I'm trying to figure out what to do for science for my dd16 in the fall. Last year she did Biology at the high school. (I did a combination of homeschool and public school with her last year.) She is not a math or science person AT ALL. Science is not quite as bad as math. With lots of support at home she did pretty well in Biology. This coming school year she will not be doing science at ps, I'll be doing it at home with her. The next logical thing seems to be Chemistry, but the idea of doing all that math calculation in chemistry with her is mind-boggling. We'll both go bonkers. So, what are my other alternatives for high school math? Anticipating some questions/suggestions: 1. We have Spectrum Chemistry. My dh did it with my older boys and it was a great program, but dh says she'll never be able to handle it. My boys have much more math and science aptitude than she does. 2. Yes, she does expect to go to college. She hopes to go into Elementary Ed.
I don't know if this will work for you or not. Queen Homeschool has some high school science stuff that has a more Charlotte Mason flavor. I'm looking at their Marine Biology for Faythe. Instead of a "textbook", there's a "living book" they read, and then have to go out and look for answers to questions brought up in the reading. I know I'm explaining it bad, so you'll just have to look up on their site to see if it's something that might work for you.
Environmental science General science (a mixture of topics) Human anatomy and Health science Earth and Space science, or Astronomy I wish I knew publishers for these, but maybe you can come up with it...
What level of math has she completed? If she's done fairly well with Algebra 1, she should be able to handle Spectrum Chemistry. The same publisher also has a program called "Bridge Math" that could be helpful before she gets to chemistry. Another option would be Conceptual Chemistry, by John Suchocki. We haven't used it, but I understand it has less math than most chemistry programs.
I've never heard of Queen Homeschool - I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the other suggestions. All I kept thinking of was astronomy and I had a hard time doing it for a whole year (my own personal distaste for it), but adding some anatomy and maybe a little bit of some other things might work. She has completed high school Biology at the public school. It was not the Honors level biology, but she ended up with a 92 average. So she has ability to do science, if not the inclination. It's the math that worries me - terrible math aptitude.
What about Geology? My youngest did this in 9th grade and really enjoyed it. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078746361/student_view0/ http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078664233/ http://www.glencoe.com/sites/florida/student/science/assets/pdfs/esgeusn2.pdf http://www.cathylaw.com/virtualESnotes/virtualnotesindex.html ISBN: 0078746361 ISBN-13: 9780078746369
One of the girls in our home school group who is now in college studying elem education took Ecology for a science and she really enjoyed that. Just be sure you meet your state's requirement - I know ours now expects Chemistry. We don't have an option
