Science add-on for CTC with 7th grader

[Tiffini]

Greetings! I haven't been on the boards in a bit, bu we are happily continuing with CTC and are half way through right now. My 7th grade dd has completed all the Apologia elementary science books that we were using to increase the Science for her. I'm looking for what to add in next for her in January. I checked out the Biology 101 DVDs and they do look really good, but I'm not wanting to spend that much. Are there other good recommendations to add for her? I don't have much time to really check things out right now. Thank you so much!

[my3sons]

Hi Tiffini! It's great to see ya here again! I'm not sure if this will help or not, but this is taken from a post Carrie had written about CTC and high school...
You would definitely need to add or use something else for science in looking for biology credit and lab credit. However, whatever you use for biology would dovetail nicely with the Life Science/ Biology focus in CTC. If you were looking for a lighter science approach you could consider adding the Biology 101 DVD and its outlined requirements for biology credit. Otherwise, you could use any of the other standard biology offerings (i.e. Apologia, BJU, CLP, etc.). We are leaning toward PAC-works Biology and Anatomy and Physiology doing a lesson a day 4 days a week with a lab on Fridays. We're thinking of using some of Castle Heights Biology labs for our own son next year at this point.

HTH! Maybe others will have some good ideas otherwise too! I wish I could help more, but I am always unsure of giving advice about things I have not personally used, and I have been down the seventh grade road yet.
In Christ,
Julie