![]() Both levels are followed by three or four rather easy review activities that are mostly workbook-based. Definitely read BOTH sections if using the book in high school. I love the set-up of Botany in 8 Lessons.Įight lessons doesn’t seem like much, but each lesson can easily take up to a week (or more if you complete some suggested projects or add nature walks to find examples of what you’ve learned about.) It took us nine or ten weeks to get through the book.Įach lesson contains a Level One and Level Two section of text. See how to do high school dissection here.) ![]() (I would still add a good dissection kit with animal research to these books. The good news for you is that Ellen McHenry has other biology topics available if you prefer to use her curriculum to round out your biology credit. Hear that.īotany in 8 Lessons is not enough for a full high school biology credit. It wasn’t even quite enough to fill half a credit, but it did a bang up job teaching the botany portion! Considering how much time we had already spent over the years understanding animals and their classifications (thanks to nature study!!) this turned out to be the perfect method for us. I decided that after Botany in 8 Lessons we would use a hefty dissection kit with lots of research to fill in what would have been included in Apologia’s various animal kingdom chapters. Botany in 8 Lessons was going to cover just about everything from Apologia’s (2) Kingdom Plantae chapters – plus some. The final topics to be covered were mostly about the plant and animal kingdoms. Meaning Caleb had already been through a basic overview of the study of life and learned about the Kingdoms Monera, Protista and Fungi and had an in-depth look at the structure of cells. We had already covered the first six chapters in Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology. All the photos were taken during nature walks looking for examples from our Botany in 8 Lessons studies. When she told me that she was really struggling to use Apologia textbooks with her children because they seemed more like college-level books than high school level, it stopped me in my tracks. She happened to have been a biology major in college…and earned a graduate-level science degree as well. Then, one day I talked with a sweet momma who was making plans for homeschooling high school. But, with science already taking him FOREVER to complete, those nice additions would have only prolonged his torture.Ī few chapters in, I took over reading the text to him and it helped A LOT. I could have located YouTube videos for some additional explanations. We could have created flashcards and played games with them to help with memorization of the terms. I could have purchased the teaching DVD’s to help with the visual and auditory needs. It is possible to make imperfect curriculum work. He was bored, often confused, and beginning to HATE science. While it IS a very cool addition to the text, it’s still very linguistic. Last year, because I didn’t really know what else to do that was worthwhile, we moved right into Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology. I even purchased the Student Notebook thinking it would keep him better organized and the consistent note taking, writing of definitions, and written study guide would help the information to stick better. Even so, we made it through and he looked forward to our weekly nature study time that solidified some of the concepts he had been learning. Remember, while he’s super-smart, his learning style isn’t linguistic. He also wasn’t soaking in the information – likely from a little boredom, as well as all the information coming at him through words in the text. While we trudged through Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Physical Science during his 9th grade year, he didn’t find enjoyment in it at all. He learns best when taking in information through visual, auditory, and hands-on methods. My middle child, who is entering 11th grade learns differently than his sister. He always has. This plan worked well for my highly academic daughter who enjoys reading, challenging material, and giving 110% even when the going is tough. It was easy to study from the text four days a week and find nature-based connections for exploring and experimenting in our outdoor nature study lab the fifth day. They are absolutely wonderful science courses that I’ve found to be almost AP like in their depth. ![]() With my oldest (who is now in college) we followed the plan so many homeschoolers follow for high school science…Apologia textbooks.
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