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National Conference On Science Education
New Orleans • November 6-9
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.
Institutes
Leaders Institute
Leveraging the Power and Potential of High-Quality Instructional Materials
New Orleans • November 6
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
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 Seminar Series
SP25: Designing Equitable, 3D, Curriculum-Anchored Assessments: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
Do you want to design an engaging, three-dimensional assessment that you can use in your classroom that is connected to your instructional materials a...
Web Seminars
Web Seminar
Science Update: Space Weather on Our Approach to Solar Max, August 15, 2024
Join us on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about space weather from NASA. In this web seminar, we will delve into the...
Web Seminar
Join us on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET, to learn about how to submit a successful proposal to present at an NSTA National Con...
Web Seminar
Join us on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET, to learn about sustainability and renewable energy concepts....
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 ...
"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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