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

Looking Back and Moving Forward: How Daily Dos Are a Place to Start

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Investigating Environmental Racism in the High School Biology Classroom

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Where Do 'New' Diseases Come From?

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Social Justice in the Science Classroom

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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

STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your scienc...

NSTA Press Book

Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics, Volume 2: Electricity and Magnetism Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more....

NSTA Press Book

Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers

If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engine...

Latest Resources

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Online Digital Science Resources

Rapidly transition your in-person course to a remote format using these practical resources. ...

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Equity for All

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Remote Learning: Problem or Opportunity?

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Exponential Growth and Doubling Time

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Letters to the Editor

Web Seminar

Archive: Write from the Start, June 24, 2020

Have you read great articles in the NSTA journals that changed or added to the ways you and your students do science for the better? You could inspire...

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Are We Recognizing the Sheer Power of Mother Nature?

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Messy Data, Real Science

[A] major goal for science education should be to provide all students with the background to systematically investigate issues related to their per...

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Wind Erosion and the Dust Bowl

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iNaturalist: Citizen Science for the Digital Age

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Environmental Health Scientist Casey Bartrem

Environmental health scientists study how environmental toxins impact human health, and work to mitigate such risks. They may be employed by gove...

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Finding the Next Diamond Mine

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