Friendly Chemistry??

[TXMary2]

Has anyone use Friendly Chemistry?

[RobinL in Canada]

Used it a few years ago in a co-op class for students who were not pursuing higher math or science. It does a good job of teaching about atomic structure, the periodic table, and the formation of compounds (chemical formulae), using some hands-on materials, but it doesn't go much further than that (ie, no gas laws, etc). It would make a decent intro to chemistry but is not a complete course in itself.

[Julie in MN]

I used it at home with a student who needed to spend more time in each topic than the typical race through chemistry. FC is very hands-on and makes things very understandable. My problem with the full credit isn't so much that it doesn't cover enough, but that it doesn't include many labs. I think it was originally written for co-op and there are some potentially fun labs in there as group activities, but at home alone, the labs were brief. I had planned to add Experiences in Chemistry, if my dd would have finished the credit.

 

However, I've heard they have updated the program quite a bit since I used it, so take this with a grain of salt.

 

Julie

[wy_kid_wrangler04]

At the moment I am planning on using FC with my dd when she is in 7th grade. Not sure about for a high school credit though.

[mcconnellboys]

I used it as part of our middle school work. It covers equation writing in depth, but doesn't cover every area of chemistry, as Stacey mentioned....