Science Classes "With Lab" requirements?

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I personally would do a science course with a lab, like Apologia, just because we always loved science labs in my house.

Thank you for that information! You seriously saved me hours of comparing.

The Biology and Chemistry were Apologia (through Virtual Homeschool Group), and the teacher suggested that with watching her do labs and adding just a few labs that we actually do at home she thinks a college might consider it a lab science. If we end up at COSC we will need a college credit lab science, so thank you!

So, you're really talking about 2 different things here.

1) A lab science for high school credit.

2) A lab science for college credit.

Something like Apologia will count as your HS lab science, but not your college one.

Something like SL or E4C will count as a college lab science, and may also count for HS if you want it to.

When planning out your homeschooling, try not to get the 2 confused.  It's perfectly fine to do HS level courses, you won't be doing your HS'er a disservice with it.  Trying to make sure that every course you take is also a college-level course may be a mistake, depending on your child.  It's never wrong to just enjoy the HS years and let your kid be a kid.