HE leading to science degrees?

[Tangle]

I'm looking a L-o-n-g way in advance here as DD is only 6 months, however...

Both DH and I are scientifically inclined, as is my general family (I recognise this is no indication that DD will have any interest in science at all, btw). At the moment I'm just chucking ideas around and trying to work out whether HE would/could work for us as a family. Given our backgrounds, a question we both had was:

If DD was interested in science and wanted to study it at university, how practical would it be to prepare her for that through HE?

thanks in advance

You could skip GCSEs and A levels totally (learn the stuff obviously, but not do the exams) and then move onto Open University stuff - provided you can show you can cope with the work, most universities can be flexible about entrance requirements. Be aware though that some OU courses (being higher education and not further education) disqualify you from Child Benefit post 16.

Shrinking violet is right-a home ed friend of ours went straight for an OU science degree and bypassed GCSEs and A levels all together.
She started it aged 15. At 18 she went to all the Uni open days and got accepted by the one she wanted.
;o)

But seeing as that is a long way in the future you may want to bookmark the Kramf science experiment of the week for when your child is a few years older! ;
krampf.com/news.html

?How can you make your face disappear?
?Why don't you put a tomato in the refrigerator?
?How can you make flames shoot from an orange?

"These are just a few of the simple but amazing Experiment of the Week activities. When you join my free Experiment of the Week e-mail list, each week you will get an experiment that you can try yourself. I look for experiments that are unusual, safe, dramatic, cheap, and fun. The list includes teachers, parents, homeschoolers, science buffs, and students, so I will give you a wide variety of fun things to try.

The experiments are targeted for a wide range of students. Most are simple enough for very young students, but I also try to include suggestions for continuing the experiment at a higher level. With a bit of work, most of them can be turned into top notch science fair projects. The experiments currently reach over 180,000 households in over 95 countries."

hth
Julie
Home Educating in Worcestershire
www.worcestershire-home-educators.co.uk/