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This kit contains seven essential tools you need to survive in the midst of the insanity that we face in our world. Learn how to navigate successfully through our deeply damaged culture and become a source of hope to yourselves and others.

The kit includes (1) a physical copy and (2) an audio version of A Kid’s Introduction to Physics (and Beyond) (KIP) Volume I, (3) an audio version of The Science Before Science (SBS), (4) the Physics for First Communion DVD set (5) the IAP 15th Anniversary Conference DVD set, and (6) the Grab that Word app which will help you and your family learn the material in the KIP and SBS books in a fun way! Included, as a bonus, is (7) the article How to Learn in Four Steps which is needed to digest everything here and in the Survival Guide.

When you purchase the Survival Kit, be sure to also download the IAP Survival Guide (IAPweb.org/survive).

This book (70 pages softcover 6"x8" with 14 font) introduces young people to physics starting with their natural wonder about the things around them. It builds on their common sense, making it clear and precise, and shows them how to go from their common sense to the advanced method of modern science. Finally, it shows them the need for the Unchangeable Changer, without which there is nothing. It shows that only through knowing physics do we know about Him. It shows how this world proves that He exists and that He is the Source of all the changing things we see. Readers will learn that physics is the base science and thus essential to all of their thinking. The book is appropriate for children as young as sixth grade but is targeted for seventh and eighth grade. Kids in higher grades and even adults will also enjoy it. This book answers the oft heard questions "Why do I need to learn physics?" and "Why do I need to learn math?" in a direct and charming way.

"This book is simply written in such a way that kids will enjoy reading it. Through their reading, they will discover how relevant and needed the book is to their understanding of the whole world and our place in it. They will discover the big picture that cannot be found anywhere else. Everyone should read this book."

(107 pages softcover 6"x8" with 14 font) Having learned about the physical world at the most general level in the first volume, this second volume introduces young people to the next level of physics. It starts with their natural wonder about the things around them. It builds on their common sense, making it clear and precise, and leads them to taste the advanced method of modern science. In answering the question of how and why a baseball flies from your hand when you throw it, it introduces mechanics, electricity and magnetism and quantum mechanics at a very simple level. The student will even learn how to make a motor. And, he will learn more about the nature of the Unchangeable Changer, without Whom there is nothing. The book is extremely important, as physics is the base science upon which all of our thinking builds, including our knowledge of Him.

The book is appropriate for children as young as sixth grade but is targeted for seventh and eighth grade. Kids in higher grades and even adults will also enjoy it.

"This book is chock-full of profound truths! The reader will discover wonderful truths about the various forces acting in our amazing universe and be inspired to meditate on the order found among them. Readers will learn the answers to fundamental questions that are not even being asked anywhere else, making this book a must read for teachers and students alike. All students need to know the basic physics contained in this series; without it, they cannot truly understand the modern world in which we live or the ideas that are forging our future."

Audio book. Now Dr. Rizzi's important book, A Kid's Introduction to Physics (and Beyond) is available for listening on your ipod or your computer or burn to CD. Learn the simple ground of all of our thinking, upon which everything you think and do is based, and how it leads to our last End. And do this while you commute or during that vacation drive to your favorite rest spot! Over 70 minutes of mind opening listening that you will want (and need to) listen to over and over again.

Note: This is a downloaded item. Upon purchase you will receive an email for the download site within 1 business day. For questions, please call IAP at 225-667-0233.

Purchase of this download only entitles you to the personal use of the audio files. It does not include the right to copy or distribute the files for use by other individuals. To do so is a copyright violation. Copyright 2015.

Audio book. Now Dr. Rizzi's important book, The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century is available for listening on your ipod or your computer or burn to CD. Learn how to navigate the 21st century while you commute or during that vacation drive to your favorite rest spot! 11.8hours of mind opening listening.

Note: This is a downloaded item. Upon purchase you will receive an email for the download site within 1 business day. For questions, please call Jamie Anson at 225-667-0233.

Purchase of this download entitles you to the personal use of the audio files, but does not include the right to copy the files for use by other individuals. Copyright 2008.

$35 donation...selecting this item adds $6 shipping (for a total of $41) so that we may send you the gift of our 9 episode DVD series Physics for First Communion described here.

Dr. Anthony Rizzi's armchair discussions using the principles in his children's book to prepare his six year old daughter for Holy Communion

What does physics have to do with Holy Communion? Though it surprises most, St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that the first physics is needed to understand Communion.

Following his A Kids Introduction to Physics (and Beyond), this series reveals the simple connection between physics, our everyday world, and God. This preamble of the Faith has been all but forgotten. This series gives us, for the first time at the level of a 7 year old, this preamble in light of modern scientific thinking. It is the general framework for all of our knowledge given in simple terms, leading us from the things we see and hear as small children to the scientific method and finally proving the existence of God.

In this nine episode series, Dr. Rizzi uses these principles to prepare you and your children or students along with his six year old daughter to receive their first Holy Communion. The series unfolds as a charming discussion between a daddy and his daughter sitting in his lap. Dr. Rizzi is a husband and a father of four young children. He is known for his ability to make complex things simple, clear and understandable. (2 DVDs, approx. 4 hours total)

There are three reasons that this series is so important:
1. It teaches the first physics that all of us need to properly understand the basics of life. First Communion gives us the grace to grow from this base. This series gives us the ground upon which the graces of First Communion act on us to grow us for the rest of our Christian life.
2. Using this base, as just described, this series directly teaches the meaning of First Communion itself. It teaches what the Eucharist is and what happens at Mass and during Communion. Children, and parents and teachers along with them, will be given the whole understanding that can be given about our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
3. Children (and parents and teachers) will see that solid family relations are built on truth. And, all the truth we get stands on the basic physics. Relationship is emotional but it is right ordered emotion built on the truth. The father/daughter conversation models how to do this, while it highlights the importance of developing family ties. Personal relationship is always a deep part of learning, for we are social animals (because we are rational animals). Our first and primary relationships, where we learn how to think and love, are in the family. The informal communication around the essential topic of the foundational physics and the summit and source of our faith, the Blessed Sacrament, reveals and models why and how family relationships are primary. Our later thinking and personal relationships, including our relationship with God, will depend on this.

Grab That Word is an online game app based off the game show "Pyramid." Try to get your teammate to say as many words on-screen as you can before time runs out. It's a great game to play with the whole family. This IAP version of the game contains many special features including a mode to practice the IAP vocabulary. It also includes a custom mode which can be used to practice your child's vocabulary for grade school as well as SAT or ACT words. This version of the app was donated to IAP by GR Programming.

Using animation, music video and simple experiments, co-hosts Dr. Anthony Rizzi, Director of The Institute for Advanced Physics, and Marcus Grodi, EWTN host of The Journey Home, takes you through the first half of the book, The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century. Learn the basic fundamentals of proper thinking, upon which all of our thinking and believing rests, the science before science.

Find out: What is the key to the truth and power of science? Would a theory of everything disprove the soul? Is matter all there is? Can I keep science and my common sense? Will scientists ever make a man? Will we ever create artificial intelligence? If so, what does that say about my worth? ….and much more!

Have you ever noticed how little modern man cares about truth? We seem so concerned with what we feel we have to do right now, not its long term consequences nor even its meaning. So many fires to put out, so little time to think about what any of it is or means! This series will slow us down to contemplate, to think, to see that truth is first. It reveals the primacy of truth and draws us to make a full commitment to it. Why would we want to continue doing without knowing what we are doing and why?

In this 5-episode series, truth is put on trial. Dr. Rizzi, Director of the Institute for Advanced Physics, who is a renowned physicist and philosopher and author of The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century, is interviewed by Noah Lett of EWTN. Throughout the interviews, Dr. Rizzi captures our attention with the surprising and deep ramifications for our lives of the fundamental truths about physical nature that we get through the senses, the basic kid’s level physics. The interview will raise unasked questions and unknown answers that are essential to living an intelligent, integrated, and happy life. You will be both inspired and equipped to begin fighting back against the anti-truth mindset of our modern culture. You will be surprised to find the size and number of logs we have to take out of our own eyes! Inspire and grow yourself and your family to be who you and they are meant to be.     Runtime: ~ 150 min

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These DVDs give you a seat to watch the essential parts of the special Science Before Science everyman's sessions of the two-track IAP Anniversary conference.* You will sit in on a succinct summary of the important principles contained in Dr. Anthony Rizzi's The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century, as well as how these principles affect our lives. These principles will fundamentally change your life.

The DVDs include talks given by IAP associate members, small group discussions based on the talks, as well as a Q&A session with Dr. Rizzi! This is a great resource to accompany your reading of The Science Before Science. The disks also include Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco's address to the attendees and a short film about the role of grace in your thinking that was also presented. And, as a bonus, the DVDs include footage from the 15th anniversary ball and banquet so you can celebrate all that the IAP has accomplished along with the IAP community! (Running time: ~2 hours)

Join the learning and the celebration of that learning!

* Note: the parallel track, which is not covered in this DVD, was a technical Quantum Field Theory session.

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