Warning: Detention Physics

Ordinary school problems take an extraordinary turn in Warning: Detention Physics: A Survival Guide to Extreme Science. A heavy backpack becomes a lesson in black holes. A frozen pizza leads to an investigation of kinetic energy and heat. A classroom full of jumping students raises questions about momentum. And a pair of magnetic shoes turns the walk to class into a physics puzzle. Written and illustrated by high school student Rose Hong, this cartoon guide explores six imaginative school scenarios through accessible explanations, hand-drawn illustrations, and humor. Along the way, readers encounter gravity, orbital motion, energy, density, buoyancy, and magnetic forces. The situations are deliberately outrageous, but the questions invite readers to think about the science behind them. What would have to happen? Which physical principles matter? And why would an apparently clever solution go hilariously wrong? Created for curious young readers, Warning: Detention Physics offers a playful way to explore scientific ideas, ask unexpected questions, and discover how physics connects to everyday life.