Building Community to Create Your STEM Ecosystem

Blog Post | September 2020

Future Approaches to Instructional Materials in STEM Education

Blog Post | January 2023

Communications, Legislative & Public Affairs

Page | March 2020

Communications, Legislative & Public Affairs The Communications, Legislative & Public Affairs team strives to keep NSTA members, teachers, science education leaders, and the general public informed about NSTA programs, products, and services and key science education issues and legislation. In the association's…

Build Your Middle Level STEM Repertoire This Summer at the 6th Annual STEM Forum & Expo

Blog Post | May 2017

I want to personally invite as many middle level educators as possible to attend the 6th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA. This year’s roster of middle level sessions explores a wide array of STEM education…

Make Every Lesson a STEM Career Lesson

Reports Article | May 2020

Finding STEM Success in the Post-Secondary Classroom

Blog Post | May 2019

The 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA, this July in San Francisco offers a post-secondary track to help educators create STEM-rich learning environments for students. STEM plays a vital role in…

Science Teachers and the Course Forward for STEM Education

Blog Post | January 2019

Science teachers’ voices do count—and are being heard—in Washington, D.C.  On December 4, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) published Charting a Course for STEM Education, which presents a…

Ed News: Insights Into Early STEM Learning

Blog Post | June 2018

This week in education news, Project Lead The Way unveils a new end-of-course assessment that will test students soft skills as well as their knowledge of STEM subjects; despite a relatively steady rise in per-pupil…

Building Electric Cars Enhances STEM Learning

Blog Post | May 2018

Brownsville (Texas) Independent School District’s top three Middle School Division cars that competed in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) HESTEC (Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology Week)…

Ed News: Highlighting the ‘E’ in STEM Education

Blog Post | February 2018

This week in education news, Trump presents FY 2019 budget to Congress; new study finds student learning gains in schools where teacher mentor their colleagues; Aurora science teacher like collaborating with students;…

Ed News: Where Will STEM Education Be In 5 Years?

Blog Post | October 2017

This week in education news, by 2018, it is projected that 2.4 million STEM jobs will go unfilled; money is not the most important thing to teachers; policymakers and educational organizations are increasingly…

Ed News: A New Normal in STEM Teaching?

Blog Post | October 2017

This week in education news, top White House science adviser job still vacant; U.S. Department of Education awards $253 million in grants to expand charter schools; flipped learning still going strong 10 years later;…

Math is integral to early childhood STEM learning

Blog Post | July 2017

July has brought my happy place (where the worlds of early childhood education and science education overlap) to my mailbox in the form of the 2017 summer journals from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)…

Let’s Help Every Student Succeed with STEM

Blog Post | February 2017

NSTA, in collaboration with 100kin10 and other key STEM leaders, has developed a new campaign designed to ensure that STEM and science/STEM teachers are a focus of the new federal education law at the state and local…

LEGO® Education WeDo STEM Expansion Pack

Blog Post | March 2015

The LEGO Education WeDo Construction Set was found to be an easy-to-use curriculum package designed for elementary school teachers. Although this kit is designed for students to build on previous Lego Education WeDo…