Outdoor Science Preconference Workshop at NSTA’s Richmond Conference This Fall

Blog Post | August 2014

If you’ve thought about taking students outdoors to learn science, this preconference workshop in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, will provide the tools you need to be successful. Teachers can expect…

Picture-Perfect Science Workshops at NSTA’s Area Conferences This Fall

Blog Post | August 2013

Learn how to make elementary science instruction come alive in your classroom! Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry, the authors of the bestselling Picture-Perfect Science series, will be presenting preconference workshops…

NSTA Press: 2013 AEP Distinguished Achievement Awards Finalists

Blog Post | May 2013

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) is pleased to share the news that several of our publications have been named finalists for the 2013 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement…

Three Creative, Committed, and Caring NSTA Teacher Awardees

Blog Post | March 2010

Sometimes during the publishing process, we find we must trim some of our Reports stories to fit the alloted space in print. This was the case for “NSTA Awardees: Creative, Committed, and Caring” from our…

How NSTA Expanded My Small Town World

Blog Post | June 2019

Guest blog post by Pam Devers I grew up as the typical “small town girl living in a small town world” (Journey).  In the eighth grade my mind was set that I was going to be a science teacher and teach in my…

Handouts available, NSTA19 was great—thanks Missouri!

Blog Post | April 2019

Where but at an NSTA national conference can you: See a possible future for your students in the keynote speech by retired astronaut and U.S. Navy captain Scott Kelly who saw the Earth from space 520 days in his…

NSTA Conferences: Professional Learning and So Much More

Blog Post | April 2019

Editor’s Note:  In this blog series commemorating NSTA’s 75th Anniversary we take a look to the past with an eye to the future. Can you imagine attending an NSTA convention over Thanksgiving weekend…

NSTA’s 75th: Celebrating the Past, Educating for the Future

Blog Post | March 2019

Editors Note: Today in this blog series commemorating NSTA’s 75th Anniversary we celebrate the many stakeholders who work hard every day so that ALL students are engaged in science learning and who have helped NSTA to…

Missouri Science Teachers: NSTA Is Coming to You This April

Blog Post | March 2019

If you’re a Missouri science teacher, you’ve probably been to the Missouri Botanical Garden, most likely as a chaperone. But when you join NSTA for our 2019 National Conference in St. Louis this April, you’ll get a…

Meet the 2018 NSTA/ NCTM STEM Teacher Ambassadors!

Blog Post | June 2018

We are proud to be working with 2018 NSTA/NCTM STEM Teacher Ambassadors, who are here at NSTA’s headquarters this week participating in an intensive communications, media, and policy training designed to expand the…

NSTA Student Chapters Cultivate Professional, Community Ties

Blog Post | March 2018

Coryn Cange, a member of the NSTA Student Chapter at Stony Brook University, guides high school students as they study water filtration in a chemistry teaching lab. Photo courtesy of Judy Nimmo Whether they’re helping…

New NSTA Book Shines Light on Solar Eclipses

Blog Post | July 2017

A solar eclipse is coming on Monday, August 21, 2017! What a rare and exciting treat for your students who will get to experience this magical phenomenon. Of course after this amazing event, they will have plenty of…

California Dreaming… #NSTA17 Is Finally Here!

Blog Post | March 2017

I arrived in the City of Angels Wednesday afternoon to find a whole lot of equally enthusiastic #NSTA17 conference attendees. This is a HUGE deal, and we have a huge number of choices. I’m focusing on the…

Help Us Name NSTA’s New NGSS Newsletter

Blog Post | December 2016

Science teachers, you’ve spoken up about your Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) implementation needs, and NSTA has listened. Thanks to the input of many of you, NSTA is moving forward on a new resource to help…

NSTA Back-to-School Science Resources For Parents

Blog Post | August 2016

Keshia Gardner via Today.com One of my favorite things about back-to-school time is to see my social media accounts blow up with pictures of kids’ first day back at school.  Even more entertaining is when the…