ereks mom Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I already have the Apologia Biology 1st edition textbook, solutions manual AND lab supplies. A friend is using 2nd edition this year and I can borrow/buy (cheap) the books from her, but she doesn't have lab supplies. If I decide to use her 2nd edition book (it really is more aesthetically pleasing than the 1st edition), are my 1st edition lab supplies going to work with that, or will I need to buy a new kit of lab supplies??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April in CA Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would get the 2nd edition if you can - it is prettier, and the test manual has quarterly exams. I can't speak about the lab supplies, but I can't imagine that they would be very different from the 1st edition. You might want to check with Apologia about that. Most of the supplies are things you would have anyway, most likely, except for slides. Hope this helps, Blessings, April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 You know, I *think* that the lab supplies are the same. Not sure, because I've only taught from the 2nd edition, though a couple of my students several years ago had the 1st edition. I let them compare their books to mine and I don't recall a problem with the labs not matching. I agree with April that if you can buy the 2nd edition cheaply, go for it. The diagrams and illustrations are so much better, which helps when the students are learning some of the cyles (Krebs cycle, sexual/asexual reproduction for example). I have my kids copy many of the diagrams, so a well laid out diagram is worth it. I think that homesciencetools has a lab list for the first and second editions. http://www.homesciencetools.com Perhaps you could call or look at the site and compare? HTH, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 ...I can't imagine that they would be very different from the 1st edition. You might want to check with Apologia about that. Most of the supplies are things you would have anyway, most likely, except for slides. That's what I'm hoping. I already have the slides and the microscope that ER used a few years ago with the 1st edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Not only is the second edition more appealing, it has some corrections. My second son, the wannabe ornithologist, was pleased to see that the second edition's definition of birds now allows for a penguin to be so classified, whereas the first edition's definition would have excluded them. BTW, are y'all aware that Apologia has an Errata compilation for each printing of the various editions of their texts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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