This week we wrapped up our first semester of school. My boys, 9th and 10th grades, did great on their exams and have averages of 95 or higher in all of their subjects.
My oldest son is taking Apologia’s Advanced Biology and this week was the first dissection lab for the course. He had to dissect a cow eye. My younger son who is taking biology helped my older son. They both learned so much and had a good time. They were confused with the directions that Apologia provided, but I was able to find better directions with pictures from the Home Science Tools website where I ordered the lab kit.In the next few modules, he will also dissect a sheep heart and a fetal pig.
We are still going to do school work until next Friday before taking a two week break.
My girls are doing great with all of their school work and are looking forward to taking some time off. We will probably take a couple of field trips during our break. We have a year membership to the aquarium and we love going there every couple of months.A new playground opened up near where we live and my youngest daughter wants to check it out.
Not much is happening around here right now, just working our way to having a break. Have a great week before Christmas!
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My 3 boys are in 9th (twins) and 10th as well! We will be starting biology experiments with the twins soon.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are doing the younger version of the Apologia textbooks- now I am really looking forward to these advanced ones- the dissections sound interesting! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI am glad we are not the only ones doing to school until next Friday! Have a great Christmas break.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Dawn
The Apologia text are great. We've used them throughout our homeschooling journey too
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