Journey Homeschool Academy Experience Chemistry: Level C

The curriculum builds substantial chemistry content knowledge through comprehensive lessons covering molecular structures, chemical equations, electronegativity calculations, and gas law problems. The guided note-taking format helps students create their own detailed reference materials as they progress through 35 week-long lessons.

Students practice drawing molecular structures, writing noble gas notations, solving pressure-temperature problems, and complete additional homework problems with step-by-step video solutions

The curriculum provides extensive parent and teacher support through detailed guides, answer keys, grading rubrics, and step-by-step instructional videos. Materials are designed to support parents without chemistry backgrounds.

Parent Curriculum Guide explains course operation; answer keys for all components; grading rubrics for lab work; homework help videos for complex mathematical problems

The curriculum prioritizes direct instruction through high-quality video lectures that present content explicitly before application. Teachers provide clear explanations with visual aids and animations to support learning.

Two to three 20-25 minute lecture videos per lesson present material directly; instructors Luke and Trisha Gilkerson deliver clear, expressive presentations with images and animations

The curriculum incorporates regular retrieval practice through weekly quizzes, quarterly exams, and structured study guides. Students must achieve 70% on quizzes to progress, ensuring mastery before advancement.

Weekly automatically-graded quizzes require 70% to continue; quarterly exams with dedicated review weeks using study guides; homework help videos for complex problems

The curriculum effectively integrates 26 labs with direct instruction through coordinated lab videos and guided lab reports. Labs tie directly to lesson content and include proper safety protocols and complete equipment kits.

Each lab includes step-by-step instructions, formatted note-taking pages, and demonstration videos showing expected results; students must complete minimum 15 labs with proper lab reports

Scientific vocabulary is systematically taught with new terms introduced at the beginning of each lesson and reinforced through online flashcards. The guided note-taking format provides multiple exposures to key terminology in context.

Each lesson begins with vocabulary words, includes online flashcards for vocabulary mastery, and integrates terms throughout the fill-in-the-blank note-taking activities

While the curriculum covers rigorous chemistry content appropriate for high school, specific alignment to NGSS standards is not mentioned in the available materials.

Review does not reference NGSS alignment or three-dimensional learning framework; focus appears to be on traditional chemistry content coverage