JoinNational Conference in Indianapolis
November 4-7, 2026
Empowering Educators, Fueling Futures
Science education is never still, and neither are the educators who teach it, inspire it, and reimagine its future every day. Join us in Indianapolis, a city where speed meets spirit, for NSTA’s preeminent professional learning event of the fall! Over four days of thought-provoking sessions, interactive workshops, and meaningful connections, you’ll gain fresh ideas and powerful tools to elevate your practice and deepen your impact. Whether you’re nurturing discovery in the classroom or leading at the district level, this is your opportunity to learn, connect, and move science education forward, one inspired mind at a time.
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This strand highlights efficient, classroom-tested strategies that deepen student understanding of core science ideas and practices while remaining realistic within typical time and resource constraints. Sessions focus on high-leverage routines, adaptable lesson structures, and immediately usable approaches that strengthen sensemaking, discourse, and durable skills without increasing workload.
This strand focuses on practical, classroom-ready implementation of three-dimensional science instruction by aligning curriculum, teaching, and assessment around student sensemaking. As three-dimensional standards have matured, many educators are revisiting and refining their approach by strengthening coherence, deepening understanding, and clarifying assessment practices. Sessions emphasize sustainable design, meaningful assessment, and instructional strategies that build durable skills such as reasoning, evidence-based explanation, and problem-solving without increasing complexity or workload.
This strand examines how AI, data platforms and tools, simulations, engineering tools, and digital assessment technologies can strengthen student reasoning, feedback cycles, and career-connected learning. Sessions emphasize instructional clarity, feasibility, and immediate classroom application.
This strand highlights practical, curriculum-embedded strategies that intentionally support multilingual learners while strengthening high-quality, collaborative science learning for all students.
This strand focuses on designing coherent, integrated learning experiences that build durable skills through high-quality science instruction. Sessions highlight practical approaches that connect science meaningfully with mathematics, literacy, computer science, and career contexts that strengthen transfer and relevance without sacrificing disciplinary depth or adding instructional overload.
This strand focuses on strengthening the systems, mentoring structures, and professional conditions that enable educators to do high-quality work and remain in the profession over time. Sessions highlight practical, evidence-informed approaches to induction, collaboration, and leadership that build sustainable capacity without adding new initiatives or expectations.
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