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I don't know what you are expecting from labs, but Spectrum labs are by far the best chem labs I have seen, They certainly surpassed the AP chem labs ds did. I have nothing but praise for the quality of the labs.
OP I wish you had asked about which way to purchase. I would definitely have suggested Spectrum. I have purchased multiple chem sets over the yrs for my high schoolers, and Spectrum is all I will purchase from now on except for the required AP courses labs bc I don't teach that course myself and useChemAdvantage. I know people that only use Spectrum for AP as well.
Oh, this is so good to hear! When I ordered it, I really thought it was the right one for us. We are Christian but not YE so I was afraid Apologia would push that too much. I considered doing what so many others here are doing and put it all together on my own but I was 1)afraid the cost would get out of hand and 2)afraid I'd fall down on the job because I have some health problems.
I hadn't thought much of doing AP -- I just thought it sounded too hard for me (not her) so I wouldn't. Do you have to get that okayed before hand? Who do you talk to? And would you mind telling me what you would add to Spectrum if I wanted to make it definitely AP?
DFD went to publics school for 2 months last year and was taking AP Chemistry then. But because of many problems and adjustments with coming to us, and because I had to get her out of school and didn't know anything about what options were out there, we put chemistry off until this year. She'd already had biology so we did Earth & Space science - it was gimme class for her - she knew most of it and didn't have to work too hard but we had a year of lots of doctor's appointments, a hospital stay and more, so it was a good choice.
We got our stuff from Spectrum a month or more ago but I hadn't told her and had opened it when she was out. Then I packed it away again. She found it today and was so excited going through it! So, I thought maybe I should have gotten something more rigorous.
Where did you do the experiments? I have a large laundry room with counters I considered using. There is also a laundry sink in there. The floor is tile, as are the counters. My concern in ventilation. There is a window but it is across the room. I could set up a fan of some sort. Do you think that would be adequate?
I didn't take chemistry in high school I took a class called "Nursing Chemistry" when I attended nursing school (3 years back then). I am pretty sure it wasn't a full course but more than sufficient for nursing. We did most labs in the class and a couple of things in a safe room.
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Oh, btw, I don't want one that you store online and pay by the month or year. I have a backup system in my home and don't want to pay for another one.
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Can anyone recommend the best software/ap for making and keeping lesson plans and other things, like handouts? Preferably something that has a way to send things to my student's computer as well? Although I've had a home computer since they came out, I have always done my records by hand. It just seemed easier. But it doesn't seem easier anymore. I guess I'm finally over on the dark side (although I still like real books). We are an Apple family all the way - notebooks, ipads, ipods and phones. It would sure be nice to be able to easily coordinate with them all so that I always have access -especially since we do a fair amount of car-schooling.
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RE: race
Remember that obesity is also a disease that in this rich country, ironically affects poor people disproportionately. On average, Native Americans, Mexican-Americans and blacks are poorer. And even if they aren't poorer, they often have food preferences in keeping with their culture.
Carbs are cheap. Bad fats are cheap. Poor people depend upon them and grow accustomed to them. Thus, they are affected by obesity disproportionately. I am sure there are people of color who allow their kids to pig out and sit on their behinds. There are, by my observation, also many middle class people who do the same. Add to that the fact that so many intercity areas don't have any grocery stores, just fast food restaurants, and you'll know why some places allow the poor to buy McDonald's with food stamps and why poor people have a higher chance of being obese.
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I think all the thing listed are true, but I think most of all three things:
1. We eat too many simple carbs. I am not an Atkins person but the government's emphasis on carbs is a problem.
2. I am more concerned about fillers in processed food than I am about GMOs. Not that I like GMOs but I think the current problem has more to do with the fact that Americans eat processed food, at home and in restaurants, and all those foods are created by people whose goal is to get you to buy them. They accomplish this by taking tasteless processed junk and adding enough sugar and salt to reach the "sweet spot" so that you won't notice it is tasteless and processed. I also believe that too much salt and sugar tends to make you not notice more subtle tastes. I never really experimented with spices much before I went to unprocessed food - I mean, if it was Italian, I put Italian seasoning in; if it was Mexican, I put chili powder in. When I gave up processed food, sugar and most wheat, it was like my tongue came alive. I had to buy a new spice carrosel and put the ones that wouldn't fit in that into a drawer. I LOVE messing with spices and herbs now and they have no calories. Same with onions - if I happened to be making a soup from scratch (rare then!) or maybe chili, I'd just chop up the onion and let it be cook as it simmered. I have now discovered that an onion is a wonderful thing if caramelized!
3. Finally, I think we are just too rich yet busy to take care with what we eat.
I grew up in the '50's and '60's in a poor intercity culture.TV dinners, convenience stores and McDonald's didn't exist.
In our house, if I wanted an afternoon snack after school, I got myself a carrot or a piece of celery (carrots were more filling so I usually got that). We weren't health enthusiasts - we were just poor and veggies were cheap back then. Sometimes in the evenings, we could fix popcorn or have a piece of fruit. But I always had to ask because maybe Mom was saving it for something else. We never had ice cream around the house. Even if we could have afforded it all the time, the tiny freezers we used to have wouldn't have held it along with everything else. We also didn't have soda pop at home. We could buy some with our allowance. But once every summer, always on a Sunday night (maybe because we always had a big Sunday lunch), Mom would buy a half gallon of cheap ice cream and large bottle of cheap Vess Cola and that would be supper for 5. Mom did also sometimes make homemade popsicle sticks in summer, too.
We never got second helping of meat at dinner. We didn't have dessert unless maybe fruits were in season and cheap and we had pie. We did have to eat vegetables and salad (or slaw in winter).
In our school lunches, we got a sandwich (ham if mom had found it on sale and froze some) or peanut butter and jelly, some carrots or celery sticks, and a chocolate cupcake from the cheap Jiffy mix without any icing. When I got married, I served my upper middle class husband cupcakes without icing and they were not well received for some reason.
What we didn't have, we didn't miss. But now, advertisements are so prevalent that it is hard. And with money, it's easy.
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This isn't a childhood thing, but about 15 years ago, I was very ill and almost died. I had Legionaire's disease, complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and lupus. I was on life support and lots and lots of drugs. My fever was horribly high and they couldn't seem to get it down so they were using ice blankets on me. It so happened that this particular hospital had required its nurses to wear white long after other hospitals gave up on it but had finally relented, so that one day (I was in this state for about 3 weeks), they changed the rule and just about every nurse came in with brightly colored shirts. Well, somehow in my drug-crazed feverish mind, I got the idea that I'd been abducted by a Hawaiian cult and they were trying to kill me with ice. My poor oldest son came into the ICU and I wrote a note (couldn't talk with the ventilator in) telling him this and insisting that he rescue me. He went and got my husband who tried to reassure me that I was in the hospital and no one was trying to hurt me but he had a hard time convincing me. I only had that delusion for a few hours one afternoon and I only remember a few minutes of it, I can still remember the horror of thinking I was being abused by those Hawaiians cultists with their flowery shirts and cold ice! :
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This isn't a childhood thing, but about 15 years ago, I was very ill and almost died. I have Legionaire's disease, complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and lupus. I was on life support and lots and lots of drugs. My fever was horribly high and they couldn't seem to get it down so they were using ice blankets on me. It so happened that this particular hospital had required its nurses to wear white long after other hospitals gave up on it but had finally relented, so that one day (I was in this state for about 3 weeks), they changed the rule and just about every nurse came in with brightly colored shirts. Well, somehow in my drug-crazed feverish mind, I got the idea that I'd been abducted by a Hawaiian cult and they were trying to kill me with ice. My poor oldest son came into the ICU and I started telling him and insisting that he rescue me. He went and got my husband who tried to reassure me that I was in the hospital and no one was trying to hurt me. I only had that delusion for a few hours one afternoon and I only remember a few minutes of it, I can still remember the horror of thinking I was being abused by those Hawaiians with their flowery shirts and cold ice! :
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This isn't a childhood thing, but about 15 years ago, I was very ill and almost died. I have Legionaire's disease, complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and lupus. I was on life support and lots and lots of drugs. My fever was horribly high and they couldn't seem to get it down so they were using ice blankets on me. It so happened that this particular hospital had required its nurses to wear white long after other hospitals gave up on it but had finally relented, so that one day (I was in this state for about 3 weeks), they changed the rule and just about every nurse came in with brightly colored shirts. Well, somehow in my drug-crazed feverish mind, I got the idea that I'd been abducted by a Hawaiian cult and they were trying to kill me with ice. My poor oldest son came into the ICU and I started telling him and insisting that he rescue me. He went and got my husband who tried to reassure me that I was in the hospital and no one was trying to hurt me. I only had that delusion for a few hours one afternoon and I only remember a few minutes of it, I can still remember the horror of thinking I was being abused by those Hawaiians with their flowery shirts and cold ice! :
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We've never named our home school. I just put Home School on my boys' transcripts. I guess I am not very imaginative. /-: If we had, it would probably have been something Trekkie.
I think my dfd might like a Whovian name for ours now.
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Many years ago, a friend in Perth wanted me to send her Kit Kats and Skittles because she'd heard of them and never eaten them. It's been a while, though, so they might have them now. I've been to Australia a couple of times and going into a candy store or convenience store wasn't much different than here except the candy stores always had Turkish Delight. I happily tried it with great anticipation (being a Narnia fan) only to discover that the White Witch wouldn't have gotten me that way.
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I will be praying for you.
Interesting that I should read this because I had a test last week that showed a very high glucose level. I am being tested again tomorrow.
I have lupus & Hashimotos, both autoimmune diseases) but I'm also older and somewhat overweight so it could be LADA or type 2. Or it may be a lab error, which is what I am hoping for. (-:
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<<I am not a morning person, but my job is to educate my children>>
"Not being a morning person" is not usually a moral issue that you can decide to change if you are just committed enough to your job.
Some people just have hormonal or metabolic issues that mean they are not attuned to the light/darkness schedule. I had problems with energy levels upon rising even at school. When I worked, I solved the problem by working evenings. I worked just as hard for my patients as the people on the day shift.
Then I got married, I had difficulty becoming pregnant and started taking my basal temperature every morning. It was usually about 94. Ended up I had Hashimoto's thyroiditis but the point is, physical issues, not a lack of commitment to work, is often behind the fact that some people have trouble rising in the morning. You probably wouldn't be a morning person if your temperature was 94 either.
Of course, homeschooling in the evening not the answer for the OP who want's to have more free time later in the day. I only posted the above because I think it is a common misconception that people who aren't morning people are lazy and less committed to their work.
Of course, it depends upon the age of your children. I didn't put mine to bed early and I bought darkening shades for their room, which helped. I also gave them and my dfd morning work, as others have mentioned. Since she is older, I give reading assignments, questions from the day before, or any subject that she does on her own, including her exercise program and voice practice.
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I'm not Lutheran but I used Concordia Press for both of my boys (which was ages ago but it is still around).
It probably does mention God making us and that would be offensive to some but as I recall (unless they have changed new editions), it was just what I wanted. Different books for different ages, each with more info presented in a tasteful way. A teenager might need more, though. Even though I expected my children to wait for marriage (one definitely did but I think the other might have jumped the gun) and my fd is a virgin at 16, I would want to educate them about STDs and stuff. Just cuz - well, if they ever did what I didn't want or if they married someone who had a past. And just cuz it's good to be informed.
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I live near Phoenix where someone had the foresight to start a Facebook page called "Homeschooling in the Phoenix Metro." Since it is a city (and beyond) group, it has the advantage of including people from many different support groups across the whole valley. So, when a local group has something that they don't mind others going to, they post it. But it is also used for advertising classes, curriculum and clubs.
Sewing is actually very popular in some homeschooling circles. I used to live in the Ozarks and it was really popular there. You could have formed a club easily. I haven't found it to be quite so true, here, otherwise my 16 year old would want to attend it! I don't suppose you are near Phoenix? (-:
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The actual birth will be newsworthy - the UK is a major power and the Commonwealth is widespread. I also think it is great that patriarchy is losing out and whether girl or boy, the baby will be heir to the throne. But about details, I couldn't care less but then, I am an American and thoroughly republican (in the broad sense, not necessarily the political party).
On the other hand, even the details of the royal pregnancy and birth are more interesting than the same about some Hollywood celebrity <gag me with a stick>.
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I went with the Spectrum partly because I wanted predictability and ease (we'll also be watching the classes on Khan Academy) but really, I'm quite ignorant about it all. What is GPB?
I also bought the Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiment because I have a feeling The Spectrum is not going to have complicated enough experiments to make my student happy. I haven't told her that yet - maybe I should hold off on telling her. /-:
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I don't think it would be weird for you to do that at all.
Also, I know this is strange coming from a homeschooling teacher, but there are usually free resources available through the government to help people study for their GED. I know this because .. I left home early and was a high school drop out (only finished 9th grade). Long story. I then went on to get a GED and college degree but my first step was to go to a GED class. True, I was told not to come back to because I didn't need it but the GED was easier then plus I was always a great reader. I think if the GED had been as hard back then as I hear it is now, I'd have had to go to the classes. As it was, I had to take one semester of pre-college math at the community college also before going on.
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Are you thinking of dyspraxia? That can cause poor handwriting and pain. The pain is often the result of the inability to control pressure, resulting in the student squeezing too hard. My youngest son this.
Alsos a child, I my hands cramped badly when writing and my penmanship was not good (although I really, really tried). I don't have other dyspraxia symptoms but I have had costochondritis (which involves connective tissue of the ribs) as a result of lupus. I also have Raynaud's syndrome and now, pretty bad arthritis.. I never thought about there being a connection but it is possible
That being said, maybe I'm negative, but my experience is that doctors don't know much about chronic diseases, their side affects, what might precede them, etc. and don't seem very interested in learning or researching connections. I doubt if you'll get much of an answer from them. But you can try.
I know it is very unclassical of me, but I let my youngest son type everything. Dyspraxia can cause some people to have trouble typing, too, but he did it well and controlling pressure wasn't a thing on the computer (I'd hate for him to have had to learn on a manual typewriter like I did!).
Note: Famous person with dyspraxia is Daniel Radcliffe who played Harry Potter
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I love Russian writers and have read most of them.
I am ashamed to admit this (and I may REALLY be kicked off here)but I hate reading anything in play form, including Shakespeare. I don't mind watching it acted out. I have the same problem with every play I've ever had to read so I haven't read many.
What I want to read:
- The Fairie Queen by Edmund Spenser.
-The Great Gatsby. I've started it more than once but never finished it. I don't expect to like it but I hate not finishing something. My youngest son loved it though.
-1001 Arabian Nights. I actually have it but didn't find it interesting so didn't finish. But I heard someone on NPR talking about it recently which gave me new insight so I'd like to go back to it again.
-The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.
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Thank you for the additional link. Alas, I still didn't see what I saw at Epcot - a chemistry class. But the Minecraft looks fun for one of my granddaughters.
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Wish I lived closer to DisneyWorld and Epcot. There are not as many opportunities at Disneyland.
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This isn't a recommendation - just nostalgia.
I am old so I grew up in the '50's and '60's. As a child, we attended an American Baptist Church (not southern). In the church foyer, they always had a weekly handout for kids (this was aside from Sunday School) called the Sunday Pix, published by David C. Cook. I think the handout may still exist in some form but it is not like it used to be. It was several pages long and included installments of the entire story of Bible, Gen - Rev. in cartoon style and some necessary added text. It also had a series sometimes called "Tullus" which was about an early missionary who encountered various 1st century cults (Isis, etc) in his ministry.
I know it was mostly a cartoon and it wasn't devotional but that handout gave me such a great overall picture of the Bible, I can still see them all in my mind! I don't remember anything from Sunday School, really, and to be honest, I wasn't even a Christian until I was in university but it sure gave me an advantage when I did start reading the Bible as a believer. I wasn't at all lost like many people.
It was also great that you only got a small installment at once instead of an entire book - it kept you wanting more. I always read it during the sermon, lol. Shame on me.
There is a book David C Cook puts out that is supposed to be the same but it isn't because I have one issue of the original to compare and it was different. )-:
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Oops - posted something else and then realized you said you didn't have a microwave.
Oatmeal is something we like. But we also often don't eat breakfast food for breakfast. As someone else stated, peanut butter and jelly is my husband's favorite. Kitchen sink soup is another thing. I often eat refried beans, cheese and grilled tomatoes for breakfast. (the beans from having lived in Latin America, the grilled tomato from having lived in Australia). Brits eat beans on bread but that sounds gross to me. I don't eat wheat or corn so that lets most tortillas out. Chinese people eat congee, which is basically rice cooked with lots of water into a porridge. You can add milk, fruit or even other things to it, like meat or veggies. I don't personally like to start a day with that many carbs but then, I am sensitive to carbs.
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It's not very "evolutionary" to think men cannot control themselves either. Once upon a time, long before assault laws were invented, a woman could have put a rock through his skull in revenge...
Point well taken, Rosie!
In my defense, I wasn't implying that people who do not believe in creation have an excuse either. It is just that most of the modesty and "men are visual beings that we women must protect" arguments come from conservative Christians. And I, as one Christian to others, was pointing out that this did not jive with the idea of men created in God's image and responsible for their own actions.
Although, I suspect the fact that men tend to have greater upper body strength and the fact that women were sometimes indisposed with periods, childbirth and nursing chores, did in fact make it easier for men to subjugate and blame them for everything during the centuries.
Chemistry costs...egads
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<<I think you misunderstood my post. Spectrum chemistry is definitely not enough for the AP exam. I was simply saying that I know someone who used the labs for the course.>>
Oops. I read that late last night, I think, and misread and got carried away.
And now that I think of it, it wasn't AP she was in - it was dual enrollment, but only with the community college. She has not previously had chemistry (except for her two months). But she is very much a science/math person. She had skipped a year of math, for example and been in science clubs. And from what I hear, if she does a science major in college, a community college credit isn't always a good idea. So, I'm still happy. Maybe we could have avoided a class at university if I'd gone with AP, but she is still trying to get over many issues about her past and that is taking quite a lot of intervention which takes time. So my first inclination, which was to just do regular chemistry, is probably the right one.