Hi Mandy, so happy to hear that you adjusted the course to fit your student's needs! Chemistry is a rigorous course indeed, and we're so glad to hear that the video instruction was helpful for you.
Thank you so much! It was hard, but we learned a lot and my son grew in this course. It presented challenges for him, and we saw him really applying himself to pass this course. When he got a passing grade on his exam, he was the happiest kid EVER! He worked so hard and we're really proud of him. We can't wait to start our next Apologia course this fall!
Masterbooks has Chemistry and you can add their teaching and lab where you can watch it as well. My son did their Biology this year and it was good with the teaching and lab to watch as well.
My 9th grader loves APOLOGIA, she did General science, Creation Science, and will do Biology next year. The content isn’t boring and she actually retained a lot of information. Great Video Mandy ❤
Dr. Wile from Berean has a Chemistry that MANY kiddos love. “Discovering Design With Chemistry” I have it and Masterbooks. I have not decided which we will use.
@@mandy-maltz Thank you, yes- I know Apologia does. 😊 I was wondering about Berean Builders. After your review, I know my son won’t be able to handle Apologia’s Chemistry without excessive modifications, so I’ll need to find something else. 😬
@@heatheranderson2388 I have found all of the labs on RUclips for Berean Builders. The Self-Paced prerecorded videos for the class do not contain the labs. I do not know if he demonstrates the labs in the online classes or not. I have found all of the labs for chemistry on RUclips, and they are very well done. I can look up the RUclips handle of the family that does them if you would like.
Thank you so much for this review!! Even though my kids are still in elementary grades, I like to start thinking about things early and plan ahead of time because I know how important HS is. Can you show us what one of the labs looks like?? Thank u for being such a blessing for us 😊
Thank you so much for the information. We will be diving into high school material next year and bought the biology course . My question is how often do you do science a week with your son ? What’s a good pace for those who are starting out ? ☀️☀️☀️
My daughter is 7th grade this year and we are planning to do Apologia's General Science next year, but may stretch it out over 18 months or 2 years. I am already checking out high school courses and tossing up between Apologia and Berean Builders. Here in New Zealand students doing science don't do 1 subject per year. They would do biology level 1 one year, then level 2 the next year and level 3 after that. They may be doing both bio and chemistry and even physics at the same time but at the appropriate level. If my daughter decides she wants to focus on the sciences I am thinking of doing at least bio and chemistry at the same time but split the courses up over a couple of years. Just thought I would share in case this is a new idea that helps someone.
Hello Mandy. We've been using Apologia for 4 years now. I purchase for my daughter the Text book on Audible and also Kindle. She listens to the book at the speed she's comfortable with and reads along from her Kindle version as she listens. We also buy the thumb drive as well. We do the labs either while watching the video lab or shortly after. She finds watching the teacher do the video instruction helpful as well. I know it sounds like a lot of redundancy but Apologia highschool science courses are rigorous and I want my daughter to have every chance of success. The notebook is a must have in all the sciences.
Thank you!! Thank you for doing this video. I am wrestling with science choices for my kids, and have been eyeing Apologia. One of my biggest questions is whether the thumb drive is necessary and whether it is worth the cost. Would you say the thumb drive is more essential for different courses? My kids are in middle school, so we would likely start with General science.
My oldest is starting 1st grade in August, and it’s our first time homeschooling. Should we start Apologia science now or start with Generations science?
Have you also checked out The Good and the Beautiful since your kiddo is so young? I highly recommend & since you're just starting out, they offer marine biology for free ❤
Jenrose...If you do use TGTB and it doesn't work for you, don't let anyone put you down because of it. Yes, that is a thing that happens. A lot. It's mind-boggling.
Have you used this course?
Hi Mandy, so happy to hear that you adjusted the course to fit your student's needs! Chemistry is a rigorous course indeed, and we're so glad to hear that the video instruction was helpful for you.
Thank you so much! It was hard, but we learned a lot and my son grew in this course. It presented challenges for him, and we saw him really applying himself to pass this course. When he got a passing grade on his exam, he was the happiest kid EVER! He worked so hard and we're really proud of him. We can't wait to start our next Apologia course this fall!
Thank you for being so open about doing open book tests. I loved chemistry but helping a non-science kid isn’t easy. Great video 😊
I have heard that Apologia High school courses are like college level courses with as in-depth as they go.
Thanks for doing this review, Mandy. My son is in 9th this year and it so hard to find curriculum reviews for the high school level.
That’s why I try to do more high school reviews. I’m so glad it was helpful for you ❤️
Thank you for this review! We are doing Chemistry for 10th grade in the fall and just started looking at curriculum. this was super helpful!
Masterbooks has Chemistry and you can add their teaching and lab where you can watch it as well. My son did their Biology this year and it was good with the teaching and lab to watch as well.
My 9th grader loves APOLOGIA, she did General science, Creation Science, and will do Biology next year. The content isn’t boring and she actually retained a lot of information. Great Video Mandy ❤
Thank you! We can’t wait until next year to try more of their books.
Did you invest in the thumb drive for General Science? Do you think it is essential?
Dr. Wile from Berean has a Chemistry that MANY kiddos love. “Discovering Design With Chemistry”
I have it and Masterbooks. I have not decided which we will use.
We switched from Apologia to Berean Builders. The Chemistry by Berean is fabulous, rigorous, and I highly recommend the optional videos.
I've never used BB, but I've been hearing great things!
Do they have the labs on the DVD’s?
@@heatheranderson2388 I don’t know about the DVDs, but they are on the USB drive
@@mandy-maltz Thank you, yes- I know Apologia does. 😊 I was wondering about Berean Builders. After your review, I know my son won’t be able to handle Apologia’s Chemistry without excessive modifications, so I’ll need to find something else. 😬
@@heatheranderson2388 I have found all of the labs on RUclips for Berean Builders. The Self-Paced prerecorded videos for the class do not contain the labs. I do not know if he demonstrates the labs in the online classes or not. I have found all of the labs for chemistry on RUclips, and they are very well done. I can look up the RUclips handle of the family that does them if you would like.
Thank you so much for this review!! Even though my kids are still in elementary grades, I like to start thinking about things early and plan ahead of time because I know how important HS is. Can you show us what one of the labs looks like?? Thank u for being such a blessing for us 😊
Thank you so much for the information. We will be diving into high school material next year and bought the biology course . My question is how often do you do science a week with your son ? What’s a good pace for those who are starting out ? ☀️☀️☀️
We do Chemistry monday through friday
Thanks for the review! This was helpful!
My daughter is 7th grade this year and we are planning to do Apologia's General Science next year, but may stretch it out over 18 months or 2 years. I am already checking out high school courses and tossing up between Apologia and Berean Builders. Here in New Zealand students doing science don't do 1 subject per year. They would do biology level 1 one year, then level 2 the next year and level 3 after that. They may be doing both bio and chemistry and even physics at the same time but at the appropriate level. If my daughter decides she wants to focus on the sciences I am thinking of doing at least bio and chemistry at the same time but split the courses up over a couple of years. Just thought I would share in case this is a new idea that helps someone.
Bju press what about this company have you thought of Bju press chemistry
Hello Mandy. We've been using Apologia for 4 years now. I purchase for my daughter the Text book on Audible and also Kindle. She listens to the book at the speed she's comfortable with and reads along from her Kindle version as she listens. We also buy the thumb drive as well. We do the labs either while watching the video lab or shortly after. She finds watching the teacher do the video instruction helpful as well. I know it sounds like a lot of redundancy but Apologia highschool science courses are rigorous and I want my daughter to have every chance of success. The notebook is a must have in all the sciences.
Totally agree! We have really enjoyed all of their classes!
I’m interested in Apologia science. TY❤
Thank you for the review!
What about Berean Builders? That author wrote Apologia’s earlier chemistry texts.
Thank you!! Thank you for doing this video. I am wrestling with science choices for my kids, and have been eyeing Apologia. One of my biggest questions is whether the thumb drive is necessary and whether it is worth the cost. Would you say the thumb drive is more essential for different courses? My kids are in middle school, so we would likely start with General science.
We bought it for the 9th grade Biology and it was very helpful! Especially because the labs are on there. Essential for us, personally.
Can I ask what a 2nd hand USB goes for? I have never seen any available used. Wondering if I can sell it to recoup costs.
@@megankochendorfer6058 depends on where you shop. I paid $125 I think
Have you done a review on Biology? If not would love to see one:)
I haven’t, sorry!
I agree, that would be great.
My oldest is starting 1st grade in August, and it’s our first time homeschooling. Should we start Apologia science now or start with Generations science?
Have you also checked out The Good and the Beautiful since your kiddo is so young? I highly recommend & since you're just starting out, they offer marine biology for free ❤
Jenrose...If you do use TGTB and it doesn't work for you, don't let anyone put you down because of it. Yes, that is a thing that happens. A lot. It's mind-boggling.
Do you use them for science for you others kid and younger years?
Yes we do
Friendly Chemistry from the Friendly Biology company and they are great and has video lessons as well for $100
We are considering Friendly biology this year.
but they are much easier than this curriculum
Is it a Christian curriculum? Also, does it have videos with labs?
Nope to apologia!!!! We LOVED biology 101 series