Jenny Ingber

Director, Bank Street College Science Programs

Science Programs and the Tiorati Workshop for Environmental Learning

Academic Interests

Recent Courses Taught

• EDUC535: Science For Teachers (n-6)
• EDUC552: Integrated Environment Of The Hudson River
• EDUC850: Practicum In Teaching Science I
• EDUC852: Practicum In Teaching Science Iii
• NSCI500: Topics In Science

Some of the Values that Shape My Work

Science is everywhere! Not only do I love science, but I enjoy exploring the connections between ideas in science. I am interested in how children’s experience and environment can be used to help them make sense of scientific phenomena. I want to encourage children to ask questions of “why” and “how” and support them in pursuing answers to those questions. Through children’s questions and investigations, they can learn science and discover connections in science and between science and other disciplines for themselves.

I feel it is important to support teachers and future teachers in ways of facilitating and managing students’ science learning experience. Taking approaches to science teaching and learning that allow students to draw on their own experience or are directly to the child are important for helping to motivate learning and bring the science within a child’s reach.

Work with Families, Children, Schools, and Communities

• Worked for the New York City Department of Education as a classroom science teacher;
• Developed National Science Foundation-funded middle school IQWST curricula (UMichigan, Northwestern, Michigan State);
• New York City Center for Space Science Education;
• Reviewer for California State Education and the Environment Inititative

Selected Professional Development Work

• For NYCDOE, teacher support of Project-based Inquiry Science(MS), Concepts in Chemistry(HS), Concepts in Biology(HS);

• For University of California, LA, Mathematics and Science Coach at Santee Education Complex (LAUSD, HS), California Science Project PD.

• The Tiorati Environmental Workshop and Kerlin Science Institute for Bank Street College.

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
• M.A., New York University
• B.S., University of Miami