Corporate and Federal Partner Programs

For 30 years, Shell has partnered with NSTA to strengthen science teaching and learning by supporting science educators nationwide through various NSTA/Shell initiatives and programs. Shell sponsors two featured speakers each year at the NSTA national conference and through the Shell Science Teaching Award, one K–12 classroom teacher is honored annually for his or her positive impact on his or her students and school through exemplary classroom science teaching. The Shell Urban Science Educators Development Award—created to support K–12 classroom science teachers in urban settings—annually awards seven science educators $1800 to attend the NSTA national conference. Recognizing that the laboratory experience is integral to science education and that many schools do not have the resources to invest in quality lab equipment, NSTA and Shell work together on the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge to bring much needed lab materials and resources to schools near Shell assets. 

Established in 1992, the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision program has become one of the largest and most widely known K–12 student science competitions. Through a nearly 30-year partnership between NSTA and Toshiba, ExploraVision has helped more than 400,000 students across the United States and Canada to cultivate a life-long passion for STEM. The competition provides a turnkey solution for teachers to engage and excite students in the science and engineering practices found in the Next Generation Science Standards.