New York City Department of Education Takes a Systems Approach to Science Education With Multilingual Learners

Blog Post | June 2022

NSTA and NMEA Release Joint Position Statement on Ocean Literacy

Press Release | March 2025

Camping Trip

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the effect of solar radiation on Earth’s temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize the Earth continues to cool after…

Where Does Oil Come From?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an important fossil fuel used by humans. The probe is designed to reveal how students trace oil back to its original source of material.

Where Innovation Meets Inspiration: NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education Comes to Minneapolis This Fall

Press Release | October 2025

Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Announces 2021 Grand Prize Winners

Press Release | August 2021

Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy Preparing for Sixth Year of Providing Mentoring Support to Middle Level Educators

Press Release | October 2021

The Top Takeaways From 2024–2025

Blog Post | September 2025

The Benefits of Nearpod for Sensemaking at a Distance

Blog Post | December 2020

Looking Back and Moving Forward: How Daily Dos Are a Place to Start

Blog Post | June 2020

Distance Learning, A Year Later

Blog Post | March 2021

How Teachers and Families Can Work Together During Remote Instruction

Blog Post | August 2020

People Are Systems: NASEM’s Call to Action Compels Science Educators to Transform Practice

Blog Post | February 2022

Helping Students Make Sense in Remote Learning

Blog Post | July 2020

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…