Comments on: Teaching Science: Subject by Subject, Part 8

By: faithjrny

faithjrny — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:44:50 +0000

Yes, I did read that. Again, as others responded on that particular thread, the Biology 101 and the Chemistry 101 can be beefed up to allow for the high school credit. This approach was very well-suited to one child, just like Apologia was well-suited to my son. Not everyone is going in to the sciences, and even if a student is college-bound, the 101 courses can work beautifully.

By: Doug Smith

Doug Smith — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:21:44 +0000

Karen recently did a thorough review of the Biology 101 materials and reported her findings on our forum. She hopes to look closely at Chemistry 101 as well.

By: faithjrny

faithjrny — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:25:09 +0000

I don’t know if you have reviewed them yet, but my daughter used Biology 101 and Chemistry 101 dvd’s the past 2 school years. Coupled with living books on topics covered, they were wonderful! She was doing these at the same time my son was absorbed in Apologia’s Biology and Chemistry courses. The 2 approaches fit each of them quite well. My dd would have come away from Apologia absolutely hating science. Now she is excitedly sharing fascinating tidbits with me! My son thrived with Apologia as he is a very driven, independent learner who loved the challenges put forth in these texts. He would not have been challenged enough w/ the Biology and Chemistry 101 courses.

Just another option!