gomax Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi, Everyone! My 16 yo dd is soon returning from a 3 week missions trip to Guatemala ), BUT she still has Modules 14 - 16 to complete in her Apologia Chemistry course. I've always had my children complete ALL of their coursework, but I'd love to be able to consider "skipping" a module (or two) if it would still give her a solid Chemistry course. She is doing well, but she leans heavily toward a literature/composition student and plans to major in these areas (not a science area). Have any of you skipped any of these Modules? If so, did you regret it at all? Thanks SO much! Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 It is common to have the 3/4 book rule, schools rarely finish textbooks. We stopped Apologia books around Module 12-13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Hi, Everyone! My 16 yo dd is soon returning from a 3 week missions trip to Guatemala ), BUT she still has Modules 14 - 16 to complete in her Apologia Chemistry course. I've always had my children complete ALL of their coursework, but I'd love to be able to consider "skipping" a module (or two) if it would still give her a solid Chemistry course. She is doing well, but she leans heavily toward a literature/composition student and plans to major in these areas (not a science area). Have any of you skipped any of these Modules? If so, did you regret it at all? Thanks SO much! Tracy Most textbooks include more than a school teacher will have time to teach; it is supposed that the teacher will pick and choose what he will use. Apologia is written, from what I understand, for homeschoolers in such a way that the basics were included and the "extra" was not. In other worlds, if you want to do the basics of Chemistry, you should do all of Apologia. The 3/4 rule does not apply here as it might with BJU or other classroom texts. That doesn't mean you don't have the option to cut back...but I thought you'd like to know. :)Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisN in NY Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 FWIW... I've had my dc do the entire text of the Apologia books until dd's Advanced Chemistry this year. I let her stop at the end of module 12. She has worked really hard on the material she's completed, but I felt I had to let the rest go for the benefit of her other, more needed/important, subjects. Her college major is PE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Most textbooks include more than a school teacher will have time to teach; it is supposed that the teacher will pick and choose what he will use. Apologia is written, from what I understand, for homeschoolers in such a way that the basics were included and the "extra" was not. In other worlds, if you want to do the basics of Chemistry, you should do all of Apologia. The 3/4 rule does not apply here as it might with BJU or other classroom texts. That doesn't mean you don't have the option to cut back...but I thought you'd like to know. :)Jean :iagree::iagree: We complete the entire text. susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 We always completed all of Apologia's texts. They're really not like traditional texts, which contain more material than needs to be covered in a single course. I felt that eliminating Apologia modules would make the course too light-weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 To me... what's at the end of the book is just as important as what's at the beginning. We complete them all - even if some of it is done after school is officially over (for the state). If I recall correctly, the modules at the end of Chem are some of the easier ones, BUT I might not be recalling correctly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 For Apologia or most books specifically made for homeschoolers, we complete it all unless there is something that I substitute for part. (I cut out a chapter on young earth ideas in one of the texts and added in more information about botany). A textbook meant to be used in a classroom usually has more chapters than can reasonably completed in a 180 day school year. However, there is nothing that says you need to test on those last chapters or complete them the same school year. We are often finishing up another course when late August comes around, depending on our previous year's schedule, illnesses, moves, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 We have always completely finished all of the Apologia books, including Chemistry. I agree with the other posters - there is not a lot of extra material in the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veronica in VA Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I agree - it needs to be finished. But maybe you can skip some of the experiments, or eliminate some of the tests if she does the review questions correctly. We're not done with chemistry either. Veronica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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