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Alg I, Geometry, Alg II, Pre-Calc, then???
DarcyM replied to DarcyM's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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So far our trajectory has been: Lial's Beg. Algebra for Algebra I Jacob's Geometry Lial's Intermediate Algebra for Algebra II Lial's Pre-Calculus What is recommended to do next? Does Pre-Calc cover the trig concepts needed or should Trig be taken with Analytic Geometry prior to Calculus? Larson's Calculus? if this, I see several editions and versions. Lial's Calculus with Applications? (is this rigorous enough for College / ACT prep? ) I am finding so many varying options and I have to account for 1 student who has goals of pre-vet med undergrad, and 1 student who would be happy if he never saw a science book again. I'd love any advice or thoughts from those of you who have already paved this road. Thank you.
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Is this really legit? This is their first paragraph, and outside of being awkward I don't really know what that last sentence even means: But I cannot see available classes, or anything else about the programs, staff, or really any information at all. No contact info. No click to learn more. No "sign up here." Just 1 kind of odd initial page. Too good to be true?
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Is this an adequate 10th grade schedule, IYO?
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Good to know. Thanks for the feedback! He doesn't really need it for his Science credit since he's doing Bio, I thought he'd just like it. I'm using it as my 4th grader's science this year, and making my 15 yo read it to/with him, so I'm counting it as a supp in hopes he gets something out of it, along the way. :)- 7 replies
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Math: Lial's Intermediate Algebra + additional practice book Lit & Comp: Excellence in Literature guided books and writing Teaching Literature through Art supp History: K12's The American Odyssey: A History of the United States Great Courses: The History of the United States on DVD ( 84 lectures by 3 college prof) Biology, Holt, Rinehard, Winston (2008 version bc it's so much less expensive!) + study guide/ lab worksheets The Story of Science, Hakim (first book linked, there are 3 texts in complete series) Foreign Lang: Italian Animation & Drawing - online course Art courses through local museum in Painting, Drawing, possibly Mixed Media working on portfolio pieces PE: .5 credit in gym time Is this a full schedule for a 10th grader? Math and Bio are heavy lifters this year, it looks like a lot of work to me, but am I missing something or shorting him in anyway? If you were to add something what would you add? He wants to go into Animation as a career (he's a talented artist) so he has BFA goals. Thank you.
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We're pairing the DVDs with this text: The American Odyssey: A History of the United States I can't speak from experience yet, since I'm in the planning stages like you. Neither is here yet - ordered, and I'll be matching lectures with Chapters once I have my hands on the TOC and Guidebook. Paired with some research and 3 short papers, as well as some experience with the democratic process (We live in Iowa, it's prepping for an election year, so there are a lot of opportunities to participate in American voting system here) we should have plenty of hours for 1 credit in American History this year.
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Using 'Great Courses' toward HS credit
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We're using the same one you will this year (http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/history-of-the-united-states-2nd-edition.html?pfm=UpsellSlider&pos=2&recloc=pdp) and I'm going to attempt to line up The American Odyssey: A History of the United States with it. That doesn't qualify as a college text, so I'm not sure your daughter can get AP credit for it, but as of right now - we're in a state where you have to DE to do the AP tests, so we're not. DE requires a bit more meddling here, so we're opting out. A choice I hope we won't regret! :)- 23 replies
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Using 'Great Courses' toward HS credit
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Thank you so much, those of you who took the time to respond. I know planning is time consuming and high school has a whole different learning curve - so please know I am very grateful for the time you each gave me to respond so thoughtfully. We've decided to use k12's The American Odyssey: A History of the United States as our spine and the Great Courses as a supplement and line up chapters as much as possible. He enjoys historical fiction so I'm hoping to multi-course some of his literature & comp work to be parallel. He's also doing an art / art history course and I'm going to also try and parallel a few art pieces if I can pull all of this together to at least get started by Sept 1. (He want to be a FineArt major and studio animation & movie making) I think between the spine, the DVDs, some research/writing topics - as well as some caucus / political experiences (We live in Iowa - so we get a lot of experience with democracy and campaigning around here! ;) ), we will have the necessary hours for 1 credit. Thank you for mentioning FundaFunda - I'd never heard of it. Again, I appreciate the time you each took to respond. Very grateful.- 23 replies
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If you do match K12's American Odyssey and The Great Courses' History of the US, I would love love love to see how you line them up. I'm strongly considering pairing these for 1 Amer. history credit.
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I'd love if you could expand on this. ;) If you've got time.- 23 replies
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Using 'Great Courses' toward HS credit
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Yes - I'm not sure how to credit these either, although I think I'd like to pair it with a history text. (Ugh it's mid-August and I'm scrambling. Why have I procrastinated??) :)- 23 replies
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Great Courses: Analysis and Critique
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Using 'Great Courses' toward HS credit
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If any of you have used Great Courses as a high school credit course or even as a supplement, I'd love to hear how you did it. The course I'm considering is The history of the US: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/history-of-the-united-states-2nd-edition.html?pfm=UpsellSlider&pos=2&recloc=pdp It has 84 (30min) lectures for a total of 42 hrs. So not enough alone to count as a full credit, but seems meaty enough for a 9th or 10th greater to use as a launch point. How have you used Great Courses to work for you, how do you document it for HS? Thank you for any insight and experiences.- 23 replies
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HI everyone. This is my first 9th grader. And suddenly I'm super nervous about how to document, make transcripts, and assign credit to his work. He is college-bound and interested in engineering. I would love feedback or tips or to please point out any obvious gaps. Thank you. Math: Jacob's Geometry + Life of Fred Geometry Science: Hewitt's Conceptual Physics (with Labs and wkbk), + Life of Fred Elem Physics Soc Stud: Runkle's World Geography For Lang: Italian + Rosetta Stone English: finish Growing with Grammar 8, then English I - Intro to Lit, Excellence in Literature PE: he works out 5 days a week at our awesome gym (how does one document this?? ) and takes cycling, Zumba, Pilates, etc. Does open gym weekly. Does this seem like a good start for a college-bound 9th grader? TIA.