<p>My daughter, a junior in high school, decided not to take the AP physics B course because she has two other APs that she wants to focus on this year and she is also heavily involved in both athletics and music. So we opted for the regular physics class. The standard is really appalling and the teacher is extremely disappointing! She is getting increasingly frustrated in the class and says they do nothing but plot graphs all period, and there is never any homework.</p>
<p>Are any of you aware of an online, Web based or CD-ROM type of course that she could take for credit online as a self-paced course? She doesnt mind if it is at the college level as long as it is self-paced and she can work without conflicting with her other committments this year. It will have to be the non-calculus based type of curriculum. </p>
<p>Any help is appreciated! I think she will lose all interest in physics if she continues with this class.</p>
<p>I would ask in the homeschooling forum. That said, here are a few suggestions:</p>
<p>EPGY at Stanford University. I'm not sure if they have physics below calc-based.</p>
<p>There are many free online course materials for calc-based physics. Walter Lewin at MIT has Physics I, II, III (including lecture videos) at MIT OpenCourseWare. Yale has online course materials including video lectures.</p>
<p>An alternate suggestion would be to study Calculus instead of Algebra-based physics so that she could just go to Calc-based physics in the future. Our son never took any high-school based science classes. His first science class was Physics I at university and he got A's in physics I and II. He came in with a substantial background in math.</p>
<p>I took Physics cold at the university level. It turned out okay (I got a B). The real problem turned out that the course assumed more chem knowledge than I had - a problem that didn't turn up until the last few weeks of the second semester!</p>
<p>The MIT physics lectures get great reviews. I saw a snippet from them at an info section. Very entertaining.</p>
<p>Here are some physics sites that our high school physics teacher has on his web page:</p>
<p>We just enrolled online for the BYU independent study course--Physics 105. It seems to be at just the right level for D, and she has up to one year to finish the class (although I hope it won't take that long!) We have communicated with the professor who teaches this class and he seems wonderful and has patiently responded to all our questions in great detail. We are excited!</p>
<p>Wish I could! You don't happen to be in Iowa, do you?</p>
<p>Ironically, both hubby and I are physicists by training (hubby still a practicing one, I am no longer in the field) and he worked with heron physics a bit over the summer. We are doing it this way so she can get college credit but not have constraints of the AP class with its rigid schedule. We also most likely will not have the discipline to follow a strict teaching schedule at home.<br>
I so admire the homeschooling parents!</p>
<p>Another option would be the Thinkwell Physics course. We haven't done it yet, but we've been happy with other programs of theirs. thinkwell</a> | welcome!</p>
<p>I’m sorry to bring back such an old thread; however, I am currently looking into a non-calculus based physics course and found this thread. My question is- for those who have taken, or have family members who have taken the BYU independent study course (Physics 105), how long did it take you/them to complete it? </p>
<p>The reason I ask is because I’ve been accepted as a transfer student into a school under the provision that I complete a a Physics course by the Fall semester which begins in August (it is the end of June now), and I am wondering if it is possible for me to accomplish this. I understand that with the BYU independent study, I can work at my own pace, so it is entirely up to me; however, I do not wish to sacrifice a good grade or the quality of my understanding just for the sake of getting it done.</p>
<p>How much time can you devote to it every day? (i.e. are you working a job as well?) If you can devote 4-6 hours a day, you should be able to finish in 6 weeks. I would start immediately, however. And figure out a schedule in advance so you know how much progress you have to make every week.</p>
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