TheApprentice Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Did you use DIVE videos/lab with it or Rusty Hughes DVD? I'm considering Apologia Chemistry next year for ds and I'm not sure which makes more since. It looks like the DIVE may be more difficulty because they are suggesting that the AP test could be taken after completing the course. If you have used either, what has been your experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbeth Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 We've used DIVE here with good success. We prefer BJU textbooks and used them for Phys. Sci and Bio. with our oldest, but allowed her to use the Apologia Chem. book b/c a local group was going to do labs together and all the other students were using Apologia. It was an okay text. Part of it depends on the style your child prefers. My kids either love or hate the narrative style of Apologia. BJU is a bit meatier, but is definitely dryer. If you follow the DIVE syllabus you'll need both the reg. and advanced chem. books from Apologia. We made dd do the extra work per DIVE's suggestion using both texts so in the end I feel we matched the rigor of BJU. She's about to tackle it at the college level via dual enrollment, so we'll soon have a better idea of how well prepared she was. Our second dd used DIVE Bio and the BJU text as well. My dh is teaching her and a group of others from Hewitt's Conceptual Physics this year. Most of the students have requested a chem. class next year and I doubt my husband will use Apologia. For Chem. and Physics we are more comfortable with secular offerings and its easier for my hubs to teach from textbooks he's familiar with in his public school classroom. He then adds Christian perspective as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Thanks hsbeth for responding. Anyone else? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjbucks1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 We used Apologia Chemistry with the Red Wagon CDs. The CDs have alternate tests that I thought were somewhat better than the Apologia tests. They were just a little more in depth and required more short answer questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbeth Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I agree with the AP, I didn't care for the Apologia tests either. I love the fact that DIVE has quarterly exams and that they contain a combination of the material found in the textbooks and the material in the video lectures. It's great preparation for college level work in our experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I forgot about Red Wagon. I'll go check on that. Right now, I'm leaning toward DIVE, but can't decide which text. :confused1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Red Wagon Tutorials is discontinuing their discs. You can read about it on their site. I actually just purchased the Chemistry one. They are still available for a limited time through CBD and Rainbow Resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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