In the Spotlight: Science Exemplars

With so much of the elementary school focus on math and literacy, science is often put on the back burner. While it is true that math and literacy are extremely important, science does not have to be an afterthought or an hour spent on a Friday afternoon. Science Exemplars can help schools and teachers bring science to the forefront.

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Why Teach Science Concepts Through Inquiry and Investigation

If you were "taught" science the way I was taught back in elementary school, you probably experienced what I fondly refer to now as "language arts science." Language arts science is when you read and discuss scientific ideas, look at pictures of scientists working in labs, memorize definitions of science terms, and then get tested to see what you know. If you are a good memorizer/reader/listener, then you actually appear to understand science. Unfortunately, many of us who "learned" science in this way, eventually discovered that we really did not understand the underlying science concepts. We soon questioned, "How were we going to be effective teachers of elementary and middle school science if we taught our units of study in the same way we were taught?"

Supporting Math Reform in the NYC Middle Schools

Exemplars is pleased to be working in collaboration with 200 New York City middle schools, to provide assessment and instruction material as well as professional development.