Noeo Science

[Shez]

I'm looking for a science program for my soon to be 2nd graders. What do you think of Noeo Science? http://www.noeoscience.com/

What other science programs to you recommend?

I want something that teaches the scientific method, allows for experiments and has a good narrative. I have b/g twins. My daughter needs something that comes with a story. My son needs facts, facts, facts.


thanks
Shez
- http://homeschooledtwins.blogspot.com/

[gandpsmommy]

We've been using the NOEO Biology I Kit this year, and we really like it. Ds4 is extememly interested in science, so he tags along with dd6.5 for most of the reading and experiments. I love it that it utilizes real books instead of textbooks, and there have only been 1 or 2 that weren't big hits with dd, who also prefers a story to the facts. Ds4 has enjoyed all of them. The kit includes Young Scientist Club experiment kits with virtually everything you need to complete the experiments. The only things you need to provide are truly household items that almost everyone has on hand or could easily pick up at the grocery store. And the NOEO teacher's guide includes a list of all the supplies you will need to provide for each week along with a 36 week schedule. It also includes reproducible lab sheets for the experiments and notebook sheets for writing narrations or definitions and/or illustrating what you are learning. We have been very pleased with it.

[Shez]

Thanks Terry. Do you think it will keep my "facts, facts, facts" boy happy?

[gandpsmommy]

My opinion would be, yes. Most of the books were primarily fact books, but there were enough pictures in them and the reading assignments were short enough that dd didn't mind. There are also a few story books (In Biology I they were about Louis Pasteur and John James Audubon). The only ones dd didn't like were the One Small Square books, but ds loved them because they are pretty much all facts. HTH

[Shez]

Thanks Terri. much appreciated.