http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/is-apologia-science-rigorous-enough-for-the-college-boundr/2264/ Helping Parents Homeschool High School Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/is-apologia-science-rigorous-enough-for-the-college-boundr/2264/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 Heidi W Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:24:24 +0000 http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/?p=2264#comment-2932 I agree, for the most part. My 16yo ds took the Chemistry CLEP test after his sophomore year of Apologia Chemistry, and passed it. He now has 5 hours of college credit under his belt! He did check out a book on the Chemistry CLEP test, and there were a few things that had not been in his course, that he had to study up on. Also, the experiments, according to his lab teacher (who has a PhD in chemistry) were rather simplistic, but I think that's because they are designed to be done at home by the student. But other than that, it was great, and I would recommend it. I agree, for the most part. My 16yo ds took the Chemistry CLEP test after his sophomore year of Apologia Chemistry, and passed it. He now has 5 hours of college credit under his belt! He did check out a book on the Chemistry CLEP test, and there were a few things that had not been in his course, that he had to study up on. Also, the experiments, according to his lab teacher (who has a PhD in chemistry) were rather simplistic, but I think that’s because they are designed to be done at home by the student. But other than that, it was great, and I would recommend it.

]]> http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/is-apologia-science-rigorous-enough-for-the-college-boundr/2264/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 J W Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:41:49 +0000 http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/?p=2264#comment-2387 I have a child doing Jr. High Apologia. My child loves it. I think the main thing I like about it is that my child can work independently. Every so often I look in the back of the book to see supplies will be needed for the next chapter, and assemble them in a box. I don't have to worry about anything except to check the lab journal and administer the tests. The writing style and the concepts presented in the text encourage critical thinking - which is refreshing after my school/college science classes (in which a particular worldview was shoved down my throat with no room for discussion). We found that 1 1/2 hours per day is optimal for this particular curriculum - it's hard to cram a lab into 1 hour. At this pace, at the junior high level, my student is already a little more than halfway through after one semester. I'm sure results will vary from student to student. So far we've only had two occasions to point out something (yes, Lee, no text is perfect) or yell for help, and the author or someone else has always responded promptly to our email. I have a child doing Jr. High Apologia. My child loves it. I think the main thing I like about it is that my child can work independently. Every so often I look in the back of the book to see supplies will be needed for the next chapter, and assemble them in a box. I don’t have to worry about anything except to check the lab journal and administer the tests. The writing style and the concepts presented in the text encourage critical thinking – which is refreshing after my school/college science classes (in which a particular worldview was shoved down my throat with no room for discussion). We found that 1 1/2 hours per day is optimal for this particular curriculum – it’s hard to cram a lab into 1 hour. At this pace, at the junior high level, my student is already a little more than halfway through after one semester. I’m sure results will vary from student to student. So far we’ve only had two occasions to point out something (yes, Lee, no text is perfect) or yell for help, and the author or someone else has always responded promptly to our email.

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