We love Noeo Science! My daughter is 8 and has learned advanced science concepts that are simplified in language that she understands. She looks forward to each lesson and is inspired to want to be a scientist.
I wanted a science program that was hands on, but that also provided the educational learning that a science curriculum should provide. Noeo isn't just a box with a bunch of experiments without the lessons being applied. Noeo, also, is not just a text book without engaging in the experiments. After all, kids want the hands on. Kids wants to tinker and learn. Noeo is superb! It is just what I was looking for and more. It has the reading materials, the instructions that tell what the experiment is about, it has the lab manual, and the labs. I LOVE Noeo Science and hope to continue for many more years. I am using this for a 1st grader and a 3rd grader and they absolutely love it! My 1st grader reads and writes though, so if your little one doesn't, you may want to wait until they can for optimal learning and use.
I really did want to like this curriculum, and honestly so far, it's still better than anything else our charter school offers, but the 7-8th grade level I just don't feel is thorough enough for this grade level. I love the living books, but the lab manual doesn't do a great job of connecting learning from the books to questions that are connected well to the reading. Some of the questions we have come across aren't asked in a way that was answered by the reading portion, leaving my 7th grader frustrated that she couldn't find the information she needed to complete her assignment. The Physics Workshop kit that comes with this set is horrible. None of the experiments we attempted were helpful in understanding the concepts because they didn't really work like they were supposed to and were not explained very well in the experiment manual. From here on out I'll have to modify her lessons and do a whole lot more prep than I had anticipated for this curriculum, just because we spent much of our charter school funds on it already. I do love all the books it came with, so I feel I have a good jumping off point to start from. I was just hoping for a more open and go. Maybe even if there were some curated videos to go along with the lessons, that would be an improvement.
So excited to use this curriculum with my 2nd grader. He can’t wait to build the simple machines and i love that it comes with all the books we need.
It’s our first year using this curriculum and my son (12yrs and 6th grade) loves it. He can complete the reading and questions independently. He picks 1-2 of the experiments to do each week and does that independently as well. He really enjoys the variety of books selected. Complex topics are explained well and the visuals really help to provide understanding. We have used six different science curriculums so far in our homeschooling journey and Noeo is his favorite so far. We also love the flexibility of a two or four day week. Depending on our schedule, we can stay on track by selecting between the 2 or 4 day option each week. We will be ordering a 7-8 grade option for next year.
This curriculum is wonderful. I love the layout and how the workbook isn’t busy with too many images. I haven’t enjoyed the first book as it is very busy and the writing is small, however it is still a really good book regardless.
From a walking with Jesus family, we absolutely LOVE this curriculum! It's open & go, and it allows for great conversation for us to make the connections to Scripture. It's FUN, and our kids have loved and enjoyed all aspects of this curriculum. I will say we use the lab manual just verbally, and I don't have them write in the lab manu book. But, that works for our family right now! Highly recommend!
I’m so glad that I found this curriculum. It’s engaging, it’s exciting, and it’s fun. I got to teach this curriculum to a homeschool pod. The students were so excited for each lesson. Asking how many experiments today. What are we learning today. Parents are telling me how much their student is enjoy the lessons. We turned several of the lessons into a science fair projects as a class. I have nothing to say but good things. I have gone through chemistry, biology, and now physics for 1-3rd grade lessons. All of them were amazing.
We are loving our new curriculum approach to our home learning adventures! The question answers/dictation are the most challenging part to our almost 8 year old (it’s his own personal hill to overcome in learning as he doesn’t like to write a lot). However, he is focusing on the positives and learning to do something hard every day! The positives: graphic novels to read and learn with, the experiments multiple times a week are amazing, and the ability to pick twice a week or four times a week. We are over the moon excited for this opportunity to learn more with Noeo!
We are still early into the first few weeks. I am disappointed in the quality of the pocket microscope that comes with the kit. I wish I would've purchased a real microscope. A lot of the microscope reading and lessons are based on a real microscope. The pocket microscope makes viewing slides difficult. It does not work well with the phone either. Hoping the course improves as we go
Introduced this curriculum to my 4th grade twin boys this week and they are now creating most of the experiments on their own, reading ahead and all around just loving this topic! I left them home while I went to pick up their brother from preschool and they had done everything on their own to make a catapult and were laughing and having a great time launching little paper balls all over the living room. Looking forward to the rest of the year!
I bought this for my 9 yr old twins who were in 5th grade. My 7 year old 2nd grade daughter also joined in for experiments. My friend, a retired science teacher and marine biologist, came one day a week to run experiments and go over the workbooks with my kids. They had a TON of fun and learned a lot. We'll be buying the Physics 2 program for next year! My daughter (who has learning differences) did not do her own workbook but instead did bits and pieces of answering questions and such with the experiments. Other than the obvious great experiments and questions, I liked that my boys had to read portions of the reference books and answer questions based on their reading. I think it made for great practice for future research projects/papers.
My son is exceptionally intellegent and gets bored quickly. This unit keeps his attention for hours and we have a lot of fun together. We spend about 2 hours a day on this unit because we have so much fun together. I am using it as an enrichment summer program at home because I was not impressed by the summer STEM programs offered to his age group in this area. Today, we finished two experiments together and he was asking to do MORE! Hours later, I casually asked some questions about the lesson and he remembered inertia and momentum like it was no big deal. I purchased Biology 2 and Chemistry 3 for the older kids for the coming school year and I just can't wait until they dig into it. Thank you!!!!
I absolutely love this! I'm a total science geek. So, being able to start home schooling with this and the accompanied experiements is going to be a game changer!
I’ve been using this program with my 3rd and Kindergarten grade sons. We’ve enjoyed the books and the hands on science experiments. I particularly appreciate that the kit comes with things like plaster of Paris and small cups that you might or might not have.
My only criticism is that the workbook is all short answer questions. I’d love to see some more interesting questions, like fill in the blank, multiple choice, vocabulary questions, etc.
The product has changed since I originally ordered it years ago. It no longer includes instruction pamphlets on the experiments. Without the pamphlets, the kits are useless as my old intructors manual does not have the instructions either. Im assuming the instructions are in the new manuals. Very dissapointing. A lot of money to spend on nothing.
Love the concept and incorporating experiments into lessons, but the manuals need to be updated and in one book. Having to read between three different books and trying to figure out the schedule and time frame is frustrating. The schedule should be on one page easy to look at and the rest of it should be in 1 book. We are still going to attempt to go through it, but I was bummed it wasn't as simplified as it could be. Hoping updates are made!
Hi Caitlin. I just wanted to let you know that we actually just fixed this. We just released our updated 2025 version Lab Manuals, which include the experiment guides in them. We changed it so that there is just an Instructor's Guide for you and a Lab Manual for the students that contains everything needed. I hope this helps for future years!
I was chased by instagram ads for months until finally late one night, I pulled the trigger. We’ve never found a curriculum that works for us for science. It was either all reading and writing or super time intensive experiments with no real learning experience.
This curriculum there’s great books with a real rhyme and reason on learning benchmarks. And then very easy and fun experiments that are almost always possible for my kids to do with minimal effort on my part. The experiments are fun and take 15 minutes and really clearly showcase what they’ve just learned about.
My 4th and 5th graders do the reading on their own and then we verbally do the lab book work (it would be a lot of writing if we didn’t).
I was thrilled to buy our first Noeo kit and dive in this year. I've discovered a couple things:
What I love: my 5 and 6 year olds love the read alouds and are engaged in the experiments. It really is not boring at all; yay!
What I don't love:
1) Juggling three workbooks. That is not, in my opinion, "open and go." Would love to see these consolidated!
2) Not all of the experiment items are included in the kits, and most of the "common household items" I actually don't have in my house, and needed to go out and purchase, which was just one more organizational obstacle for me. Again, not "open and go." We are currently stonewalled and can't complete an experiment because I don't have anything styrofoam on hand, and refuse to buy a whole package of styrofoam plates just for one experiment. Kinda annoying.
3) I wish there was a coloring page/activity page for each lesson for younger grades instead of note-taking. For now, I have them answer the questions orally because the lab journal has just too much writing required for kindergarten and first grade. I am also printing off various activity pages for each lesson wherever I can find them online, which my kids love but it is a lot of extra work for me.
4) What would really be the icing on the cake for me, would be an extended book list of titles I can check out from the library to really bulk up the read-aloud portion. We rely heavily on reading time with our younger kids and the included books are great, but I've had to do additional research to find enough on-topic reading. Overall, for my family, this is currently a 3 out of 5 stars because of the above issues, and I'm not sure if we will try again next year with another Noeo kit based on the amount of additional prep and supplementation I've had to do to make it work for us. Perhaps for older grades it would be more successful!
Me and my kids love this curriculum! It’s broken down well and is very interesting and fun
My daughter loves doing it. She is preschool age and I read everything to her. I almost had my second grader use this curriculum, but decided to push him to biology 2 with his older sister and I’m glad I did because this I would be much too easy (and boring) for him. I will say, so far we have only been talking about the weather and that is not biology, to me, it’s Earth science.