little1stwo Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 I've seen elective science courses listed in other threads such as: earth science, meteorology, marine biology, anatomy and physiology, zoology, botany, environmental, forensic, etc. What I can't find is what courses are good and where to buy them from. Has anyone used some interesting high school level courses that you can recommend? I don't want to outsource - I want something to buy that he can do at home. Any ideas? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Are you open to assembling courses yourself or do you want to buy pre-packaged courses? I've put together my own courses; I know many others have as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Apologia has Marine Biology and A&P - I think that is why they are often on the list. I don't think there are as many pre-packed elective science courses. Oak Meadow has Environmental Science. When we did elective sciences: Forensic Science, A&P, Nutrition, Athletic Training, I generally put them together myself (I used Apologia for A&P). If you search for any of those elective sciences (do an advanced search, search for the name in the thread title only on the high school board) and you will find out what resources people used for that specific course. There isn't just a source of elective science courses... Hmm maybe I should work on that? I've always wanted to write Science curriculum for homeschoolers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 GA Virtual has Forensic Science, Oceanography, Astronomy, Geology, etc. (these courses are mostly done). Study.com (NOT a full course, but you could easily add a textbook, and perhaps figure out some labs/projects?) has a plethora of different things, also places like MIT open courseware, and EDX and others have additional things you can choose from. Some will also pair a good textbook with TGC lectures or other lecture sources, add projects/papers/labs to create a course nearly from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 For Equine Science, we used Equine Science by Rick Parker. Dd also rode at a local ranch For Genetics we used Genetics: Analysis and Principles by Brooker For Marine Biology we used Marine Biology by Castro Forenis Science was online but I can't remember the website....I'll ask Dd if she remembers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little1stwo Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Thank you so much for the answers! I am VERY NEW to putting together my own course - but I am starting to research on here what others have done. (Thank you Debbie for suggesting that). I am sure I will have more questions as I continue researching and very much appreciate all of the help so far. Thank you! Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I used Teaching Company for Meteorology. I watched the videos with my son and we talked about it (I did my ironing while I watched!). He also worked through a college level textbook - I got one that had a workbook with answers so I could grade it. For Epidemiology my other son used this course from the CDC - http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/ There are also courses on just about every topic on Coursera - you may need to do more than one to be able to give credit as some are only 4 or 5 weeks. Also look at edX - they now have quite a large number of options and some of their classes are specifically for high school. My kids had no problem doing college level ones though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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