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The thought of teaching an upper grade science, such as biology, makes a lot of parents shudder. They remember their own difficulties and don’t feel confident enough to teach these more advanced subjects to their highschool student. While teaching highschool takes extra work and planning, there is no reason to fear! There is such a vast wealth of homeschool resources and curriculum available to the homeschooling parent, that teaching even these tougher subjects are very doable.

Is it really possible to teach a lab science at home?

Yes! Not only is it possible but you can customize the way would like to teach this class. For example, this could be done more simply with a good textbook that has simple experiments and does not require expensive lab equipment.

Another choice would be an online or virtual class, which might only demonstrate the results of an experiment and require little real-life experimentation on the part of the student. If this sounds a little too dry, there are usually fairly inexpensive science experiment kits available for purchase that includes and all the needed supplies (mostly) and directions to complete the experiments. This would "liven up" the chemistry course and add a hands-on component.

Other more expensive options would be to purchase a more in-depth program that requires dissection tools and a microscope (Apologia or Bob Jones). Virtually everything is available to homeshoolers anymore. When my highschool daughter was taking an advanced anatomy course, she had to dissect a cow’s heart and a sheep’s eyeball, and I was able to order them online!

So, as you can see the sky is the limit. It all depends on your budget and how in depth and challenging your would like your child’s homeschool biology course to be.

Homeschool Biology
Articles and advice on homeschooling science classes to make them fun and interesting.