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Professional Learning Units

A New and Easy Way to Earn Professional Learning Credit Hours

NSTA Professional Learning Units are self-paced, flexible short courses designed around relevant science education topics. PLU’s support student-centered learning and can be used toward continuing education credits.

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Book Beat Live! The 2023 Outstanding STEM Books List: Ignite Students’ Interest in Science and Engineering! What’s on your Holiday Gift List? December 13, 2022

Join us on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET for another edition of NSTA's Book Beat Live! How do we prepare 21st-century...

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science STEM

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Transforming Science Learning: Part 1: Science and Language Integration With Multilingual Learners: Asset-Oriented Framing, December 14, 2022

Join us on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another edition of NSTA's Transforming Science Learning....

Middle School Elementary General Science

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Transforming Science Learning: Part 2: Science and Language Integration With Multilingual Learners: Asset-Oriented Framing, December 15, 2022

Join us on Thursday, December 15, 2022, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another edition of NSTA's Transforming Science Learning....

Middle School Elementary General Science

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Science Update: State of the Climate 2022, January 19, 2023

Join us on Thursday, January 19, 2023, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET for another edition of NSTA's Science Update....

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Climate Change Environmental Science STEM

NSTA Press books

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, K-12

Edited by: Ted Willard

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

By: Christina V. Schwarz, Cynthia Passmore, and Brian J. Reiser

Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning

By: Ravit Golan Duncan, Joseph Krajcik, and Ann E. Rivet

Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning

Edited by: Jeffrey Nordine and Okhee Lee

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions

By: Ted Willard

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