steppingstonemomma Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Next year, my son will be in 9th grade. He is doing Apologia's Physical Science at our co-op. It is fairly well done with good lab supplies. He is getting an average grade of 98% on tests and labs. In reading the DIVE website, I am seeing that they recommend doing an Integrated Physics & Chemistry course, which Apologia's Physical Science is apparently NOT. Next year the co-op does the Apologia Biology book, then Chemistry, then Physics. He'd really like to take an advanced physics course before he graduates. So here's my issue... He knows he wants to be a mechanical engineer. How critical is it that he does an IPC course? Will he really be left in the dust if he doesn't? I really NEED this co-op for him to do science as I just don't have time in my day to tutor him on my own. Do you think this will severely hurt his chances of doing well in college engineering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I don't see why he would need the IPC course. It certainly won't matter for his college engineering. It is more important that he takes rigorous physics and chemistry courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicentra Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I don't see why he would need the IPC course. It certainly won't matter for his college engineering. It is more important that he takes rigorous physics and chemistry courses. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Math will determine a great deal of what he can take when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppingstonemomma Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thanks everyone!!! I feel so much better about this! I think he will do Bio in 9th, Chem in 10th, Physics in 11th and Adv Physics in 12th- unless we go the duel enrollment route and change it all up! Can't see that far into his future quite yet. He's in Alg 1 (Saxon) in 8th grade. So I guess he'll do Alg 2 in 9th, Adv Math in 10th and 11th (I think it takes 2 years to do that Saxon book) and then Calc in 12th??? Does this line up ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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