HOMESCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL || CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM OPTIONS

Going through a very long list of homeschool high school chemistry options! I have links to everything I mentioned below. Let me know if you have questions!

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🟢 VIDEO CONTENT CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
02:16 - BJU Press
05:05 - Apologia
08:27 - Sonlight
10:52 - Thinkwell Homeschool
12:17 - Science Unlocked
14:47 - Friendly Chemistry
17:40 - Life of Fred
18:48 - MicroChem Lab Kit
20:34 - Guest Hollow Chemistry in the Kitchen
25:22 - Other Chemistry Options

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[apologiaworld]

Thanks for including us in this lineup of options! The thumb drives and audio books do make a huge difference! Glad you are able to use both of those additions :)

[yvonnemurray]

This is the most thorough high school curriculum video I have ever seen! Thank you so much for putting this together.

[liztefft]

Thank you so much for sharing. Chemistry wasn't on our radar yet, but I'm inspired to check in on some of the links. My 9th grader isn't quite ready for the math component yet.

[homeschoolteenswithjenny]

This next year is a Biology year for us. We're going to try Shormann Biology bc it's a Christian curriculum and labs are done online while students get their lab credit. It's also so affordable compared to all the other ones I looked at. I can't buy a $300 lab kit for ANY subject - LOL!

[OneMamaToAnother]

I really appreciate this video! My son is doing Apologia's chemistry right now and is having a really hard time. I think I will have him do chemistry again but from a different publisher this time.

[denisea.]

Thank you for this video, very helpful!! 🩵

[robbiegleason]

I thought I would comment on ChemExplained since we have used it. I found it at a homeschool conference and just loved the creator. He's an award- winning chemistry teacher in Minnesota and created this program based on his scope and sequence of what he teaches to his class. It's all video-based with guided note-taking. It can be an honors class if you complete the entire course. There are a few chapters that you can leave out if you want a typical chemistry course. It is an excellent college-prep course and is very thorough. The labs are also on video so you can pick and choose which ones to do in person. He also makes himself available to answer questions via email and is very responsive. It has all the math and labs needed and is challenging, yet taught in such a way that is easy to understand. By the time they complete the course, they have a finished work of notes that can be a valuable resource to take with them to college for college chemistry. And my son put more effort into that class than he did anything else that year. It was almost like he didn't want to disappoint his 'teacher' even though it was not a live class. Anyway, I do highly recommend it. The labs are really cool too, especially if you like to use flames. Lol!!! My son was all about those experiments.

[AlisonUnfiltered]

If you are still considering chemistry options, we are having a lot of success with Berean Builders Biology. We started in a biology curriculum that was all online, no lecture and no textbooks and it just did not work (which has me leery of trying Dive Science despite Shormann Math working well for my high schooler). BB is very well organized for students who do best with a lot of structure. I'm using Science in the Atomic Age as well for my middle schooler who enjoys using the audiobook (on thumb drive) to follow along with the textbook. I'm considering BB and Dive for Chemistry next year - Dive because that's what we are using for high school math and it is a success, but BB because it is so super organized! The downside for us personally is that BB chemistry is more simulated reactions / kitchen science vs the more advanced Dive lab supplies. There are also bonus videos as a supplement in their online content that is separate from the paid-for lecture series. Hope that helps!

[dilligaf]

Looking at the Sonlight level J books, we already own a handful of them. Would you suggest ordering the Instructors Guide + Extra Activity sheets? Or would the activity sheets be enough (do they include directions relating to texts)?

[gardenia]

Have you looked into Journey Homeschool? Too late this year, but i feel like they might be the happy medium you're looking for.

[gayemarianesfox]

Have you used apologia advanced biology for anatomy and physiology?

[msmarissab]

With Sonlight J would that be science credit?