Heather in VA Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Can someone explain to me what you get with these kits and how you are using them? Are there any lessons with them or it is just supplies? Which kits have you used? Do you like them Thanks Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Can someone explain to me what you get with these kits and how you are using them? Are there any lessons with them or it is just supplies? Which kits have you used? Do you like them Thanks Heather Coincidentally, I just received mine today. It is the chemistry kit with 14 experiments for high school. Supplies and a lab manual (on CD) are included. I just browsed through the lab manual and it is extremely comprehensive. I'm very, very impressed. You get lots of scientific background, detailed instructions and lots of questions to answer as you complete the experiment. I was curious to see how many items that I would need to come up with and there aren't many for this particular chemistry kit. I only noticed some common household items (like cotton swabs), food items (like egg), and easy to get items like rubbing alcohol. I'm very happy I won't be having to procure to many items myself. DH (advanced scientific degree) was pretty skeptical about the kit. However, after looking it over, he's initially impressed. I am excited to get started. Oh-and I ordered the kit Wednesday afternoon, paid for the cheapest shipping (UPS ground) and got my kit today. (CO-NV). Let me know if there is anything else you'd like me to try and answer. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I have the chemistry kit. You get essentially everything in the kit. It is so incredibly different from the kits for elementary school where they consider "common household items" to be everything they don't feel like putting in the kit. Anyway--the lab manual is extremely well written (and doesn't require interpreting on my part, another first!). And the expected results are actually given in the teacher's materials. Very thorough and very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 These sound great. Do they go with a particular textbook? I'm wondering about icky biology next yr..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 They do not go with any particular textbook. However, the labs follow a pretty standard science "scope" so I don't think you can go wrong. Just look at the lab titles and you should be able to match up the proper lab with the proper chapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 These sound good. Do the labs appear to stand independently? In other words, if your book doesn't specifically address the particular topic of the lab would the information they supply be enough to understand what you are doing and what you are learning? Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Wow! Just in time for ME!!!!! Yeah!!! I really like the look of these, thanks! Now can you all tell me which texts you plan on using these with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen_and_Company Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Oh, thank you, for posting your question, OP! These science kits will come in handy during our home-grown summer school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 These sound good. Do the labs appear to stand independently? In other words, if your book doesn't specifically address the particular topic of the lab would the information they supply be enough to understand what you are doing and what you are learning? Heather For chemistry, probably not. There is a lot of information given. However, I do think that it assumes that you have a text teaching you how to balance equations or explaining what a mole is. I would not use the kit without a decent high school textbook to accompany the labs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Wow! Just in time for ME!!!!! Yeah!!! I really like the look of these, thanks! Now can you all tell me which texts you plan on using these with? We are using Prentice Hall Chemistry. It is challenging! Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I wanted to post a follow-up. We just completed our first lab. We did the "properties of gases" lab. (That is either lab #3 or #4.) The lab took about 2.5 hours. That time includes set-up, reading the material, doing the lab, writing the answers to the questions, being thoroughly questioned by dad, building an atomic model of one of the reactions and clean-up. Everything about the lab worked as the lab instructions said it should. The instructions were thorough enough for a 15 and 16 year old (two girls) to do without problems. The lab was interesting and the girls made the scientific "connections" without too much trouble. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 So, I'm looking here & I see tons of different kits. http://www.labpaq.com/product-overview/chemistry-overview-page Which kit are we talking about in this thread? pls & thx :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Do you get to keep the kit or is it a rental type option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 So, I'm looking here & I see tons of different kits. http://www.labpaq.com/product-overview/chemistry-overview-page Which kit are we talking about in this thread? pls & thx :) I have CK101. I would have chosen CKS, if I had planned on using it for an entire year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Do you get to keep the kit or is it a rental type option? I do not know that there is a rental option. We purchased the kit to keep. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 the microchem kit that is suggested with Apologia??? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyinNNV Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 the microchem kit that is suggested with Apologia??? TIA! Good question! Maybe someone out there has seen both kits. Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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