jhschool Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 So, we did mostly unschooling until the end of 7th grade, and then we switched over to WTM-sort of methods. But we did hardly any science except what DC learned on his own. He is taking Physics right now and we *think* it is going quite well (understands the concepts with ease, is able to get the problems right most of the time). I am worried about his lack of lab experience (there were a couple of extremely simple lab-type projects in elementary school) and the fact that we did next to no formal science until the end of 7th grade. Do I need to do some remedial science or at least remedial science labs? Or just continue doing high school science as if we had done it all along? I know, I know...I should have done it before...but we were more unschooly before, plus we hadn't discovered WTM yet, and DC scored very high on his 5th grade Iowa test so we decided it was fine. I don't think it's so fine now. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Honestly, if he can follow instructions (like use a cookbook to make something he's never made before) with care, he should be fine jumping into a high school science lab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 We do not do formal science here before high school either. Most definitely no labs, since my kids abhor anything hands on. We started with labs in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhschool Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Thank you, ladies! I feel better about not having done formal science before 8th grade. (DC is taking Physics in answer to a previous question.) I will carry on with what we are doing and not worry about before. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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