Abstract: The basic concepts and structure of the German Karlsruhe physics course （KPK） are systematically but briefly introduced in this paper. Such important ideas as substance-like quantities, the new concept of energy and the analogy method used in the entire course are also discussed. The authors believe that this physics course with distinctive innovative features is scientific, advanced and effective, and therefore worth adopting for reference.

Key words: Karlsruhe physics course, substance-like quantities, momentum current intensity, momentum current density, analogy, Gibbs relationship