visitor Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Dear all, are there parents here using Singapore Science from grade 7 and above? And how do you Like it so far. Thanks in advanced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I have used the high school level "Physics Matters" worktext. It is ok but it is heavily geared towards test prep for the Singapore exit exam in the subject. So it's kind of like a mix between a traditional textbook and a SAT Physics Subject test prep workbook. I would say that the difficulty level is in between Hewitt's "Conceptual Physics" and a regular algebra-based high school physics textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I just noticed the ages in your signature. With a bright 6 y.o., I would choose something like either Ellen McHenry or Mr. Q over Singapore no matter how gifted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visitor Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thanks, I am not going to use it now. We are using Singapore Science primary years I was only intrested to know how the secundairy years are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1234 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 We tried science matters and chemistry matters for my kids one year. Neither worked well, probably because of issues mentioned by CW and also it just seemed to be clearly part of an integrated program with parts we did not and could not have. It just didn't quite stand alone. Plus sm seemed frustratingly surface-level and my kid wanted more depth, while cm made huge leaps in understanding without teaching the info needed for those leaps. My younger adores Discovering Mathematics so we had high hopes, but we ditched both within a few months. Going to introductory level nonmajor college texts is the best thing we ever did for science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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