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Dr. Keller received her Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from the University of New Mexico in 1992.
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Rhubarb is the personal blog/forum for Dr. Rebecca W. Keller. Frustrated with the often difficult experience trying to debate science and philosophy issues on other forums, Dr. Keller decided to start her own.
On Rhubarb you can discuss anything you like and no threads will be closed and no one will be banned for heated discussions. However, posts must meet NVC guidelines (see Forum rules) or they will be placed into “Pie Fights.” Dr. Keller understands that sometimes it’s important for people to vent and “Pie Fights” are a place to vent. However, because venting rarely provides productive dialog, these posts will be deleted after 24 hours.
Dr. Keller will also post blogs about issues surrounding education, science, religion, philosophy, and psychology. All of these disciplines intersect when it comes to the Creation-Darwin-Intelligent Design debate.
26 Apr
Dr. Keller,
I enjoyed attending your sessions at MassHOPE. Also, thanks for creating the Real Science 4 Kids books. We have been looking for a science curriculum for younger kids (pre-high school) and are considering it for next year. Keep up the good work.
26 Apr
Thank you! I’m glad you like my books and if I can answer any questions, let me know!
27 Mar
I look forward to using your curricula with my children. Thank you for all of the work and time you put into developing such a fine science curriculum. As a person holding a doctorate in physics I can truly appreciate having a curriculum that encourages children to think.
24 May
Hello there,
I’m an Australian living in France who has just started homeschooling her kids. I have just ordered your first set of science books for my 7 and 9 year old who are new to science (strangely enough, not from your site though :s).
I think all learning should be as hands on as you say… So I am delighted to have found you through a Canadian friend who homeschools her own child not far from where I live here in Toulouse.
Could you tell me how your ‘kogs’ work and how I can should use them with the pre-science books.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Angela Negro
24 May
Hi Angela,
So glad to hear you are using Real Science-4-Kids! The kogs are “cognitive connections” and they are designed to help kids connect science to other disciplines like history, technology, critical thinking etc. We have the language kog for chemistry, physics and biology but unfortunately we only have the other kogs (history, critical thinking, technology, philosophy, the arts) for Chemistry Level I. We will be developing kogs for the other subjects.
The idea is for the student to read a chapter in the student text and then read a chapter in each of the kogs that relates to the student text. For example, the first chapter in Chemistry LevelvI is about matter so all of the Chapter 1 Kogs have something to do with studying matter. If the student reads all the Kogs for all the chapters then they not only have a good science foundation but a “framework” that will help them more deeply understand the science they are learning.
Let me know if you want more information.