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Journal Article
Uncovering Earth’s History, One Sample at a Time
Teaching Through Trade Books...
By Christine Anne Royce
Web Seminar
Archive: Strategies on Applying for a Science Teaching Position, November 21, 2024
Preservice educators and those wanting to transition into education from a different career have tools and experiences that are directly applicable to the classroom. This session will discuss strategies to turn those experiences into a powerful...
Class Pack
Flight of the Pollinators ClassPack
Now Available for Grade K-2 Picture Perfect STEM Lessons - Ready-to-TeachTM Picture-Perfect ClassPacks! • We are excited to announce our new kitting partner: ECA Science Kit Services! Now offering ...
Blog Post
NSTA Joins Advocacy Efforts for FY 25 Federal Funding
By the NSTA Legislative Affairs Team
Web Seminar
Did you come up with an innovative way to teach a lesson? Have you devoted your life to promoting science and the teaching of science? Did you successfully transform science teaching in your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, t...
Web Seminar
Archive: Nominations – Leadership Opportunities for Members, September 19, 2024
Question…What do you think the “face of success” looks like? We think it looks like YOU volunteering your time, providing your viewpoints, and applying your experiences....
Blog Post
Appreciating the Efforts of All Teachers, In School and After School
By Julie A. Luft, NSTA President 2023–2024
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 9, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar
Elementary Pre-service Teachers! This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance A...
Journal Article
Community Connections to Support Early Science Learning
Community resources offer extensions of early science learning that can deepen connections to the local ecosystem. This column offers ideas to extend early childhood classroom science through community mapping....
By Alissa Lange
Journal Article
Civic Engagement for Climate Action, Resilience, and Hope for Local Waterways
Climate education in elementary grades offers a chance to teach climate science, to help students understand how serious climate change is, to focus on ecosystems and global social systems, and to work toward justice-oriented solutions. This article ...
By Melissa Braaten, Tiffany Boyd, Jessica Bean
Journal Article
Children experience and grapple with the ongoing effects of climate change in their daily lives. While they did not cause climate change nor should they have to solve it, children deserve educational opportunities to understand why and how it occurs ...
By Kathleen Schenkel, Cassie J. Brownell, Jon M. Wargo