ga girl Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 My dd will do chemistry this summer in order to move into A&P for 11th grade and take Advanced Chem in 12th. She likes the layout of Apologia and the wordiness - she's a reader. I am looking for a "schedule" of sorts to line it up with Khan Academy. Anyone else done this? Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 :bigear: I want to know this too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasda Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 My kiddos do Apologia; it seems pretty comprehensive. I have also used Teaching Company Dvds to go along with the sciences we've done. Never thought to add Khan; how interesting! I'd be interested in how that would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I supplement the Apologia Chemistry with the GPB Chemistry series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ga girl Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Or should I just purchase the Rusty Hughes dvd for Apologia Chemistry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOaks Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 My daughter used both the DVD by Rusty Hughes and Kahn Academy for Apologia Chemistry this year. It's fairly easy to figure out which Kahn videos correspond to which areas of Apologia. She just chose which videos to watch after reading the material and watching the DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ga girl Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 "My daughter used both the DVD by Rusty Hughes and Kahn Academy for Apologia Chemistry this year. It's fairly easy to figure out which Kahn videos correspond to which areas of Apologia. She just chose which videos to watch after reading the material and watching the DVD. " __________________ Did she enjoy the Hughes dvd? Was it helpful? Or could you have done without and just used Khan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOaks Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 She is sitting next to me and just said "Wow, that is a difficult comparison." From her perspective: They are both really good teachers and both are funny (which she believes makes it a better experience). The only problem is that she feels Khan doesn't touch on every topic that is included in the book. However, it does include topics which are not covered in the General Chemistry book. With Khan you do not get to watch the experiments as you do with the DVD. Rusty also guides the student through the math used in the experiments, which is very helpful towards the end of the book. She went through the book and the DVD very quickly the first semester. Now she has been using Khan to go back through the entire book over again and is gaining a better understanding (she feels it's much simpler for her to watch Khan now -- but that's her learning style). We actually used to attend the same church as Rusty and his family (many of the experiments were recorded in the church kitchen), so she had personal knowledge of his kids that he talks about on the DVD. Sorry this isn't very helpful. She says they are both very good, so it really does depend on what one is looking for and what style of learning one prefers. If you want to ask some additional specific questions she can try to answer them for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasda Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Four Oaks, does your daughter know which Khan Chemistry videos go with which Apologia Chemistry chapters? I took a look at the Khan site and couldn't tell. Thanks a bunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOaks Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 She says that she actually finds it easier to just do searches. Here is an example: Search using the word "stoichiometry". It will show 7 matching videos. It will also provide any practice exercise if there are some available (however, there are no practice exercises specifically for chemistry -- you need to go to math sections for that). If what she is looking for does not come up under the the search, then she says she reads through the chemistry list to see if there is something that sounds closely related to a topic in her book. Another example: search using the word "significant figures". This search brings up several videos that are actually listed under some math courses. It also brings up practice exercises. She wouldn't find these by looking only a the chemistry list, but finds those videos and some of the exercises helpful for chemistry, so that is why she prefers to do searches for exactly what she wants to match in her chemistry book. So, it would probably be extremely difficult or at least very time-consuming to attempt to chart out an entire year of Khan videos that correlate to the Apologia book (not impossible though). Does this help at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Very helpful! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasda Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Thanks so much, Four Oaks! This will be very helpful! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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