bethben Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Has anyone done a co-op for Apologia General Science? How do/did you structure it? Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thowell Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I have not done one but I believe there are co-op lesson plans on Donna Young's site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thanks!! that's exactly what I was looking for! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I kind of do one. It's not "co" though -- just me. It's my kids, their cousins, and a few friends. We only meet every 2 weeks, or once per module. I have a 2 hour class, and occasionally I ask the parents for 2½ hours if, as I am studying and prepping, I see that the experiments might take longer. I do the class before they begin the module, so that I can do an overview of the module. I had already done Physical and Biology w/ my older daughter, and this has proven to work best for us. I get to explain any difficult concepts ahead of time. There's not many in GS, imo, but some of the kids haven't had much background in certain areas, and I have 2 mildly LD kids. I'm not sure how I plan to do Physical next year for my other kids - whether I'll do one or two days, but either way, I will cover upcoming material rather than doing experiments after they have read about them. I scheduled out the year, and gave them a calendar w/ the class dates, but I plan the actual lesson plans as I go, and at each class, I hand them the schedule for the next 2 weeks. (I don't always know until I get into it what pages or home experiments might need more time, etc, and divide it out accordingly.) I plan 1 day for class, 1 day for test, 2 days for study guide, and that leaves 6 days to do the module. Videos are posted here: http://homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com/ Hope this helps. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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