Chapter 16 starts out talking about the eco-warrior protest. Everyone is yelling “Save our planet!” After reading this part, do you think Eric would want to be an eco-warrior? Do you want to be one? What are some things you could do to help save our planet? At my house, we recycle lots of the things we used to throw in the trash, and we just bought an electric lawn mower so we wouldn’t use as much gas. I don’t know if I would ever go to a protest like George’s Dad, but I want to do everything I can to help our planet be healthy and clean!
Dr. Greeper is super creepy in our reading this week, but he talks about one of my very favorite subjects – exoplanets. Look back at the chapter in chapter 18. Dr. Greeper explains that there are planets around other stars in the galaxy. In fact, astronomers have found more than 200 of them! Most of them are like Jupiter or Saturn. No one has found one like Earth yet, but NASA has a special telescope in space right now looking for a planet like ours. The Kepler mission was launched just a few months ago, and astronomers believe it will find planets similar to Earth. What do you think about that? Would you want to travel to another planet? And see if there were other people or creatures there?
Keep Reading!
Jill
George’s dad would probably have enjoyed this music video called “Take Aim at Climate Change.” http://passporttoknowledge.com/polar-palooza/whatyoucando/taacc/
Does your family do anything to recycle waste, or protect our natural resources? What strange things are happening in Dr. Reeper’s home? I certainly don’t like the sound of things there—and I can’t begin to imagine what it smelled like! No wonder he was wearing a gas mask when he opened the door!
Laurie Duncan
Education Director
