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  1. Older or younger teen? What type of engineering were you thinking of, and what else does she like to do? Some ideas that may be completely off the mark: MAKE magazine VEX robotics kit or LEGO NXT (this was on my daughter's wish list when she was younger, though she didn't end up using it as much as I would have liked.) parts for an e-textile project (see for instance, this list of ideas: http://makezine.com/2010/04/06/geek-chic-massive-e-textiles-roundu/ also, I think I might need to send this link to my daughter: http://www.instructables.com/id/Sparkle-TuTu/ )
  2. I haven't used his Thinking Mathematics books, though I was just looking at them again yesterday, but his Math Without Words book is fun. It's more of a book of math desserts though, not a curricular choice.
  3. Thanks, quark, more choices is fine! It looks like OSU is $250 for all now, except for the AP class.
  4. Thanks for the info, quark. I didn't realize there was an independent-pace option for the OSU courses, though I'm not sure we'd choose that. I had been thinking that a simple intro was a good idea, but all the negative feedback on powerspeak gives me pause. I think the OSU course is probably what we want. Kai, regarding college level courses, I took introductory German courses at Yale just a couple years ago. To me, the oldest person in the room :), the material seemed noticeably directed to the interests of a twenty-something. (This was much better than the adult ed course I tried beforehand, which was WAY, WAY, WAY too slow and directed at people on vacation.) The class at Yale was a great course and a great experience for me, but I'm not sure college-level is the right thing for DS11 yet. Especially since I think of college courses as at least 2x the work of high school courses, and high school as roughly 2x middle school, and I don't want DS to be doing so much work that he decides to stop taking the class. But - good to know of the option & I hope someone tries it out & reports back too!
  5. I looked briefly, but maybe I misunderstood something. Aren't they college level courses?
  6. Hi all, sometime home-schooler & occasional lurker here, hoping to tap into BTDT advice. I'm looking for an on-line German course for my DS11, in seventh grade in a public school, because he doesn't like the language options at his school. The options I've come up with so far are purchasing an individual course middle school course from K12 (or directly from powerspeak) or using OSU's high school German 1 course. From looking at old threads, it seems like a number of people have used OSU's courses, but is it going to be suitable for a middle schooler? DS is fairly motivated, but will have a lot of homework, particularly for math where he's taking Geometry. K12/powerspeak12 looks easy but maybe a little too easy - he might lose interest if he's not getting anything new. It's been a few years, but we lived in Zurich for awhile and DS has probably retained more than he realizes. Any other options to suggest to me? Any advice on either of these courses? Thanks!
  7. Terrific! I love Alcumus too. :001_smile: I've been browsing AOPS prealgebra threads over here recently - trying to sort out whether to buy the book or stick with just Alcumus. I've started DS on Alcumus sometimes afterschool, as my attempt to give him more meaty problems than most in his school-based prealgebra class. Do you think that the book gives more challenging problems, or are they similar? Something about that reward structure at Alcumus is just right - DS loves accumulating points & passing topics. Ahhh, and so do I.
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