Homeschool Chemistry?

Question

How can homeschoolers be taught chemistry instead of going to a college?

It's for highschool chemistry.

Answer 1

Apologia has an excellent Chem course - the regular Chem is a great high school course, and the Advanced Chem is AP. Both can be done in either a co op or home setting. They also come with CDRom and MP3 supplements. They tend to be least expensive at Rainbow Resource.

http://www.rainbowresource.com/index.php

Answer 2

Are you asking about high school chemistry or college chemistry? Once you're in college, you're really not a "homeschooler"...unless you mean online college courses you do from home.

If you're talking high school chemistry, there are several options. The best, IMO, is a homeschool co-op. That way you can do labs with other students. Another way is to use a textbook curriculum like Apologia Science. One other way is to take an online course. You can also enroll in a local community college (perhaps that's what you don't want and why you're asking?).

Until the end of the month, the Homeschool Buyers Co-op has a special deal on CyberEd online science courses. Here's the link (you have to sign up for a free membership first):

http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org

There are many online courses to choose from. Just do a search for "online chemistry courses".

Answer 3

Well you need a chemistry text book and a background in math and you will probably have to buy some lab supplies to do at least a few of the experiments.

It wouldn't hurt to get freshman college Inorganic and Organic Chemisty and study that afterwords just to get a head start.

Answer 4

Well, I'm not planning to do chemistry at Uni (I'm going to do Agriculture) so it's not that big an issue for me but I use the IB textbooks and workbooks (among others) and they, in line with their physics and biology books, contain many details of experiments you can do at home using ingredients that are easily available from your local store, pharmacists etc.

Hannah

Answer 5

homeschool chemistry

Answer 6

You might want to check out local museums and science centers to see if any are teaching chemistry.

Check out community colleges too, sometimes they have Saturday or summer classes for under-college age kids at various levels and ages (in our area it was called "kiddie college" for K-12 grades).

Answer 7

You can hire someone to tutor you (or barter for babysitting, etc).

Check out the following for science supplies and curriculum:

http://www.tobinslab.com
http://www.hometeachingtools.com

they both have great stuff!

Answer 8

Look into a curriculum called Apologia, you can order the chemistry kits for them as well.
http://www.highschoolscience.com/
http://www.homeschoolsciencetools.com/