What do you use for HIgh School Science?

I used a variety of things with my son but was not thrilled with any of them. I’ve got 2 years before we get there with my daughter so I’ve been looking around a bit. On the Ambleside Online forums, there are several threads about this topic. There are a handful of CM bloggers who have come up with their own plan using living books and the courses look great-though maybe a bit expensive. I’ll try to find some links for you.

A friend of mine used Shepherd’s biology and she liked that a lot more than Apologia but they haven’t come out with any higher levels of science yet.

I like the 101 DVDs. This year my daughter is using chemistry 101, and will use biology 101 next year followed by physics 101. My dd was impressed with the video quality and the information contained within the DVDs is informative and just the right amount to not be overwhelming but to give a solid understanding of chemistry.

We have used mostly Apologia.  My high school kids have begun doing their science through our co-op and that’s what is being used.  Science is the one subject that I have chosen to mostly out-source since I just can’t keep up with everything!!  

However, the co-op science didn’t mesh with my 10th grader’s schedule, so I have set up an anatomy course for him using “Body By Design” from Master Books.  I cannot imagine that the body book could be considered a complete high school science class, but we’re adding in some other books, including “The History of Medicine” by Tiner.  It looks interesting to me.  It may work out to be more than a one semester course, but I doubt if it will fill up the year.  After that, I’m looking at having him do the Physics book by Tiner.