High School Resources

Science classes enable students in grades 9-12 to develop the critical-thinking skills required to make informed decisions about public policy, evaluate claims made in the media, talk to their doctors, and navigate an increasingly technological world.

Featured Resources

The Science Teacher—September/October 2020

Volume 88, Number 1 Evaluating Scientific Claims ...

Journal

Who Does Science?

Journal Article

How Did The Moth Population Change?

Lesson Plan

How Do Lakes Freeze?

Lesson Plan

Journal and Lesson Plans

High School Journal

Lesson Plans

NSTA Competitions

Shell Science Lab Challenge

For teachers

eCYBERMISSION

For teachers and students, grades 6-9

Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision

For students, grades 6-9

Junior Science & Humanities Symposium

For students, grades 9-12

Bestselling High School Books

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what stu...

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering ...

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 3: 32 New Matter and Energy Formative Assessment Probes

Have you been wanting to learn more about what your students know (or think they know) about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishin...

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1, Second Edition: 25 Formative Assessment Probes

This is the new updated edition of the first book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Like the first edition of volume 1, t...

Latest Resources

Web Seminar

Teacher Tip Tuesday: Taking Familiar Digital Tools to the Next Level: Google Slides and Docs, October 13, 2020

Join us on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET for another edition of the Teacher Tip Tuesday series focusing on digital tools....

Web Seminar

Science Update: The Cosmic Shooting Gallery, November 19, 2020

Join us on Thursday, November 19, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET to learn about space collisions. Stuff hits the Earth all the time, but for...

Web Seminar

Web Seminar: Developing a Competitive Application for the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge, October 22, 2020

Join us on Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM ET and learn how to develop and submit a competitive application for the Shel...

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, September 22, 2020

Journal Article

Taking Action in STEM Learning

Web Seminar

Web Seminar: Developing a Competitive Application for Shell Teaching Awards, October 29, 2020

Join us on Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 PM ET and learn how to develop and submit a competitive application for the Shell Teaching...

Lesson Plan

Why Should We Prepare for Earthquakes?

Reports Article

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, September 15, 2020

Blog Post

COVID-19: Sanitizing Lab PPE and More

Lesson Plan

Why is the drawing floating?

Journal Article

A Bump on the Head

Journal Article

The New Normal

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