Thanks a bunch. :)

Anyone else?

I'm thinking Cleopatra, Boudicea, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hua Mulan, Catherine of Aragon, Joan of Arc... I know there are lots more! I need titles and ISBN's, pretty please!

Here are our hits: - SOS Elementary Spanish - Streams of Civilization, Vol. 1 (I was surprised, but the girls really liked this!) Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 (but we had to move slowly--very non-mathy student) And our miss--fortunately there was only one, even if it was 2-in-1: - Illuminations, Year 1 and Mystery of History, Vol. 1 (I really wanted to love this, but it just did not work for us at all! :( We used Streams of Civilization instead, and that was much better.)

We had the same issue last year going from TT Pre-Algebra to Algebra 1. I decided to finish Pre-Algebra first, and I am SO glad I did because my student got a bit bogged down in Algebra 1 and we had to move much slower. We only got through chapter 11 in Algebra 1 this year before the end of this school year. I don't have the option of working over the summer because my student is my friend's child, so we will pick up where we left off when we start back to school in August.

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Thanks to all!

I teach young teen girls (ages 12-15) in my home, all subjects. Ability levels vary widely. None are college bound. I need easy-to-read materials--something that will get the job done so we can check off the box.

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Thanks to all! I did a cross-post in which I actually narrowed my choices down to 6: CLP Biology BJU Life Science Guest Hollow Biology AOP Biology PAC Comments, please?

CLP Biology: A Search for Order and Complexity, 2nd edition BJU Life Science (7th) Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology, 2nd edition Guest Hollow - Otter's Christian Homeschool Biology (uses an edited CK-12 text) Alpha Omega Biology LifePacs Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum Biology THANK YOU! :)

I will be teaching a group of younger teen/preteen girls next year (ages 12-15). I doubt that any of them will have a STEM career, and most will probably not attend college, although CC or tech school is a slight possibility. NONE of them enjoys reading, and ALL of them have reading difficulties, so I need a science program that is accessible for them, meaning NOT rigorous. It MUST be Christian rather than secular, and I definitely DO want a lab component, although I am sure they will be squeamish about dissecting. I found several previous threads, including a (sorry, I can't link them--sometimes the WTM boards will let me post links and sometimes not, and today it's "not") that were very helpful for gleaning suggestions, but I'd like to know how these fit on the rigor continuum: CLP Biology: A Search for Order and Complexity, 2nd edition BJU Life Science (7th) Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology, 2nd edition Guest Hollow - Otter's Christian Homeschool Biology (uses an edited CK-12 text) Alpha Omega Biology LifePacs Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum Biology Are there any other Christian Biology/Life Science programs I should consider? And if so, where do they fit on the continuum?

I've actually considered that, but I *really* don't want to have to create study guides! :-/. Waaahhh! :'(

Any science-y mamas out there who can address my question and rank these programs?

Unfortunately, they have HATED the audiobook version of the other Apologia courses we've done, and I expect that it would be the same with Apologia Biology. :(

I will be teaching a group of younger teen girls next year (ages 12-15). I doubt that any of them will have a STEM career, and most will probably not attend college, although CC or tech school is a slight possibility. NONE of them enjoys reading, and ALL of them have reading difficulties, so I need a science program that is accessible for them, meaning NOT rigorous. It MUST be Christian rather than secular, and I definitely DO want a lab component, although I am sure they will be squeamish about dissecting. I found several helpful threads, including a "Biology.....Not rigorous, please" thread from 2010 and a "Homeschool High School Biology" thread from about a year ago (sorry, I can't link them--sometimes the WTM boards will let me post links and sometimes not, and today it's "not") those were very helpful for gleaning suggestions, but I'd like to know how these fit on the rigor continuum: CLP Biology: A Search for Order and Complexity, 2nd edition ACE Biology with DVDs BJU Life Science (7th) Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology, 2nd edition Biology 101: Biology According to the Days of Creation DVDs NOEO Biology II (Any idea when level III will be ready???) Guest Hollow - Otter's Christian Homeschool Biology (edited CK-12 text) Science Shepherd Life Science Alpha Omega Biology LifePacs Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum Biology Are there any other Christian Biology/Life Science programs I should consider? And if so, where do they fit on the continuum?

I second the TRISMS suggestion. And since TRISMS doesn't cover the period from 1750-1800, I put together my own TRISMS-style study for that period a few years ago and posted it in the Files section of the TRISMS Yahoo group.

Or maybe Science Shepherd Biology and/or Life Science?

What about Otter's Christian High School Biology? Do you think this might work for us?

Next year, it looks like I will be full-time tutor (all subjects) for 4 girls: two 10th graders and two 7th graders. For science, I plan for the 10th graders to take Biology and for the 7th graders to take Life Science. I want to keep them all together, and those two courses fit together well. So I need either: 1) TWO programs that mesh well so that the girls can read on their own (or use an audio CD), and then they can all work together on experiments and other activities. I read somewhere (maybe on the WTM boards?) that BJU Biology + BJU Life Science pair especially well. A complication, however, is that neither of the 10th graders reads very well; one of the girls is probably more like 6th or 7th grade level in reading, while the other is about 8th or 9th grade level. I looked at BJU Biology, and it looks like it would be overwhelming for the 10th graders because of their reading limitations. or 2) ONE program that I can use with BOTH age/grade levels but with different requirements for the 7th (life science) and 10th (high school biology) graders. I had originally planned to use Apologia Biology, but I don't know how accessible it would be for the 7th graders (or even these 10th graders, for that matter). I know there is an audio CD for Apologia Biology, but they don't like using it. And besides, if the 7th graders use Apologia Biology now, I'll have to find something else for them when they get to high school biology. Maybe I could use BJU Life Science for BOTH grade levels, and supplement some for the 10th graders to make it more rigorous. Just brainstorming here, so tell me your thoughts.

How did you get the link to post??? I clicked the link icon and it let me paste the link, but the "Okay" option was grayed out.

For some reason, I can't post a link, but google the name "Kwasi Enin" and you'll find it.

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This is for high school girls, but I am not opposed to a an animated version, if it's good.