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PAGE #1 Welcome to High School Motherlode #1 -- the first "motherlode" of linked threads on high school topics. There is also a college motherlode of linked threads on preparing for/applying to/attending college AND a few post-high school topics that are NOT college related. Enjoy exploring the amazing collected wisdom of The Hive! (In case links break, I have listed threads by their original subject heading, and have also provided the original post date and poster for search in various ways.) Warmest regards, Lori D. topics linked in first 2 posts of this thread CREATED: Aug. 2- 49 replies
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So... :D I did the same thing for high school bio that I did for chem. Remember, though, that I'm not a high school specialist in Bio so my judgments on whether something is reg or honours could be off - please feel free to correct me if you disagree with something I've posted! :) I didn't include a category for "Math background needed" for most of the bio curricula (except for AP). I don't find that a certain level of math is required for most high school biology courses beyond just basic alg skills (working with simple equations, fractions, decimals, possibly scientific notation, etc.
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AP exams and the PSAT must be arranged directly with the hosting school. Other exams such as the ACT, SAT subject tests, and the regular SAT can be scheduled online, so you don't need to use this list for that purpose. Additions and corrections to this list can be made in the thread and I'll update this post. UNITED STATES Arizona Chandler - Hamilton High School Gilbert - Learning Foundation Performing Arts High School California - Northern Albany - Albany High School Berkeley - Berkeley High School (open to non-area students, AP Exams) -
I've been really relieved and grateful to find that the AP Teacher Community has been pretty inclusive about letting me (homeschooling mom of 6) join the various discussion and resource boards, but haven't heard anything back from AP Biology (and received a hard no from the FB affiliated pages). I'm curious if anyone has encountered anything similar and if you have any great resources that you recommend. We have a 14 year old son who really loves science and already passed the AP Bio exam, but I'm wanting to make the curriculum a bit more interactive for our daughter as she isn't as in love
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We’re in Texas and my son will be a freshman next year. High schoolers here have the option for taking dual enrollment classes at local community colleges. I’m trying to figure out the best course of action. Has anyone’s kids taken a dual enrollment college class and then self reviewed to take the AP exam for that class? Seems like that'd be the "best of both worlds." Are AP classes better if applying to highly selective schools? Son will be applying for some selective out-of-state schools' programs but also many in-state. Dual enrollment seems better if you’re attending in-st -
UPDATE: See detailed instructions in this post below my first signature! I'm trying to set up an account on the College Board to submit an AP syllabus. I'm running into a road block - the FAQ here says: Unfortunately, there is no selection called "Home School Provider" available to choose from the list. Instead, it requires that I choose a function (teacher) and an organization (a school in a premade list). You can see the problem by going to the AP Course Audit page for AP Computer Science A and clicking the Get Started Create and Account link on that page. (You don't need
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This thread intended as a comprehensive discussion of how a homeschool parent can teach their student Java programming and prepare them for the AP Computer Science A exam. I am doing this now since my son taught a Java course to homeschoolers in the fall and did AP CS A test prep this spring. I was both his assistant and his student in these courses and I want to take advantage of that dual perspective to capture my thoughts on how to best approach this topic. My goal is to enable homeschool parents who do not have programming experience (or Java programming experience) to administer a home -
It's that time of year where we need to lock down our choices for dd for next year, and i wanted to check in for some updated reviews on any of the above classes. I don't think I've ever seen a review for PAH's art history, but my search capabilities are limited :) We are looking for a class which is organized and will prepare well for the AP exam. If you'd prefer to PM, that would be equally appreciated. Thanks so much! -
Based on a recent string, I picked up that typically to get advanced credit or to show advanced course work students either do AP or DE. My DD18 graduated with an AA prior to going to a selective LAC. She took no APs. I recently learned that attaining the prescribed scores on a selection of AP exams will earn a student a credit. DE classes do not allow a student to earn a credit though it is possible to test out of certain requirements though credits are not awarded. Now I am trying to decide whether for DD16 who is in the same dual enrollment program it is beneficial to take one or more A
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Have you heard of BasisEd? one of the top 5 schools system in the country. So when in the news some school like that comes to light I usually ask myself what are they doing right that I can use in my homeschool... There are many things, but one thing jumped out at me... they start their AP exams in 8th grade with the US History AP. By the time they take the May test they have covered US History for many years, and are prepared. By graduation they have taken 9 to 11 AP exams. They spend their Senior Year doing a Thesis, or a project that of course needs to be aproved. My kids are in elemen
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Copied from their announcement on Facebook two hours ago. "Our Calculus course has been approved as an AP Calculus BC course! This is an official recognition by The College Board that our Calculus course meets or exceeds the expectations colleges and universities have for this subject, and grants students permission to use the "AP" designation for our Calculus course if it's listed on their transcript. However, do note that AP exam preparation still won't be the primary focus of our Calculus course. Students planning to take the AP Calculus BC exam after completing our course will also ne -
Not sure if I am late to the party but I recently was told about a site that offers free full courses to prepare someone to sit for an AP or CLEP exam, whichever they choose. It's called modernstates.org. Their site says it is partnered with edx.com but they too offer courses for exam or certificate. Edx.com offers more courses and can also be for adults in certain fields to get certificates to show their employers or whatever. So my question is...if modern states is partnered with edx than what's the difference b/w the 2 for a high school student trying to test out of college freshma -
The AP Course Audit website is now open for courses for the 2015-2016 school year. As such, I thought it might be interesting to have a thread to share approved syllabi to simplify the process in the case someone is using an identical or similar curriculum. My recommendation is to post both what you have approved for this year as well as what you might be looking to get approved this year. If you would like to request or offer a syllabus to someone, please do that via PM. When you share a syllabus, you may also want to share the official AP syllabus number for that syllabus in case they wa
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advanced placement 2015 AP FRQ Links
RegGuheert posted a topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I thought we could have a thread in which we post links to the FRQs from the 2015 AP tests. That way we can get access to them without any additional waiting and grill our DC on what they missed got right. I'll pull all the links up to this post for easy access. 2015 AP Art History Image-Based MCs and FRQs 2015 AP Biology FRQs 2015 AP Calculus AB FRQs 2015 AP Calculus BC FRQs 2015 AP Chemistry FRQs 2015 AP Chinese Language and Culture FRQs 2015 AP Chinese Audio Prompts 2015 AP Comparative Government and Politics FRQs 2015 AP Computer Science A FRQs I als -
Has anyone here used CTY for AP US History. Dd is considering this for a class but they have not been willing to either share the class syllabus or give us any indication of the type, number and frequency of assignments and assessments. Does anyone have any insight so we can decide if this is a good fit? Thanks!!
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2 related questions regarding the DSST Principles of Physical Science exam #1. Is the amount of Physics knowledge needed for this exam significantly less than for either of the 2 Algebra-based AP Physics exams? [This (academic) year, the College Board split their old AP Physics B exam into 2 exams -- AP Physics 1, Algebra-Based and AP Physics 2, Algebra-Based.] #2. Is the amount of Chemistry knowledge needed for this exam signicantly less than for either the AP or CLEP Chemistry exams? Thanks. - RJ in Delaware -
Hello all, I am trying to sort out our plan for next year. My son will be a 10th grader and is most likely interested in a STEM major at this point. (I say most likely because I want to keep options open for anything.) I have been doing a lot of reading here and on college websites about their admissions requirements, and I have a few questions about testing. I am going to make two threads because I want to ask questions about reporting test scores, but also figuring out which tests to take. So, in regards to reporting test scores: 1) For AP and SAT 2 tests, do you have control ov
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Possibly of interest to some of you. This was mentioned in the weekly email newsletter I receive from About.com about Distance Learning. Here's the link: http://distancelearn.about.com/od/virtualhighschools/fl/How-to-Take-Free-Online-AP-Classes-from-edX.htm?nl=1
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Could someone offer advice on preparing for the AP Biology test independently? What books did you use and how did you study? (I realize that an AP Biology course would not be placed on the transcript for a self-study class.) Thank you for your help.
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How have you found schools willing to allow homeschoolers to take the AP exam at their site? Who do you contact? The admin office, department chair, AP teacher? When is a good time to begin the search? If they don't offer a particular AP course, then should I not bother asking? What should I keep in mind about their point of view with respect to allowing homeschoolers at their AP exam? Is it more work for them? What misconceptions do they have that I might need to negate? My kids have never been enrolled in a school, so I have scant inside contacts, though I may be able to
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Kolbe announced today that their Advanced Honours Biology class has received the green flag from College Board for the AP designation. http://kolbe.org/news/ap-biology-course/ YEAH! I'm a happy camper! PA homeschoolers didn't work for us, as my kid truly need direct interaction with a teacher, not asynchronous interaction. Here's the link to the class description http://kolbe.org/online-courses/course-offerings/2014-15-school-year/high-school/online-science-courses/wcs-bio-ap/ The class meets twice a week, for an hour each time. Monday and Thursday, 6h25 -7h25 pm Eastern ti -
My daughter worked with tutors and self-studied for AP Lit and APUSH, and got 4s on the exams. I know that lots of people translate AP self-studies to a grade where 5=A, 4=B, etc. When you look at the stats, 7% of the Lit scores are 5s, and 10% 5s for APUSH. I'm sure that there are plenty of kids in bricks-and-mortar schools who got A's in their course but a 4 on the test. Is there a non-sleazy rationale for giving a higher grade than B? And the tutor offered (previously, before we knew the scores) to write evaluations and give her grades. I don't want to anything that would raise que -
So- I have one student who has Earth Science and Chem w/Lab under her belt for 9th and 10th. We have a couple options for 11 & 12 (all courses are intended to include labs). 1)Bio then AP Biology 2)Physics and Bio (in either order) 3)Physics then AP Bio (with no earlier Bio class) I am trying to decide if AP Bio really needs a year introductory course first or if you can jump right in. The student is leaning towards the 2 bio sequence but wants to do what is best and not have a transcript that looks too easy. This is not a future STEM major and she will have completed -
After teaching 4 years of APWH, APUSH and APEH, including 3 years as a reader (dropped APEH and APEngLit after they came up with the 'one subject requirement') with high passing rates, here are my tips and tricks for teaching AP History courses: AP United States History: The course was redesigned. It is going to be our first year with the redesigned course, and it is important to adapt ourselves to it. The good things are that the course description is now as detailed as APWH (so it helps you be sure that you covered everything to the little details) and that the exam at least looks more -
Got an invite today to try a website called http://learnerator.com. They have their hundreds of questions for each exam, and most of them are free. Didn't take a deep look yet, but APWH questions on this website looks more difficult than those on the 2013 International Exam...
