Apologia Physical Science in a co-op

[mom31257]

If you've used this course, I would like to get some advice because I've never used it. 

 

I am going to be teaching it in a co-op next year. The co-op only meets every other week, and I'll have 1.5 hours for the class. Should I do any experiments before the students read and do the chapter at home or following the work in the chapter and right before the tests? 

 

I am hoping to review the current chapter as well as introduce the next chapter, so is this possible in that time frame? 

 

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

[clementine]

Our co-op meets weekly, but here is how their schedule runs.

 

Week 1 - Student has read 1/2 of chapter 1 at home.  In class lecture, labs & discussion about assignments.  

 

Week 2 - Student has read the rest of chapter 1 at home.  Turn in homework, lecture & labs.

 

Week 3 - Student has read 1/2 of chapter 2 at home.  Takes Chapter 1 Test in class.  Lecture & labs.  

 

Week 4 - Student has read the rest of chapter 2 at home.  Turn in homework, lecture & labs.  

 

And so on....  I know that ours meets weekly, but maybe this will help.  I would say it's helpful if the students have read the chapter before labs.  

[mom31257]

Any other co-op users out there want to chime in? I had one person tell me to do the labs before beginning the chapter since we are meeting every other week.  I am trying to figure out how to schedule the students reading through another chapter before testing over the current one if they need to read it before doing the experiments. 

 

I could see class going one of these ways. If someone has third or fourth options, I'd love to see them. 

 

#1

Review for the current chapter's test

Introduce the next chapter

Do the next chapter's experiments so they can mentally refer back to it when they do the chapter at home

 

 

#2

Review for the current chapter's test

Do the experiments as we get to the review of the material with each experiment, to reinforce the concept

 

 

 

 

[texasmama]

Our co-op meets weekly, but here is how their schedule runs.

 

Week 1 - Student has read 1/2 of chapter 1 at home.  In class lecture, labs & discussion about assignments.  

 

Week 2 - Student has read the rest of chapter 1 at home.  Turn in homework, lecture & labs.

 

Week 3 - Student has read 1/2 of chapter 2 at home.  Takes Chapter 1 Test in class.  Lecture & labs.  

 

Week 4 - Student has read the rest of chapter 2 at home.  Turn in homework, lecture & labs.  

 

And so on....  I know that ours meets weekly, but maybe this will help.  I would say it's helpful if the students have read the chapter before labs.  

This is how our co op does it.  We meet weekly for an hour and a half.  (I am not the teacher.) I think that you are a bit hard-pressed to get a lot accomplished meeting every other week.  I would focus on labs.  Parents give the tests and grade them at our co op. 

 

I think that doing labs before reading the chapter takes away the context for the labs so I would do them after the chapter is read.