So I do have some leads on a used microscope; I really do want to have one if at all possible. Thanks for responding!

I've read so many threads here today my head is spinning. I know where I can order lab materials, I just wonder how much I need (limited budget)? If we use all their digital tools (which is what the local public charters use - no hands on lab work at all), plus the home "kitchen labs" plus a dissection kit and lab manual, but don't order a microscope/supplies to go with it, is that enough for basic 9th grade biology? I know there are many online microscope/lab options, and I'm assuming that Holt's online tools must include some of that ... just trying to fit my head around what exactly to order. So many of the lab kits include microscope work, but I've seen a dissection only kit at Sonlight. Other suggestions for me? (I have an 8th and 9th grader who are not particularly sciencey thus far, but solid A-B students, and I'm trying to keep the "go to college" door open without breaking the bank.) If I just absolutely need to get a microscope, I need to hear that, too, just wondering if anyone has awarded lab credit based on the digital labs and dissection alone, and how that went. Thanks for any help! ETA, I see Ebay has used Amscope (40x-1000x Biological Science Student Compound Microscope) for $50. If that would be adequate for most labs, with a kit like the ones from Quality Science Labs, I might be able to swing that. Realistic or no?

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I don't but am surrounded by people IRL who do ... and I would definitely recommend the pink truth site as you consider.

You have a lot else going on, but whenever a child who doesn't normally wet the bed starts, you may also want to have blood sugar checked to rule out type 1 diabetes.

40 to get to our required 180

So sorry - we were diagnosed with strep and flu types A and B today. It's a bad year for sickness! Get better soon (hug)

Stir fry with kale and garlic! http://blog.sigsiv.com/2009/02/chickpeas-and-kale-stir-fry.html

LOL! We usually start mid-July because it's SO hot here, and school 4 days a week until we hit our required 180 days. Enjoy!

I sometimes use AWANA verses as copywork (a phrase at a time), but not on the same day as WWE.

Ah, what a helpful thing to know! :D Many times I get a similar word, I wonder if it's worth the battle to correct to 'perfect' so I appreciate you sharing this.

Yes, or some similar kind of community group. Our church youth group inherited a free pool table - the price tag was that they had to figure out how to get it from the home to the church, and they did! :D

Going gluten-free helped mine as well; I can always tell when I've gotten glutenized, because among other symptoms, I break out again.

I'm not super-girly or high maintenance. I only really style my hair on Sundays. I wear t-shirts and jeans. But I can count on one hand the number of times I've left the house without makeup since about 13 years old. I'm pasty white with big bags under my eyes, so people always ask if I'm sick:tongue_smilie:

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