Who We Are
Real Science 4 Kids, printed and distributed by Gravitas Publications, is not a big company without a name or a face. It’s a small company committed to providing home school teaching tools of the highest quality.
Real Science 4 Kids homeschool science curriculum is the brainchild of Dr. Rebecca Keller, a mom and a home school teacher just like you. But perhaps unlike you, Dr. Keller earned a PhD in biophysical chemistry from the University of New Mexico, which makes her highly qualified to teach science and create home school teaching materials that make sense.
For years, Dr. Keller worked in the areas of biophysics, molecular biology and neuroscience. She also home schooled her three children for 14 years in her Albuquerque, New Mexico home. When she could not find textbooks that excited her kids about science, she decided it was time to create her own.
Dr. Keller founded Gravitas Publications and wrote the hugely popular REAL SCIENCE-4-KIDS home school science curriculum. But she hasn’t stopped there. Today Dr. Keller continues to write science books and is currently working on a new science textbook series that brings chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy and geology to kids of all learning levels, from kindergarten to high school age.
What’s Different About Real Science 4 Kids
Parents, teachers, and educators often mistake volume for learning. In other words, the more material a student is required to read, memorize, and repeat on an exam, the more the student has learned. But this teaching concept is actually contrary to the way real learning occurs.
Real learning deep enough to stimulate understanding can only occur when a student has had enough time to absorb the material being presented. For this reason the RS4K curriculum focuses on providing the essential building blocks for science and does not overwhelm a student with too much information. When one building block has been completely assimilated, then the student is ready to begin on the next one.
Dr. Keller’s goal in creating the Real Science 4 Kids curriculum was to teach kids about science from a very early age so they would have much better science comprehension by the time they we are ready for high school and college level classes. She wanted her kids to learn basic scientific facts and the scientific method of inquiry along with how science is a part of their everyday lives. The ultimate goal for Dr. Keller was ensuring that children make sense of science, find it fun to learn, and make it easy for other parents without her science background to teach the subjects of chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology and biology. That goal was accomplished with the unique Real Science 4 Kids home school science curriculum.
Try it for yourself and see what a difference a different approach to learning can make in your kids’ comprehension.
Meet our Staff
Customer Support – Office
Maribeth Biggs
Maribeth began working part-time for Gravitas at the beginning of 2008 and loves working for a company of integrity and genuine concern for the well-being of every customer. She and her husband have been married for 33 years, and their 3 children have been in public and private schools and have also been home schooled. Maribeth’s two older students grew up before she knew about RS4K, but her baby (now 14!) is currently taking the Bio 2 online class (after completing Chemistry I). AND her two grandchildren, now being home schooled by her daughter, LOVE the Pre-Chemistry program.
Cindy Gamache
Cindy Gamache is the newest member of our staff and is serving as part-time office help. She began home schooling in 1984 and continued until her youngest graduated in 2007. Like Mary and Maribeth, she wishes that Real Science-4-Kids had been available during those years. She has been married for 35 years, has 5 children and 9 grandchildren, all of whom keep her very busy.
Customer Support – Yahoo Group
Karen Wood
Karen has taught preschool – middle school students for over 20 years in the public and private sector. Currently she owns and operates her own tutoring and enrichment education business: Intelligent By Design. She teaches science enrichment classes during the school year to home schooled students. During the summer she offers other types of classes.