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“Less is more.” –Dr. Rebecca Keller

The Learning ‘Junk Drawer’

Dr. Keller’s Real Science 4 Kids curriculum is different than other homeschool science teaching materials because it takes into account the real way that real kids learn real science.

One struggle students face while learning new subjects is the inability to sort the information in such a way that makes understanding and retrieval possible. Imagine your junk drawer. How easy is it to find a pen, a working battery, or a rubber band?

Unless your junk drawer is organized like an efficient, compartmentalized office drawer you can dig for hours and never find the item you need. But in an office drawer, you can go straight to the item you are looking for. It is easy because the “junk” is organized.

The same thing happens when students are given random facts and not shown how to organize those facts into a coherent framework that will facilitate understanding and retrial. With REAL SCIENCE-4-KIDS they’ll be able to find the information when they need because the curriculum helps them organize the information they learn.

 

Real Science 4 Kids Organizes the Science Junk Drawer

Organizing information isn’t always easy. That’s why REAL SCIENCE 4 KIDS curriculum simplifies science and helps students learn efficiently through:

  1. The Focus series of textbooks breaks down the disciplines of science into essential subjects. Each subject is further divided into four essential core categories.

 

  1. The Building Blocks series of textbooks allows students to learn the essential topics in each core category. Nothing is missed. By the time a student has finished the elementary school level curriculum, they have been exposed to the essential building blocks of science and are ready to delve deeper into each area: chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy and geology.

 

  1. Students engage in hands-on, real-life experiments in order to learn what science is all about. These experiments are not merely demonstrations, but real experiments designed to engage the student in discovery.

 

  1. Students will be able to transfer what they learn to new situations – to use the information they have learned to solve a problem they have never faced.

 

  1. REAL SCIENCE-4-KIDS textbooks and KOGS-4-KIDS workbooks help students create a connection between science and philosophy, history, critical thinking, the arts, language, and technology. This multifaceted framework deepens student understanding and strengthens competency.

There’s no more junk drawer with the REAL SCIENCE-4-KIDS approach because the system allows students to start with an organized drawer and keep it clutter-free!