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[quote=Anonymous]OK, here's science.

For Science, I wanted my two younger kids together, because that's what I could manage. I can't manage 3 science curricula.  I also think that elementary school and middle school science is more about skills, than about content.  Things like interpreting charts and graphs, and reading and comprehending scientific material, and using math for scientific purposes matter more to me than content.  So, I asked my kids what they wanted to study this year, and my two younger kids said astronomy and robotics.

For robotics, I bought this [b]Lego Mindstorm EV3 [/b]kit and gave it to them for Christmas.  So far, they haven't figured out that it's "homeschool", it's just something that they do for fun, but it's gotten a lot of use, and they've learned a lot.

https://www.amazon.com/Lego-Mindstorm-Ev3-Core-45544/dp/B00DEA55Z8/ref=sr_1_1dchild=1&keywords=lego+ev3+education&qid=1592426266&sr=8-1

And then I got the [b]Real Science Odyssey Astronomy 1[/b], which is written for middle school, but I figure I can give my 5th grader some extra help if he needs it.

https://www.pandiapress.com/product/real-science-odyssey-astronomy-1/

We haven't started it yet, but it looks good.  They have other middle school science curricula too, all of which look good.

Last year, my two older kids did [b]Ellen McHenry's Elements and Carbon Chemistry[/b].  I think they are the most engaging workbook type thing we've done.  Lots of fun

https://ellenjmchenry.com/product-category/elements/

https://ellenjmchenry.com/product-category/carbon-chemistry/

My 8th grader also did some middle school courses on [b]Uzzinggo[/b], which fit in that category of 100% online.

https://www.uzinggo.com/who-benefits/homeschool

I think Uzinggo would be great for an ADHD 5th grader, especially if you want him to be independent.  It's very interactive with a good variety  of activities.   My then 7th grader learned a lot about science, but for the last year before high school I wanted something with more writing and output, so we're switching him to[b] Oak Meadow. [/b] Which is more a traditional course.

Oak Meadow has a fifth grade version too.  The reason I didn't pick it is because I wanted my kids together, but it looks solid.  You can do it yourself, or enroll your kids in their online school, which isn't online in the sense of Zoom school, just that you have a teacher who will send assignments and then collect it and grade it.

https://www.oakmeadowbookstore.com/K-8-Curriculum/Fifth-Grade/Science-5.html

I'll add here that if I was going to do just one curriculum for everything, it would probably be Oak Meadow.  I really like the materials from there that we've used.

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