8th grade outsourced Science class?

[mirabillis]

Hi! I spend most of my time on the high school boards as my eldest is finishing up 9th grade. So we've been big into high school planning. I don't worry much about my elementary & middle school-aged kids and curriculum, as I see what worked for their older sibling. But... he was able to be thrown into a super rigorous, nearly all outsourced set of curriculum 9th grade after always having been homeschooled, without grades, in a more easy, breezy style K-8 (with the exception of Geom in 8th grade). My next in line won't be able to handle that. So... she is taking Alg I outsourced in 8th grade to get her feet wet. But I think a second not-too-rigorous intro to high school outsourced course would do her a world of good - I'm thinking science. As I'm notorious neglectful on the sciences.

 

Any good options out there? Outsourced? Any is fine - as she'll take the usual Bio, Physics, Chemistry in high school - and so anything to prepare her for those, to get her feet wet with deadlines, tests and the like... 

 

Thoughts? Ideas?

[Mrs Twain]

BJU distance learning online courses for middle school are excellent and very rigorous.  These have taught my kids how to take notes from a textbook and how to study detail-oriented subject matter.  They are not live, but if you implement the course schedule as written including quizzes and tests, they would function like a school course.

[deerforest]

I don't have personal experience, but many have spoken highly about Derek Owens' physical science course for 8th: https://www.derekowens.com/course_info_physical_science.php