~Amanda~ Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Would you say this is too "simple" for a 5th grader? could I use it as a "backbone" and jump off of it for some of the activities, or would that just be too much work, and should I find something that is more age appropriate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Would you say this is too "simple" for a 5th grader? could I use it as a "backbone" and jump off of it for some of the activities, or would that just be too much work, and should I find something that is more age appropriate? Yes, my DD found it too simple in 4th grade. (well, Life Science and Earth Science). If you are into adding stuff in then you can enhance it. I chose E=MCQ instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 RSO Life was too easy for my 4th grader too. I would say it is ideal for 2nd grade (also fit my 1st grader well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbie Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I'm doing it with my 4th grader. Science is one of her least fave subjects, so I want simple. I'm also hoping that the light/fun feeling of it will change her attitude about science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miracleone Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I'm using Life Science with my rising 3rd grader. She wants to learn about bugs and human body. I want something easy to teach and fun to do. Someone recommended RSO for us...so we'll see. I also got the RSO science kit from Home Science tools so I don't have to scramble for hard-to-find items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I think it depends on what you're looking for and what you child enjoys. We used parts of Earth and Space with my 5th grader last year and he loved it. After doing the lessons he'd usually dig deeper with his library book picks. That's what I want. I wasn't looking for rigorous, I was looking for fun that would spark him to dig into things that he found interesting. This year we'll do parts of E&S as well as Life and add in lots of library picks and field trips to follow their interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbrother Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 We're going to use this and also order some Science in a Nutshell kits from Delta. I think RSO is too easy for my 5th grader, but I was tired of looking for a format that I liked as much as this one. I think the two combined should be more than sufficient. The Science in a Nutshell kits come with a workbook to go with each of the included experiments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I have the Chemistry and I don't think it's too simple for a 5th grader. This thread made me go back and look again. I agree that Chemistry looks like it is on level! I'm going to consider it after we finish e=mcq. I had to split the kids up because there is a huge gap between DD and DS's. They were supposed to be coming out with level 2 for the sciences. I wonder if they are still making progress on that? I'm really excited about using the program for my boys and like the format! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Amanda~ Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 I have to say, the e_mcq looks more "simple" than the RSO does... am I seeing something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I have to say, the e_mcq looks more "simple" than the RSO does... am I seeing something different? Maybe so in the Life Science. I am using it for Earth Science and haven't found that to be the case. I carefully compared the two (a DF was using RSO Earth Science last year) and felt E=mcq covered more that my DD didn't already know, where as RSO started with a unit on reading thermometers and moves into the earth's crust. I was also told that it does a fairly extensive study on rocks and rock formations. These are all things my DD had studied in earlier grades. It wasn't necessary to repeat unless it was going to dig deeper. I felt like e=mcq covered different content at a deeper level with a slightly different approach. E=mcq definately wasn't on level for my DS who was in 1st grade last year. He couldn't complete the worksheets and didn't retain many of the concepts. The experiments went over his head. He did learn a few things here and there but I think RSO has a better approach for the grammar stage vs. the logic stage. So that's my experience. It probably depends on what your 5th grader has studied as to whether or not it will be too simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Amanda~ Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Oh, ok, I think I forgot to specify that I was looking at the life science specifically ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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