Terrific ideas-- thank you both.
I also have a friend who works at the Steward Observatory in AZ, so that person is helping me to vet materials for my daughter.
It looks as though our local community college has a "descriptive astronomy" course, but honestly, I think (based on what I know of my daughter) that it probably would be a little more basic than she's hoping for, having looked at the first half of the quarter's powerpoints from the lectures. Lots of stuff that DD's seen before. (The electromagnetic spectrum, etc.)
Val, I think that probably is what the school will want. They'll be most keen on something that: a) has a clear rubric for grading purposes, and b) will require virtually NO time from a teacher to "oversee."
As far as I'm aware, we don't have an option for dual enrollment with any of the local colleges. So even CC credits are plenty costly if we go that route... plus... she'll be 12. So, under that magic number, 13, and also not yet a HS graduate, either...
but I should look into it.
