Brindee Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 As I am looking for a science for my ds for next year (10th grade), I see that for this chem. course there is a full-course cd-ROM. Has anyone used this? Do you need to get anything else besides this cd-ROM to complete the course? Does it show experiments on it? What about the multi-media Companion cd-ROM--Is it good to get? Would I still need the Solutions and Tests book? Thanks for any light you can shed on this for me! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 As I am looking for a science for my ds for next year (10th grade), I see that for this chem. course there is a full-course cd-ROM. Has anyone used this? Do you need to get anything else besides this cd-ROM to complete the course? Does it show experiments on it? What about the multi-media Companion cd-ROM--Is it good to get? Would I still need the Solutions and Tests book? Thanks for any light you can shed on this for me! :001_smile: Brindee, you asked me to reply in the other thread, but I don't know the answers to any of these qeustions. I'm really sorry! Dd is taking Apologia Chemisty at a co-op; they just do the experiments in class, and the teacher covers material the students don't understand. It is fairly low key. Dd manages it all herself, except that I grade her review questions and tests for her. On occasion she has had a question for me (I have an ancient bachelors in biochem), but it's rare. I'm sorry I can't help, but I didn't want to ignore you. :) You asked elsewhere about BJU Chemistry. It was much more textbook/lab manual-y, much more fact-y than Apologia. The Homesat teacher was humorous in a wry, ironic way, and my ds loved him! It was a great course for ds. Dd wanted to do Apologia so she'd have classmates at co-op, and with the dual credit and AP courses she's taking, Apologia was a way to manage some sanity in her life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thankyou Valerie! No problem, I just thought if you'd used it you might know. I appreciate your comments, and that you chose not to ignore me! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellogirl Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 If you go with the full-course cd, I believe that is all you will need. Except, perhaps, the optional lab equipment, which makes the labs easier to complete. The multimedia cd is optional with the textbook. I suspect all of its content is included on the full-course cd. I believe the Apologia catalog and website explain these things clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 If you go with the full-course cd, I believe that is all you will need. Except, perhaps, the optional lab equipment, which makes the labs easier to complete. The multimedia cd is optional with the textbook. I suspect all of its content is included on the full-course cd. I believe the Apologia catalog and website explain these things clearly. Really? Where I was looking on the website , I couldn't figure out the answer to those questons. Thanks for your answers, that helped me a lot! Maybe I just needed to look harder, eh? :001_huh::001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonCat Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Hi Brindee, We're doing chem this year using the text & multi-media cd (it's helpful imo). I believe the "full course" you're looking at has both these things - the text, which the student would read on the computer screen, as if looking at a web site, plus the animations, videos, etc that are on "our" multi-media cd. We also have the MP3 disc (reads the text aloud), but we haven't used it much. This disc plays on a computer or a special MP3 disc player... it's not like an audio book (can't listen during the hour drive to piano lesson - lol). If I understand correctly, the full course you're considering does not read the text to the student. As I said, it's like reading on the computer screen. Sorry, but idk if the "full course" cd comes with tests & solutions. Hope someone else will jump in with more info! :) ~Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Thanks Karen, that was helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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