We took great care when redesigning this title to ensure that the course keeps your student as its priority. To do that, we changed several things. First, it is only 14 modules (down from 16 in the older editions). Second, it is studied 4 days a week rather than 5. You can rest assured that we thought of everything, tested it out on families with middle schoolers, and adapted it as needed. We even have the first 2 modules as open book tests so that the student is gently introduced to test-taking. Additionally, this course carefully instructs students on note-taking and lab-report-writing. This title is the perfect introduction to upper level science.