Thank you!

My ds15 completed the first fifteen chapters of BJU Physical Science this year, which encompasses the physics portion of the text. I don't know if he will be able to get through the chemistry portion (chapters 16-21) this summer, and if he does, it will most likely be a quick overview. He did use the BJU videos and completed many labs. Is this considered "conceptual physics"? It was definitely a high school level course. He studied matter, measurements, mechanics: kinematics, mechanics: dynamics, energy, work and simple machines, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, periodic motion and waves, sound, electromagnetic energy, and light and optics. If he completes the chemistry section this summer, I will give him credit for "Integrated Chemistry and Physics", but I'm just not sure what to call it without the chemistry. Thanks!

Thanks for all the tips! I will pass them onto ds and see what he thinks.

My original plan was to use Bill Bennett's books (The Last Best Hope) fleshed out with various papers, but ds16 read them all within a couple of weeks this summer and now wants to do something more out of the box. There is a local Modern History co-op course that he will attend second semester, but I am at a loss for what to do first semester. I am looking for project ideas, interesting research paper ideas, a senior capstone project, or something just... different. This will be his last year of high school, and he would like to do something fun and memorable for American history. Any ideas? Thanks!

You might want to check out R.C. Sproul's Ligonier Connect. He has several video lectures to choose from. You can pay per course or opt for a small monthly fee ($9 or so), and then your whole family has access to all of the lectures. My son is currently enjoying his philosophy lectures. Good stuff! http://connect.ligonier.org/

Thanks Sue! Ds says to tell you that he was miserable and doesn't recommend the sequence (LOL). But he did work hard and ended up with an A in the class. I tell him that it built character. :lol:

Thank you! Those are very good ideas.

Ds 16 (a junior) took two years of French through BJU and then dual enrolled at our local university this year. I labelled his first two years French I and French 2. The DE course is the third in the French sequence at the university and is entitled "French 203". I am not sure how to label it because I don't want two "French 2"s on the transcript. Here is what I have come up with so far: French 1, French 2, French 3* French 1, French 2, College French* French 1, French 2, French 203* (* denotes DE at the bottom of the page) Which is the best? Are there other options I am not thinking of? I want to make sure admissions knows that the third class was not a repeat of the first two. Thanks.

Thank you!!!!!! I was making it so much more complicated than it needed to be. After I reduced the equations to two variables, I was starting all over trying to find the other variable rather than just plugging it in <blush>. I hope that Algebra 2 will not be the death of me this year! You ladies are the best. Thanks for your time today.

I have spent all morning trying to solve this. :banghead: Problem #1 from section 4-6 (Systems of Linear Equations with Three or More Variables) x-2y+3z=3 2x+y+5z=8 3x-y-3z=-22 The answer given is{(-4,1,3)} Neither ds nor I can figure it out and neither can our math friend who lives down the street. Please help! Thanks.

Just an option... you could switch over to the second half of the book while brushing up on math skills and then come back to the chemistry next semester. My son used that text his freshman year (while taking Algebra 1) and the physics was definitely was easier for him. HTH.

Hi Cheryl!:seeya: I bought it for convience sake, and it was convenient, but it was not worth the price. For an example, the weighing cups that are included in the kit are those little ketchup cups from McDonalds. There were several other items like that, too. If time is more precious than money, it may be a good investment, but if the contrary, I advise you to piecemeal it. HTH.

I believe Veritas Press uses Foerster for its online classes.