Speaker: Rebecca Keller

In 2001, Rebecca W. Keller, Ph.D., began formalizing her teaching materials to equip non-science teachers (usually other homeschooling moms) so they would feel comfortable teaching science disciplines to their children. She didn’t set out to be an author. A former research assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Dr. Keller worked in the molecular biology, chemistry and neuroscience fields. As she homeschooled her three children, this scientific background coupled with her love of the dramatic, and she prepared interesting experiments or “labs” for her children and those of some neighbors. This success in engaging kids in science prompted her to launch the Real Science-4-Kids program. Today, Real Science-4-Kids, with its easy-to-use teacher-friendly manuals and engaging, kid-friendly text, is used in 50 states as well as Australia, Canada, Japan and Korea. Dr. Keller’s publishing team continues to develop and test products at her Albuquerque headquarters. She introduced Kogs-4-KidsTM, an interdisciplinary curricula program, in 2008.