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Chemistry - Where to Start?
When my son wanted to learn Chemistry we gave him the best kit we could afford (some are pricey!), with Chemistry for Every Kid, by Janice Van Cleave. And, no I don't think they are too juvenile. I love doing experiments still.
I would take her to the bookstore (or library) and browse the Chemistry section. There really are some interesting things! We just did this for physics. Fun! Came home with two new books.
Or try finding works by the big names in chemistry like: Boyle, Pasteur, Newton, Priestley, Volta, Sorensen, Lord Kelvin, or Bronsted. I know you can find their papers online. Here is a fun site to get started with some famous Chemists http://www.cefic.be/Templates/shwStory.asp?NID=7&HID=117&PHID=33
Just some ideas to get you going! Chemistry is so fun!
this isn't a TJED answer
I know this isn't a TJED answer, but my scholar-phase 16yodd just finished an online chemistry class for traditional college credit at Clovis Community College in New Mexico. It's a fairly small college that has inexpensive good classes online. We live in Wisconsin and have had no problems with them; we have taken several math classes and a biology lab class online from them in the past, along with a criminal justice class. The labs for biology and for chemistry were fairly straight-forward experiments, not difficult, with common materials for all of them except one. The only thing we couldn't find was a piece of zinc to make a vegetable battery; we used a galvanized nail instead.
My dh believes in having children take courses they're interested in (hence the criminal justice class for my 18yods), but he insists on as much college credit as our high-school-age students can handle, to avoid debt later. And for him it must be from an accredited source (sorry, GWUAn abbreviation of George Wythe University (formerly George Wythe College), a private liberal arts college headquartered in Cedar City, Utah, which Dr. Oliver DeMille helped found, and where he formerly served as president. There are also plans underway for building a much larger campus in Monticello, Utah, and plans have also been announced for a remote campus in Alberta, Canada.). He took all my dd's college credits and put them into Charter Oak State College; they require a couple specific courses but otherwise will accept credits from any accredited source, including credit by examination. So she will graduate from homeschool in May and from Charter Oak in June, with an Associates degree.
It's not exactly TJED, and it may not be what your daughter needs right now. But it has worked so far for us. My dd in scholar phase has grown far beyond what I have time or inclination to teach. We have not found just one mentor, unless you count me, her mother. Instead we have found people who could mentor in specific subjects, such as sewing and cooking. For academics, traditional college courses, together with classics reading and discussion in our home. Our dd is ready for them and able and willing to do the work, so she went for it.