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We are close to embarking on our 12th year of homeschooling which is truly hard to believe. We've tried a lot of different curriculums over the years, in part, because sometimes it takes trial and error to find a really good one, but also because I currently have six children and not all of them learn the same way so sometimes you have to change things up a bit.
And, as I said in my recent review of Marine Biology, I certainly don't have all the answers to homeschooling high schoolers and I often find myself leaning on the Lord and asking Him for help and direction in how to best guide them. I am so thankful that He loves our children even more than we do and that He cares about every detail of their lives and that includes the interests that He has put within them and how they learn best.
That being said, Apologia curriculum has been such a good fit for our family over the years whether it was with the biblical worldview series (which we love so much and have cycled through over and over) or their wide selection of science programs that it truly has become a favorite curriculum resource for us. (If you'd like to take a look at some of my other reviews of their curriculum, you can find them here:
- General Review of their Self-paced programs (which we LOVE) (Middle School/High School)
- High School Chemistry (High School)
- General Science (Middle School)
- Constitutional Literacy (DEFINITELY a must have especially in this day and age) (High School)
- Apologetics (High School)
What We Are Using This Year
- Relate velocity, acceleration, time, and displacement
- Use mathematical equations for one-dimensional motion
- Understand and apply Newton’s Laws
- Be able to see the strong connection between math and science
Some of the main concepts covered in Apologia’s high school physics includes:
- One and two-dimensional motion
- Newton’s laws and their applications in nature
- Work and energy
- Electricity
- Magnetism
- Momentum
- Periodic motion
- Waves
- Optics
Because math and science are strongly intertwined in a physics course, Apologia’s high school physics course includes:
- "On Your Own questions that students stop and answer while reading through their textbooks. This ensures that students comprehend the materials before moving forward. This is a critical step in understanding materials and building a strong foundation as new knowledge is gained.
- Review Questions at the end of each module, which serve as a Study Guide for students studying for the provided module tests.
- Additional study tools include Practice Problems and the Extra Practice Problems for each module. These are to be solved after each module and serve to give the student review and practice of the important quantitative skills just covered. These are also additional study tools for the module tests."
Drawbacks That We See with This Physics Course
One More Thing to Note
If you're interested in this course but would like to see a sample first, please click here.
There are so many homeschooling resources available through Apologia. They are top-notch, professional and interesting so I highly encourage you to browse their website to see what they have to offer! We've used Apologia for so long and for a variety of subject so if you have any questions, feel free to email me at becky(at)purposefulhomemaking(dot) com of you can message me on IG @purposeful_homemaking
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