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Kristy PlourdeApologia Educational Ministries / 2014 / OtherOur Price$90.402.1 out of 5 stars for Exploring Creation with Chemistry Basic Set (3rd Edition). View reviews of this product. 10 Reviews
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LaDonna5 Stars Out Of 5A Vast ImprovementNovember 7, 2014LaDonnaQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 5My son had struggled with six modules of the 2nd edition before the 3rd edition came out. We just switched to the third edition starting over on chemistry for the year. The 3rd edition is more visually appealing which makes it easier to learn. The change in format has actually made it easier for my son to read and learn the material. The new order seems to allow for the concepts to build more naturally. This edition seems better suited to the self-learning that we utilize in our home school and will not require the lectures that the 2nd edition did. The solution key is easier to understand and does not confuse his chemistry major mom. The tests have also been rewritten and now have multiple choice questions along with short answers and problem solving which provide a more complete test for the material covered in the module and a better measurement of the students understanding of the material.
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Sheti4 Stars Out Of 5Pretty goodApril 18, 2019ShetiQuality: 4Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4After reading so many terrible reviews, I had to leave mine. I have a degree in Biology and Physical Therapy with some related chemistry experience. I found this text had some errors, but was totally teachable and easily understood by my dd and a friend who joined us for lab. Both students rarely had questions and both achieved an "A" on their own merit. I have a friend who is a nurse who teaches this at her Co-op and prefers this over any other text.
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homeschool mom of 43 Stars Out Of 5disappointingJanuary 19, 2016homeschool mom of 4Quality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 2We have been using Apologia Science books since the kids were young and they have always been written in a way that was engaging and made the field of study interesting. This is truly a text book, the writing style was so clinical it took any amount of interest away from the material and left them with a 'to-do list' instead of an exploring and unveiling of truths.
I personally found it frustrating that they would talk of acids and bases and yet not talk of the pH levels for many chapters later. what? seems like they missed the point in some ways.
While I have appreciated Apologia for many years and will always recommend their science books, I think the title of the book is misleading, they could have called it 'Stating the Facts about Chemistry'
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Nancy Lawless2 Stars Out Of 5Reserve opinion for final, not too impressed with the first 3 modules.October 31, 2014Nancy LawlessI teach a chemistry class to homeschoolers using the second edition. I like the second edition for the most part and feel it really prepares the students for college level chemistry. For this edition, it looks like they re-ordered the chapters, added some color, but didn't really change the text except to add some 'forced' God items. I am a very solid believer, but I feel science speaks so loudly of our creator God that I don't understand why we have to 'force' it into the textbooks. I'll still look over the rest of the book, but I'm not sure I will be jumping to switch texts next year. I didn't check the math on the problems as Doctormom did. I'll wait for the whole text to do that. More to follow when the whole book is available.
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MB2 Stars Out Of 5OverwhelmingFebruary 5, 2018MBQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 0I purchased this after using other Apologia curriculum that I was happy with. I purchased the entire set including the DVD and the material was still overwhelming. There didn't seem to be much consistency between the chapter review questions, extra practice, and the tests. My son is a junior with 29 college credits and struggled with this greatly. I finally gave up halfway through the book and looking for something else for science. I couldn't figure it out and couldn't justify making him suffer through it.
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