Jujudalu Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I am interested in hearing from people who have used the curriculum Science for Highschool. What has your experience been like? Thanks Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Julia, I haven't known a single family who completed the TWTM science :-0 There is a huge push at this subforum to press through the most rigorous science textbooks possible. I'm not sure why :-0 And as for me, and my self-education, I'm ploughing through some elementary textbooks and resources :-) I like the ESP lab method, and am enjoying MASTERING it :-0 Edited July 9, 2011 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 If you are talking about Science for High School by Bridget Ardoin, dd used the Physical Science in 9th grade. It looked great in theory but in reality it did not work out so well. The hardest part for me was grading the work and knowing if she had sufficiently researched the topics. This was even with the answers provided in the TM. Dd, who would usually thrive on a curriculum like this, did not like it at all. Really, really wanted it to work but it fell flat for some reason. After my experience, I heard the same results for at least 2 other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kRenee Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 We used Science For High School (Biology) in the Fall of 2009 and it was a huge disappointment. The curriculum is researched based. It consists of 5-7 questions for each subject (1 subject per week) and the student needs to research to find the answers. There is a quiz for each week and for each semester. The first semester, which is all about human anatomy, had fairly good questions. The second semester consisted of asking the same 20-30 not very challenging, life-science type questions for about 10 different phylum. Granted, my dd already knew a lot about biology but this type of work is mind-numbing. The problems showed up immediately with quiz 1. For the factual questions there were many errors in the questions or the answers. For the research questions, the answers given were often not the same as what my dd had found in her research. The questions, as written, were so broad that my dd would often end up in a different place than what the author intended. We quickly stopped using all quizzes and tests because my dd got very frustrated. We really wanted to like this curriculum, but I cannot recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Julia, I haven't known a single family who completed the TWTM science :-0 There is a huge push at this subforum to press through the most rigorous science textbooks possible. I'm not sure why :-0 And as for me, and my self-education, I'm ploughing through some elementary textbooks and resources :-) I like the ESP lab method, and am enjoying MASTERING it :-0 :iagree: It's really weird huh? What's recommended in WTM and what's recommended here seem to be miles apart. With a really precociously academic kid I can see heading to college level for high school----but we honestly just enjoy using high school level materials....well...for high school! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jujudalu Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 How disappointing! It really looks promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 How disappointing! It really looks promising. I totally understand your feeling! Unfortunately, ours came mid-year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in CO Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 We also tried the Physical Science course and had the same results. I had to read over the answers to the questions, quizzes, and tests. Then rewrite or add to the questions, to help guide my daughter to the correct answer so that she could complete the program. In theory, I love the idea, I just wasn't crazy about the implementation. I had thought about skipping the tests, and just having my son do the research questions to find what he could, we would discuss it, and then do the experiments. Anyways, my dd switched to a textbook approach to finish off the year, and has been much happier with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jujudalu Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Which textbook approach did you switch to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 We switched to DIVE Science with the BJU textbook. Love, love, love the DIVE set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in CO Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 We switched to Earth Science with the Tarbuck book. I just had her skip the chapters that dealt with subjects she had already done with the Physical Science book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jujudalu Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Thank you. I will add that to my list of must look at. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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