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I am trying to research what science class to use next year, still/again. LOL. I have Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science TE, publisher recommends for 9th/10th. It seems, dull. (My DD is taking prealgebra now and also continuing to work through EPGY.)
What are other recommendations for science materials please? I'm still leaning toward a Physics class of some sort, but am open to ideas. We are now completely out of the PS for core subjects so none of that matters. Her love is the living science side but she needs the other as well so it has to be a good approach to hold her interest. She will have finished all the PLATO middle school classes, since we use them as a supplement and her middle school materials. She wants to take AP classes in high school or just jump to the CC.
I'm looking for general ideas on topic and specifics on books since there in lies the problem. Any books you like?
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We just bought Principles of Physics from www.kineticbooks.com Looks like fun, but we haven't started it yet. They have three to choose from and recommended the middle one for us. My DS loves their books. They have clickable animations and activities right in the book (we bought the cd rather than a one year license). Have no idea what people think of it, but we were looking for fun.
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I was just looking at their website, although I was looking at the Conceptual Physics book. What level of math is needed for the middle text? I didn't see exact requirements listed on the site. I'm wondering if it might be to much since it is used for AP prep? The Conceptual Physics is also sold by Holt McDougal as a high school book.
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I spent a long time looking at their site and emailed them a few times. Each book is the same, but each adds more info. The first two use algebra, the last uses calculus. The Principles of Physics prepares for A/B and the Scientists and Engineers prepares for B/C. From their website: The textbook is available in three versions, designed to meet the needs of different physics courses.
Conceptual Physics
This version of the textbook is designed for students who are taking their first physics course in high school, or for college students who are not science majors. The textbook is algebra-based. Like Hewitt�s Conceptual Physics, it does include some equations. It might be considered a somewhat more rigorous version of Hewitt.
Principles of Physics
This version of the textbook is also appropriate for college students who are not science majors, and for high school students who want to take the Physics AP/B exam. It is a more rigorous textbook than Conceptual Physics but does not require calculus. To cite a distinction between the two textbooks: Principles of Physics includes topics such as the adiabatic process in an engine cycle, presenting equations relevant to the process, while Conceptual Physics does not. This textbook is similar in scope to Physics (Cutnell & Johnson) and College Physics (Serway & Faughn).
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
This is a comprehensive, calculus-based college-level textbook that is also appropriate for high school students who want to take the Physics AP/C exam. It includes topics such as the Lorentz transformation equations, power in RLC circuits and a calculus-based statement of Gauss' law for electric charge. There are many more derivations, including ones that employ differential equations, such as the derivation of the general wave equations and the field equations for an electromagnetic wave. This textbook is comparable in scope to Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Serway & Jewett) or Fundamentals of Physics, Extended (Halliday, Resnick & Walker).
All three textbooks are built on the same basic building blocks, in a modular fashion. We divide each of our topics into smaller "chunks," each a single Web page, which makes it easier to find and link to desired topics in a digital curriculum. The more advanced textbooks add more advanced topics and cover material in more depth, but the basic content is similar through all three versions.
We consider our textbooks to be at least equivalent to and probably supersets of the standard textbooks at comparable levels. This is not a claim that we are a higher quality text, which is for you to judge; it is simply a statement of fact that we cover a large range of topics that is not constrained by the costs of paper or the muscle-straining weight of many current textbooks. Of course, we are also able to go far beyond what any print textbook can do by taking advantage of computer-based multimedia animations, interactivity and simulations.
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btw, they advised us to get the middle book b/c my DS is so into science that ultimately it would be more useful/appropriate. I was going to choose the Conceptual Physics book as well.
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Well my DD is definately into science. I'm just not sure how into physics she will be. 
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I'm familiar with Glencoe's conceptual physics, but I love Hewitt's conceptual physics. He does a great job explaining things, has wonderful "extras" in terms of a lab manual, practice sheets, videos, teaching tips and it is all linked with his website that has some good simulations, animations, and quizzes. He has two versions of his book too, one geared for high shcool and one for college. I've used them both, and love them. The students seem to like it too. He also has links to other great resources listed in his books that I've used alot.
I have even used these books in pre-IB classes as well as using the worksheets and labs for the IB physics classes I've taught. (Usually as an intro sheet or as a check for understanding the concepts without the added mathematics component.)
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Thanks Kerry, that is the other front runner right now. Do you have any links I can look at? I looked at the author site but it doesn't share much about the book or have samples or anything like that.
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Melmichigan - my library system had several of the Conceptual PHysics books - they turned out to be the experiment books and not the actual text but you might check at yours.
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Her love is the living science side but she needs the other as well so it has to be a good approach to hold her interest. She will have finished all the PLATO middle school classes, since we use them as a supplement and her middle school materials. She wants to take AP classes in high school or just jump to the CC. What about chemistry? (esp. organic chemistry?) I think it is fascinating that chemistry is really physics...and this could help her stretch from her love of the science of life (biology) out to the science of everything!
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