We used an old edition of Apologia Chemistry this past year. In retrospect, I wish we’d gone with Friendly Chemistry. Check it out and see what you think. My only problem with it is that it’s a bit expensive to buy everything you need. I do think it’s worth it though as Apologia was a slog.
There’s also Guest Hollow’s chemistry and Mr. Q’s chemistry. Sabbath Mood has a living books chemistry course as well.
You could also cobble together a class with Chemistry 101 dvds, the Tiner book, and some other living books The Elements by Theodore Gray and the chemistry books by Ellen White (I think that’s her name. One book is called Carbon Chemistry).
It all depends on your student’s post high school goals. A student wanting to go into a science field and go straight into a University will need more rigorous chemistry, he/she will need to do chemistry. A student going to community college or into the trades can take the approach of learning about chemistry. There’s quite a difference between doing science and learning about science.
I really think Friendly Chemistry is somewhere in the middle and a good fit for students not going into science or math related fields.
