ProudGrandma Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 If you know of any video based physics or World and US history course, please tell me about them. THANKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Not sure if you are looking to outsource, but Derek Owen's Physics is video based. Here is my review: A little background on our middle school science studies: We used a combination of Science Explorer, Exploration Education, and TOPS attempting to create a balance of textbook reading and hands-on experiments. For 9th grade, we used Derek Owen’s Physics class for distance learners. The website is www.derekowens.com. The cost of the class was $58/mo with a $15 registration fee. Pros: Even before payment, sample lectures and syllabus are available on the website. The syllabus provides clear assignments and deadlines for the entire year. User-friendly and well-organized website. Able to access the entire year’s course with first payment. Videos provide instruction with an electronic blackboard, Derek’s voice is very pleasant, and some of his graphics are amusing. Student Workbooks are filled in as student watches the lecture, keeping them engaged. Homework, labs, and tests are emailed/faxed in and graded by someone other than mom. Homework, labs, and tests are returned to student and parent generally within 24hrs along with cumulative grade report. Only one lab item, an equilateral triangular prism, had to be ordered. The rest of the lab supplies were on hand or easy to find locally. 10 labs total. Instructor generally answered questions via email within 24 hours. The course is based on Giancolli’s Physics text (usually used for AP Physics B), but adapted to be more accessible for those who want to study physics at a high school level (ie, not AP level). Regular and Honors options available. The student is allowed to try out the Honors option for a month or longer, and switch to the Regular option if desired. Ds took the Honors option and it was challenging for him. With 20/20 hindsight, it might have been better to stick with the Regular option for 9th grade. Monthly payments (as opposed to payment in full in spring for fall start). We were able to pay for August through November, take December off, and January through May. Nearly secular. Section 10.5.3 (The End of the Universe) makes it not 100% secular. Cons: Solutions to the practice problems and tests are available to the student on the website. I would prefer that they were available to the parent, but not the student. Test review would be helpful. Test review was provided for the 2 semester exams. I re-used (or pre-used) these problems for the chapter tests. Overall, I found Derek Owens pleasant to work with, professional, and accommodating. For example, with the first payment, we were able to access the entire year’s course including the tests. Having the tests easily accessible made me uncomfortable. When I approached the subject with Mr Owens, he offered to make them unavailable for my student. Occasionally, Mr Owens would send a video with the solution to a particularly challenging homework problem (after homework had been submitted and graded). At times, my son was given the “opportunity†to re-submit homework and re-take (alternate version) tests. I highly recommend Derek Owens high school Physics course. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Not sure if you are looking to outsource, but Derek Owen's Physics is video based. Here is my review: A little background on our middle school science studies: We used a combination of Science Explorer, Exploration Education, and TOPS attempting to create a balance of textbook reading and hands-on experiments. For 9th grade, we used Derek Owen’s Physics class for distance learners. The website is www.derekowens.com. The cost of the class was $58/mo with a $15 registration fee. Pros: Even before payment, sample lectures and syllabus are available on the website. The syllabus provides clear assignments and deadlines for the entire year. User-friendly and well-organized website. Able to access the entire year’s course with first payment. Videos provide instruction with an electronic blackboard, Derek’s voice is very pleasant, and some of his graphics are amusing. Student Workbooks are filled in as student watches the lecture, keeping them engaged. Homework, labs, and tests are emailed/faxed in and graded by someone other than mom. Homework, labs, and tests are returned to student and parent generally within 24hrs along with cumulative grade report. Only one lab item, an equilateral triangular prism, had to be ordered. The rest of the lab supplies were on hand or easy to find locally. 10 labs total. Instructor generally answered questions via email within 24 hours. The course is based on Giancolli’s Physics text (usually used for AP Physics B), but adapted to be more accessible for those who want to study physics at a high school level (ie, not AP level). Regular and Honors options available. The student is allowed to try out the Honors option for a month or longer, and switch to the Regular option if desired. Ds took the Honors option and it was challenging for him. With 20/20 hindsight, it might have been better to stick with the Regular option for 9th grade. Monthly payments (as opposed to payment in full in spring for fall start). We were able to pay for August through November, take December off, and January through May. Nearly secular. Section 10.5.3 (The End of the Universe) makes it not 100% secular. Cons: Solutions to the practice problems and tests are available to the student on the website. I would prefer that they were available to the parent, but not the student. Test review would be helpful. Test review was provided for the 2 semester exams. I re-used (or pre-used) these problems for the chapter tests. Overall, I found Derek Owens pleasant to work with, professional, and accommodating. For example, with the first payment, we were able to access the entire year’s course including the tests. Having the tests easily accessible made me uncomfortable. When I approached the subject with Mr Owens, he offered to make them unavailable for my student. Occasionally, Mr Owens would send a video with the solution to a particularly challenging homework problem (after homework had been submitted and graded). At times, my son was given the “opportunity†to re-submit homework and re-take (alternate version) tests. I highly recommend Derek Owens high school Physics course. :iagree: DD has taken Physical Science and is currently taking Physics from Mr. Owens. I highly, highly recommend his classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 What price range are you looking at? Do you need Honors or AP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 I am still looking for this. I do not need honors or AP. I am hoping to find something on disks so I can use it for my 3 kids. Although the program mentioned above looks really good, I can't afford $58 a month. So that is really not going to be an option. I looked into the DIVE program...but my daughter will be only taking Algebra 2 next year and they require at least taking pre-calc along side. So that one is out. Are there any other options for me??? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thinkwell for the Physics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thinkwell for the Physics this looks closer to what we want, except it say that she needs Calculus first...and she will only be taking Algebra 2 the same year. Sigh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) I am still looking for this. I do not need honors or AP. I am hoping to find something on disks so I can use it for my 3 kids. Although the program mentioned above looks really good, I can't afford $58 a month. So that is really not going to be an option. I looked into the DIVE program...but my daughter will be only taking Algebra 2 next year and they require at least taking pre-calc along side. So that one is out. Are there any other options for me??? thanks. this has some: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/540313-homeschool-high-school-physics/?do=findComment&comment=6153673 ================================================== FYI You could use the NYS Regents course as a guideline - lots of stuff out there: scope and sequence http://schools.nyc.gov/Documents/STEM/Science/HSScienceSSRegents.pdf http://www.secsd.org/curr_maps/HS_Sci_RegPhy.pdf http://www.gnyacademy.org/science/outline_phys.pdf support http://www.esmonline.org/webpages/lward/links.cfm http://newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/subjects/phy/review/ http://www.physicslab.org/compilations/NYRegents.aspx videos: http://aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/vid_index.html Final exams: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/regentsexams.htm Edited December 15, 2016 by MarkT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistachio mom Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) I have looked at Chemistry 101 which is a DVD. The same company has a physics 101. This is not at all honors level, but covers the topics in a way non-science students can comprehend. I plan to buy the chemistry DVD to actually use with my middle school student next year and to help me get ready to teach a more rigorous chemsitry. The website says high school level. It might be worth checking out. http://www.the101series.com/phy/contents.html Edited December 15, 2016 by Pistachio mom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) Have you looked at Bozeman Science? They have full video courses for free, but they're meant to run alongside an actual text and don't stand alone. We're using the bio videos this year and my kids give them two thumbs up. They're not as entertaining as Crash Course (also free on YouTube), but they are effective and thorough. Crash Course also has American history. I have looked at Chemistry 101 which is a DVD. The same company has a physics 101. This is not at all honors level, but covers the topics in a way non-science students can comprehend. I plan to buy the chemistry DVD to actually use with my middle school student next year and to help me get ready to teach a more rigorous chemsitry. The website says high school level. It might be worth checking out. http://www.the101series.com/phy/contents.html My science phobic DC finished Bio 101 in 9 weeks, padded with extra reading. I used Chem 101 with 5th/7th graders. They're really not high school level. Edited December 16, 2016 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Have you looked at Bozeman Science? They have full video courses for free, but they're meant to run alongside an actual text and don't stand alone. We're using the bio videos this year and my kids give them two thumbs up. They're not as entertaining as Crash Course (also free on YouTube), but they are effective and thorough. Crash Course also has American history. My science phobic DC finished Bio 101 in 9 weeks, padded with extra reading. I used Chem 101 with 5th/7th graders. They're really not high school level. what science text could be used along side of Bozeman or Crash course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) We're using Campbell for bio. The chapters don't match for either video sets I mentioned but it's easy to find the topics we want. You want physics though. Maybe send them messages asking which if any text they aligned the videos with? Or just pick one and patch the videos in like we are. Edited December 16, 2016 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Have you looked at Bozeman Science? They have full video courses for free, but they're meant to run alongside an actual text and don't stand alone. We're using the bio videos this year and my kids give them two thumbs up. They're not as entertaining as Crash Course (also free on YouTube), but they are effective and thorough. Crash Course appears to be Calculus based since they cover derviatives and integrals in episodes 2 and 3 ?? =================================== this Bozeman is incomplete: http://www.bozemanscience.com/physics/ but their AP Physics 1 & 2 look complete: http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-physics/ which are Algebra based (same as a regular HS Physics). this school http://www.georgetownisd.org/Page/14889 uses http://www.ergopedia.com/ergoweb/img/home/home/EP_2014.pdf OR http://www.pedersenscience.com/uploads/5/6/3/8/56384743/ap_physics_1_syllabus_2015_2016.pdf =================================== Flipping Physics: http://www.flippingphysics.com/faqs.html NYS Regents is solid HS level! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Also Crash Course has a World History curriculum that goes with the videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I'm no help with physics, but we're using Great Courses dvd lectures for history. History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective & Foundations of Western Cvilization I for Ancient/Medieval World History and History of the United States Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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