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Archive: NSTA/ASTE Archive: The Role of Instructional Materials in Science Teacher Education, November 17, 2022

Four presenters involved in equitable science instructional materials, policy, and professional development share their thoughts on current status and recommendations for the future of research, policy, and practice as we seek to reform science ...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary General Science

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Archive: FA22: Are Your Lab SOPs in Place for a Safer School Year? October 3, 2022

As the 2022-2023 school year starts, it’s time to re-establish our STEM spaces (for the purposes of this web seminar, STEM spaces include a science lab, technology, and engineering lab [i.e., construction lab], makerspace, etc.) and make sure every...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool General Science

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Archive: FA22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Secondary Science/STEM Teachers, September 26, 2022

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing secondary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and, Director of ...

Middle School High School Postsecondary General Science

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Archive: FA22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers, September 19, 2022

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and, Director of...

Elementary Postsecondary General Science

NSTA Press Book

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, First Grade, Expanded Edition: Using Children’s Books for Three-Dimensional Learning

There’s a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series: You can combine STEM and reading through lively lessons that are just right for your first-grade students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embedd...

By Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan

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NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions

Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance expectations (PEs) that integrate parti...

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Archive: Fall 2022: Developing a Competitive Application for Shell Teaching Awards, November 7, 2022

Shell Science Teaching Award: This award recognizes one outstanding classroom science teacher (K–12) who has had a positive impact on his or her students, school, and community through exemplary classroom science teaching. K–12 classroo...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science

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Archive: Science Update: Is Cancer Inevitable? July 14, 2022

What should teachers, their students, and the general public know about the current state of cancer diagnoses, research, and treatments, and what opportunities exist for studies that could lead to contributing careers? Join Johns Hopkins University B...

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Archive: Book Beat Live! Exploring the Science and Engineering Practices with the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions, June 22, 2022

The NGSS and other standards based on the Framework of K-12 Education are quite complicated and often tricky to interpret. What teachers need is an easy-to-use reference guide to the standards, and since its’ release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Ref...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

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Archive: NSTA Teacher Awards – Recognizing Excellence Rewarded, October 27, 2022

Did you come up with an innovative way to teach a lesson? Have you devoted your life to promoting science and the teaching of science? Did you successfully transform science teaching in your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, t...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers General Science

Archive: NSTA/ASTE Archive: Building Tomorrow’s Science Teachers: The What, Why and How of Formal/Informal Partnerships for Teacher Education & Professional Development, July 28, 2022

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Archive: NSTA/ASTE Archive: Building Tomorrow’s Science Teachers: The What, Why and How of Formal/Informal Partnerships for Teacher Education & Professional Development, July 28, 2022

Science learning, there is also an emerging body of research demonstrating the role and potential for museums to support the learning of both preservice and in-service teachers. Join us for a lively discussion with panelists from three...

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Archive: Transforming Science Education Through Service to NSTA, September 22, 2022

Question…What do you think the “face of success” looks like? We think it looks like YOU volunteering your time, providing your viewpoints, and applying your experiences. NSTA’s goal is to create a governing body that represents t...

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Archive: Case Studies from Connected Science Learning: Transformative Science Learning through Museum-School Collaboration, May 16, 2022

Strategic partnerships that bring together schools and other organizations–such as museums–have the potential to transform learning in ways that neither partner can accomplish alone. Explore the process, products, and outcomes of such collaborati...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary General Science

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