My son has taken 2 science classes from Stanford OHS, one was a physics course in 7th grade the second was a follow up survey in 8th grade. Each week in his 8th grade course they did an experiment which was focused on the topic they were discussing (i.e. physics of light) and very well organized, and they keep a lab book of all their experiments. I did not like his 7th grade teacher because while he was likely a brilliant man he did things like have them watch youtube videos and have discussions for 3 weeks, and then at midterms assign an experiment that literally took 16-20 hours of hard core data to do, while also studying for midterms. Poorly organized. Both classes, however, were not light weight at all. My daughter does science course work (Astronomy and earth science) through Northwestern University's online program, she is younger, but enjoys it, this summer will be doing a 2 week genetics camp on campus. Also, starting in 9th grade at Stanford, there is a 2 week summer session to supplement all labs, so you go on campus and do the lab work in August. NEither programs are cheap, but, you get what you pay for. And, both have needs-based scholarship programs.
Oh my gosh - these sound incredible!!
