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National Conferences
National Conference On Science Education
New Orleans • November 6-9, 2024
NSTA is headed to New Orleans, infusing its fall national conference with the city's unique energy and culture. Join us for an unforgettable experience where professional growth meets the soulfulness of the Big Easy.
National Conference On Science Education
Philadelphia • March 26-29, 2025
Join us in the City of Brotherly Love to connect with like-minded professionals for an unforgettable experience! With content crafted by educators for educators, you’ll leave with an arsenal of engaging, practical strategies for your classroom, school or district that you can implement right away. Whether you're just looking for casual networking, peer-driven roundtable discussions, or new professional opportunities, we have it all!
Institutes
Leaders Institute
Leveraging the Power and Potential of High-Quality Instructional Materials
New Orleans • November 6, 2024
Join fellow administrators for a day of empowering strategies, connection, and inspiration through focused leader-centric professional learning. National Conference registration is NOT required to attend the Leaders Institute. Participants registering for the Leaders Institute are invited to purchase conference registration at a discounted cost.
OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum Launch and Unit Launch Workshops
Norwood and UMass, Massachusetts • July - September 2024 (various dates)
Join NSTA and Massachusetts middle school science teachers from across the state for OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum Launch and Unit Launch workshops! You’ll leave with everything you need to get started, including a comprehensive understanding of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum and how to implement it in your classroom.
Web Seminar Series
Professional Book Study
What is an approach that science educators can use to create assessment tasks that support instructional practice and students’ three-dimensional le...
Web Seminar Series
FA24: Making Sense of Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
This web seminar series, scheduled on October 22, 29, November 12, and 19, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern time, provides educators and administ...
Web Seminar Series
Join us for this web seminar series titled Social Justice in Science - From Theory to Practice, Application, and Reflection: Topic Study for K-12 Educ...
Web Seminar Series
WI25: Supporting Student Sensemaking with the Crosscutting Concepts: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
Join us on four consecutive Tuesdays, February 18, 25, March 4, and 11, 2025, to experience the crosscutting concepts (CCCs) as powerful lenses and to...
Web Seminars
Web Seminar
Web Seminar: Nominations – Leadership Opportunities for Members, September 19, 2024
Join us on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about NSTA election process for new and interested members of the Board ...
Member Web Seminar
Elementary educators, join us on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, to learn how to recognize the critical aspects of sensemak...
Web Seminar
Join us on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about FDA’s GenomeTrakr.GenomeTrakr is a whole genome sequencing (WGS)...
Web Seminar
Join us on Monday, September 30, 2024, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about the Shell Science Teaching Awards....
"I go to NSTA conferences because I get to have a lot of fun with other educators who are there for the same reason I am. To learn more. To be better. And to make an impact."
-Elizabeth Allan
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