Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol.7, No.2 Publication Date: Feb. 25, 2020 DoI:10.14738/assrj.72.7818. Budiastra, A. A. K., Kusmawan, U., Wicaksono, I., & Kartimi. (2020). The Use Of Natural Sciences Kits In Distance Learning For Higher Education Of Bachelor Of Elementary School Teacher Education Program. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 7(2) 147- 165. Copyright © Society for Science and Education, United Kingdom 147 The Use Of Natural Sciences Kits In Distance Learning For Higher Education Of Bachelor Of Elementary School Teacher Education Program A. A. Ketut Budiastra Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia. Udan Kusmawan Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia. Iwan Wicaksono Universitas Jember, Indonesia. Kartimi IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon, Indonesia. ABSTRACT The teaching and learning process of natural science cannot be separated from practicum activities. Likewise, the practicum activities of natural science in bachelor of Elementary School Teacher Education Program have their own characteristics. This study aims at examining the use of Natural Science Kits in the implementation of the practicum of natural sciences with the provisions contained in the practicum of natural sciences college subject of bachelor of Elementary School Teacher Education Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Terbuka. This study is categorized as a qualitative descriptive research. This study involved 177 undergraduate students of bachelor of Elementary School Teacher Education Program, UT, which is spread across five (5) regional offices of UT, and it conducted from March to December 2018. The results of this study showed that it can be concluded that the practicum of natural science in elementary schools can be carried out using the Natural Science Kits belonging to bachelor of Elementary School Teacher Education Program, UT, although the Natural Science Kits and its management activities still needs to be improved and refined. Keywords: practicum, Natural Science KITS, Elementary School Teachers, distance learning INTRODUCTION One of the characteristics of Distance Education (DE) for Higher Education is that there is a distance between educators and students. This distance has enormous implications for the teaching-learning process, in which most of the process takes place remotely. The face-to-face session is very minimal. Especially, with the advanced information technology, face-to-face seems to be the last alternative. Under these circumstances, the facilitation provided by the educators of DE plays a very important role. The quality and quantity of facilities must be able to make students have a good interaction with various learning resources. In the distance learning system as implemented at Universitas Terbuka (UT) Indonesia, the perseverance in attending lectures can be transferred into the perseverance in utilizing the learning resources available at UT and the tenacity in fulfilling and doing given individual tasks. For this reason, the students of UT must organize and use a learning environment truly