JFSinIL Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 My dd has done well in Biology - but I fear either Chemistry or Physics may be a struggle. For the second required "lab" science most colleges wish to see, would Geology or any other subject count???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Only if it contains a lab component. Physical geology has labs -- Identifying rocks, minerals, strata. Analyzing aerial photographs. Etc. Such were the labs when I took physical geology in college. If your dd did well with Biology, perhaps she would like to take a Physiology course. (although such usually is only for one semester) I did that in [public] high school. There is "second year high school biology", too -- however, normally one has taken, or is taking concurrently, high school chemistry for that course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 My teen took three quarters of Geology at the local community college. Two were part of a three term sequence in Introductory Geology; the third term was a "Rocks and Minerals" class. All three classes had a lab component. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 We aren't there yet, but I found this college level book and plan to use it for earth science at some point. I found older copies of this lab manual to accompany it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 NOT trying to disuade you from geology but I have no experience with it. I can offer that there are now available several great virtual labs for chemistry and physics (see the Kinetic books for one) that will reinforce the lab report knowledge and scientific method in a more palatable manner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Do be warned that some colleges ask for 'a physical science' and interpret this as 'chemistry or physics' -- make sure that the colleges he's interested in don't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 My dd has done well in Biology - but I fear either Chemistry or Physics may be a struggle. For the second required "lab" science most colleges wish to see, would Geology or any other subject count???? You could also look at Conceptual Physics. It has a lab manual, but not the calculus level math that regular physics uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Sure, if you make it a lab class by adding in lots of lab components. I'm looking up online info right now for a middle school class I'm going to do next school year and I've seen high school level curriculum available, too. I'm sure that this includes lab work. USGS has lots of teaching info online. There's a curriculum called Ring of Fire that's supposed to be for high schoolers and it does have a lab component with it, I believe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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