SS in MD Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I am looking into K12 Earth Science (6th grade) for next year. Has anyone used this before? How did you like it? Any thing you didn't care for? It's 20% off right now, but still rather expensive for one subject w/no re-use, is it worth the money? Also, we would have to buy independently (consumer direct), so either it would have to be month-by-month or 1 year contract. We school from mid-Aug to end of May (with approx 2 weeks off every 9 wks) Just wondering if we opt for the year contract (since it's cheaper) and dc gets done before the end-of-year date, what then? Buy another subject? Thanks so much for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Love2Smile Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I have not used it, but have heard K-12 curriculum is excellent! Especially the sciences... How much is a single course? I think I always thought it was too much money and don't want to belong to their charter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) My ds did it when we did the virtual academy. He really liked it (better than the other sciences he did). He did do it in under a school year (well under), but it was a class he focused on also. He much rather would do science than English! I think it is solid but it moves pretty quickly. Of course, then we did it faster also so it can probably be slowed down if a kid needed it. ETA: let me explain. The virtual academy started the school year off with another science then had this for second term. My son wanted to finish it because he liked it. So that is why he went faster. We didn't worry about grades and such (other than getting over the 80% of whatever it is to get it to count towards his percentage so he'd pass the grade level). Also, he had to get 6 hours per day for the virtual academy but had finished much of his work in April so had all of June to focus on the science. Does this help at all? Edited May 22, 2009 by 2J5M9K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS in MD Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Thanks for the posts. Carolyn, The K12 prices are here http://www.k12.com/enroll-or-buy/course-pricing/ You pay a subscription fee (online usage) and materials fee (cost varies depending on course). HTHs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacalm Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Ds took K12 Earth Science through our charter school. I thought it was very well done. I did not have ds do all the activities; I picked and choose and mostly it was to answers questions so he'll have practice on writing paragraphs. If you finished before the 12 months is over, you can call and request for another class for the remaining months. Like when my girls used K12 Grade 4 and finished with history, I called and requested to change online to the K12 Grade 5 US HIstory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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