<p>What did you do for science lab?</p>
<p>Some distance programs offer pretty good courses and include the necessary equipment. My daughter was lucky because there's somebody in our community who taught science to homeschoolers. You might find a group, or start a group in your homeschooling community and pool your resources for equipment.</p>
<p>My dd (Sophmore) is using Apologia for science, where the labs are designed to be completed at home.</p>
<p>I created a file called Lab Science Documentation. She notes each lab she's completed, what the goal or objective of each lab is, the date completed, and how long she spent on each lab, for each subject (i.e., Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Advanced Biology)</p>
<p>It varied.</p>
<p>Physics -- the Castle Heights program (you can order all the equipment you need from <a href="http://www.hometrainingtools.com%5B/url%5D">www.hometrainingtools.com</a> -- a good source for lab supplies, BTW)</p>
<p>Chemistry -- used a textbook that has labs doable with common household items at the end of the chapter. Supplemented with labs ordered from Aves Science Kits (last I checked they don't have a web presence -- I don't know if they are still in business)</p>
<p>Geology -- bought a lab manual, then ordered what supplies I could from science supply companies; also virtual labs on internet</p>
<p>Biology -- similar to geology, with fewer supplies ordered; the lab book had plenty of pictures, etc. to analyze and my daughter wasn't interested in doing wet dissections -- we used more virtual labs here</p>
<p>Another possibility for homeschoolers is to do science labs at the local community college.</p>
<p>keep in mind that many high school labs are dinky or non-existant, so the bar is pretty low.</p>
<p>In the end it will be more about what you learned, than about the equipment you had at your disposal. If you earn a good SAT or AP score in a science subject, nobody is going to question whether you had bunsen burners or petri dishes at your disposal.</p>
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If you earn a good SAT or AP score in a science subject, nobody is going to question whether you had bunsen burners or petri dishes at your disposal.
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that's true. My son had a pretty dinky chem lab and no bio or physics lab at all. But he made 5s on all three AP exams. He got in everywhere he applied with no questions asked about his lab experience.</p>