Strand 01 · Grades 3–8
Hands-on Science Studio
How do young scientists build evidence they can defend?
What scholars do
The Science Studio is the anchor of the partnership. Scholars work in small lab teams on NGSS-aligned investigations, keeping a running lab notebook and defending their claims with the evidence they gathered themselves. There are no observers: every scholar handles the instruments, records the data and explains the result.
Goals for the year
- Complete at least eight full investigations per year, each with a written claim-evidence-reasoning defense.
- Master lab safety, measurement and accurate data recording by the end of the first trimester.
- Move every scholar to a 3 or 4 on the shared Excellence science rubric.
Other strands
Strand 02
Digital Solutions Workshop
Harding Media puts cameras, editing suites and publishing tools in scholars' hands.
Strand 03
Design & Build Challenges
Design challenges where prototypes fail, get rebuilt and finally work.
Strand 04
Community Data Lab
Field sensors, real Bronx data sets and the analysis skills to read them.
Strand 05
Scientists Who Look Like Us
Sustained mentorship from Black and Latino scientists, engineers and media makers.
Strand 06
Scholar Science Symposium
A public symposium where scholars present and defend a full year of science.
Ready to put your scholar in Lab?
Enrollment, tours and family science nights for Bronx Excellence families.