Rec's for DANTES SCIENCE credit...

For DANTES exams on

Physical Geology

"Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide"
by Barbara Winifred Murck, 330 p. (2001)
Easy, fill in the blanks, study tables and
glossary--
combined with a reference book:

"The Field Guide to Geology"
by David Lambert, 256p. (1997)

for Astronomy
"Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide," 5th Edition
by Dinah L. Moche, 368 p.(2000)


Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet

There is a forthcoming Barrons' book,
for the "AP in Environmental Science"
that substantially follows the outline.
In the meantime,
awesomeguides.com publishes a rival
AP prep book that's quite good, currently updated
as a 2nd edtion with two sample multiple choice
tests for about $20. the latter will likely remain the
more concise of the two--Barron's may be better
for those with no knowlege of it's constituent topics
--ecology, earth science, pollution abatement, etc.

for Principles of Physical Science I

there are "self-teaching guides" (all published by Wiley)
in physics and chemistry (separately) to aid your preparation.

ALL of the above titles are in paper, often available
used.

--Orson

 

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...converted to credit at FCC or Lewis and Clark

Hillie,

Could you please give me more information on FCC or Lewis and Clark that would be great. Really, just the web site would be helpful.
Thanks

 

I just sat for the...

I just sat for...
DANTES exam "Environment and Humanity"
no problems--just briefly prepped using the
Awesomeguides.com "AP Environmental Science Study Guide"
at 90 pages over two evenings....

However, for those with an interest in the subject but without the relevant science exposure, I can also recommend the "Race To Save The Planet" telecourse study guide (geared for use with both the PBS program and relevant ES texts), by Edward C. Wolf.

It's 184 pages, much more condensed than the text is, provides learning objectives, glossary, summarizes the content of each of the 13 [Hmmm: I'm SO sure there's no significance in that number...!], programs--AND gives you about a dozen quiz questions (in all the various formats) with end-of-text answers to self-test your learning...
Very effective for self-directed learners!

SO--fear not to go where degree-seekers dare to tread.

--Orson
PS The associated textbooks are, needless to say, considerably longer--and to my mind, considerably padded!