1bassoon Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Anyone want to give me some advice? Son is about to be a senior. He's looking at engineering, and will likely be enrolled in an online engineering academy run by a local ps teacher (VERY cool resource, he's a pilot tester for homeschool students). I think he'll take 2 semesters of computer applications. Other coursework: Derek Owens Calculus, Speech & Debate with the local NCFCA team, some lit with me for senior english. Auto Maintenance as an elective, as well. I'm looking at the following options for Physics: Derek Owens Physics DIVE Physics (uses Saxon) Giancoli Physics using the Giancoli Answers website DO Physics would be the easiest for me as the teacher (I have 3 younger students), but most $$. DIVE Physics looks easy to use, but i'm not sure of quality. Giancoli looks excellent, but I'm not sure how to assign tests, etc. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhschool Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't know about DIVE or Giancoli, but Derek Owens is very good. I do know Giancoli is a very good text. I can't imagine there isn't a set of tests that you can get for it. There are many websites that teachers develop for their students that have tests for textbooks. You could always use other tests from another curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Not much to suggest but what stood out for me was that if your son is doing DO Calculus, DO's Physics might be too easy since it's algebra/trig-based? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 My oldest is doing Derek Owens this fall, so I guess that is my choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 My son just finished Derek Owens Physic's this year as a 9th grader, while doing Algebra 2 level math using Saxons. He used the Honors option and did really well. I think it's a solid Physics course, but may be super easy for someone taking Calculus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainmama Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 If my son was doing calculus, I'd pick DIVE/Saxon or Kinetic Calculus based Physics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maura in NY Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Just in case you don't already know, Giancoli is one of the most popular texts used with AP Physics B (the algebra based course). It's well respected and thorough, and as jhschool mentioned, there are scads of resources available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Just in case you don't already know, Giancoli is one of the most popular texts used with AP Physics B (the algebra based course). It's well respected and thorough, and as jhschool mentioned, there are scads of resources available. I think Derek Owens started with it and then eventually created his own material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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