here? What do I already know? What does this tell me?
That’s a skill. And it can be learned before the first class begins.
Five days. One foundation that changes everything.
The Physics Readiness Bootcamp is a five-day live program designed to give your student the one thing most physics classes never teach:
How to think about a physics problem before reaching for a formula.
Each session is 90 minutes, live on Zoom, led by a national award-winning educator who has spent decades proving that any student — any student — can learn to think like a physicist.
This isn’t a head start on chapter one. It’s a foundation for every chapter that follows.
This bootcamp is for you if you are a…
student who
- Is enrolled in your first physics course, starting fall 2026
- Has never taken physics before and you’re not sure what to expect
- Suspects you might be “not a science person” (you’re not — and we’ll prove it)
- Is smart, curious, and ready for something that actually challenges you to think
parent who
- Wants your student to walk into day one confident, not confused
- Is homeschooling and unsure how to make physics actually make sense
- Knows your student is capable of more than “find the equation and move on”
- Wants a program that teaches understanding, not test tricks
What happens each day
Every session opens with a Physics Mystery — a real-world scenario with no setup, no context, no hints. Just: what is happening here, and why? The group observes, discusses, and investigates together. Then we name it.
Day 1: Seeing Physics Everywhere
Physics isn’t in the textbook. It’s in the pool, the kitchen, the ramp at the skate park, the spin of a dancer. Day one resets the frame entirely: you have been doing physics your whole life. Now we start paying attention.
Day 2: Modeling Problems
Before you ever write an equation, you need to know what question you’re actually answering. Day two teaches the skill that separates students who understand physics from students who hunt for formulas: how to read a problem — and know what it’s really asking.
Day 3: Does It Pass the Laugh Test?
If your answer says the car is going 800 miles per hour, something went wrong before the math did. Day three builds the critical habit of checking whether an answer makes sense — and knowing when to go back and rethink.
Day 4: Limitations
Every model in physics is a simplification. Every law has a boundary. Knowing where the rules stop being the rules is part of thinking like a physicist — and part of knowing when to trust your own reasoning over the formula.
Day 5: Thinking Like a Scientist
The capstone. Student groups take on real-world scenarios — the kind that don’t have one right answer, no formula sheet, and no authority to tell them they’re correct. Just a team, a problem, and everything they’ve built this week.
Spoiler: they figure it out. Every time.
The method behind the bootcamp
Everything in the bootcamp is built on three steps: Observe. Discuss. Investigate. Understand.
It’s not a study strategy. It’s the way physicists actually work — in real labs, on research teams, on problems nobody has solved yet. We teach it here because it’s the most useful thing a student can bring into a physics class — and the one thing most physics classes never teach.
What about AI?
We use it. Students use it for brainstorming, for playing devil’s advocate, and for checking whether their thinking is on track. What we don’t do is use it to skip the thinking. There’s a meaningful difference between asking AI “does this reasoning hold up?” and asking it “what’s the answer?” We’ll show students exactly where that line is — because it matters in physics, and it matters everywhere else too.
By the end of the week, your student will…
- Know how to approach a physics problem before picking up a calculator
- Understand what a model is, why it’s useful, and where it breaks down
- Know how to check whether an answer actually makes sense
- Have worked as part of a real scientific team on a challenge without a predetermined answer
- And — most importantly — know that they can do this
That last one carries through the whole year.
Your instructor
Robin Christine DeMarco is a national award-winning physics educator. She earned the Cable in the Classroom Crystal Apple Award for an interdisciplinary physics lab on the Genesee River — because she’s the kind of teacher who believes you feel the river before you name the force.
For more than three decades, she worked in classrooms and online refusing to teach physics as a formula hunt. She’s worked with students who “hate science,” students with math anxiety, students who were absolutely certain physics wasn’t for them — and watched every one of them have a moment where it clicked.
Centripetal Education is the next chapter. Same teaching. No school board. No standardized test standing between the student and the real thing.
Enroll in the Physics Readiness Bootcamp
| Enrollment Date | Price |
|---|---|
| 🟡 Early Bird (through July 20, 2026) | $197 |
| Regular Price (after July 20, 2026) | $247 |
Physics Readiness Bootcamp August 3–7, 2026 | Live on Zoom | 90 Minutes Daily All sessions recorded. Registered students have access to every replay.
Early Bird $197 through July 20
FAQ
What if my student misses a session? All live sessions are recorded. Registered students have access to every recording, so a missed day doesn’t mean missed material.
Does my student need prior physics knowledge? None. The bootcamp is specifically designed for students who have never taken physics. No prior knowledge required — that’s the whole point.
Does my student need to be strong in math? No. The bootcamp focuses on thinking, not calculation. The goal is to build the reasoning skills that make the math meaningful later — not to drill formulas. Students who are nervous about math are in exactly the right place.
Is this for homeschool students? Absolutely. The bootcamp works for any student starting their first physics course, regardless of school setting. Homeschool parents are welcome to attend alongside their student.
What platform are the live sessions on? Zoom. You’ll receive login information and a schedule after registration.
What is the refund policy? If you change your mind, you can get a full refund up to 48 hours before the first session. Cancellations less than 48 hours before the first session will be eligible for a 75% refund. Since the class size is limited, once the session has started there is no refund available.
My student is taking AP Physics — is this right for them? If it’s their first physics course, yes. The Physics Thinking Method is foundational regardless of level. AP students benefit from this approach as much as any other.
Physics class starts in September. This is August 3rd.
One week. Ninety minutes a day. Your student walks into the first class already knowing how to think.
Enroll Now — Early Bird $197 through July 20
Regular price $247 after July 20, 2026.