I just wanted to share what my DS has been doing in Science in RTR so far AND after being with HOD for the past 4 years. One of the complaints that I hear/read from others about HOD is that it is "light" in Science, but I have actually found the opposite to be true and have witnessed just how deeply all of the notebooking, narrations, experiments, etc. are impacting my oldest DS now that he is almost done with 5th grade. I know that what he has learned will be long-remembered b/c he is not just answering multiple choice questions on a test, but is having to read, disseminate, and tell back what he has learned in his own words, with a few questions guiding him. Just wanted to share about the fruit I am seeing and hope it will be an encouragement to someone!!!
Jupiter:
Jupiter is a planet which is unlike any other. An example: Jupiter has 66 moons! The four most common are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These are also called Galilean moons, named in honor of Galileo, who discovered them. Europa is the smallest and, in fact, is the smoothest object in the solar system! Io is the most colorful, Callisto doesn't even have a core, and Ganymede is bigger than Mercury! In this way Jupiter is like a miniature solar system itself! In fact, scientists recently found out that Jupiter has rings like Saturn! Jupiter has a fast rotation, at 10 hours, but a slow revolution, at 12 earth years. Its fast rotation means it has longer storms, up to as long as 500 years! Jupiter even has its own Asteroid Belt in one moon! The moon's name is Amalthea, and it's more like an asteroid than a moon. Jupiter must have been created by God.
(He obviously was excited about all this information since he put lots of exclamation marks!!!)
