Apologia Science Review
After many years of homeschooling and many Science programs and books, this Apologia Science review is a thumbs up for all their books. The only other science program that we used that I thought was any good was Considering God's Creation. Compared to Apologia, everything else is dry. The conversational tone of the text is so pleasant and easy to understand. My children do Science all on their own except for the younger ones who use the Zoology series with me. The General Science, Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics all have experiments, review questions and tests. These can all be done on their own if you choose. My oldest child says that the Chemistry is pretty challenging so we might need to get her some extra help. She is more into English, though, so Math and Science are not her favorites. The Zoology series books are very interesting. The author does a great job of explaining vocabulary and concepts and includes some great pictures. For older elementary students I have them take notes on the reading since there aren't many review questions in the Zoology series. I highly recommend Apologia Science since it easy to read and basically self-teaching. I have not used the CDs that come with the books, but I know someone that has some special needs students that uses the CDs instead of the text and is happy with that. Of all the dry and boring textbooks out there, Apologia can't fall into that category. It is my Science program of choice. Return from Apologia Science Review to Homeschool How To home page
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