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This is Option 2. OpenSciEd High School Biology Unit B.1 Curriculum Launch AND Facilitator Training Workshop...
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This is Option 1. OpenSciEd High School Biology Unit B.1 Curriculum Launch Workshop.NSTA is providing a virtual OpenSciEd (OSE) Curriculum Launch Workshop for the High School Biology Unit B.1 Ecosystem Interactions & Dynamics to immerse you in te...
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IL: Introduction to OpenSciEd, for K-12 Educators, January 28, 2025
Join us on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Central time, for an introduction to OpenSciEd. Get acquainted with the OpenSciEd K-12 curriculum! Learn how the research-based curriculum design makes it possible for all students to acc...
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NSTA Class Bundle Orientation for Preservice Teachers and Instructors, January 28, 2025
Your instructor has selected the NSTA Class Bundle to use in class this semester. The NSTA Class Bundle includes access to the National Science Teaching Association's lesson plans, journal articles, member web seminars and more! Participate in this ...
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NSTA Class Bundle Orientation for Preservice Teachers and Instructors, January 16, 2025
Your instructor has selected the NSTA Class Bundle to use in class this semester. The NSTA Class Bundle includes access to the National Science Teaching Association's lesson plans, journal articles, member web seminars and more! Participate in this ...
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Archive: Scaling Up for STEM 2025 Fellowship Orientation
Participants will learn about: Overview of the program's mission, vision, and values. Get aquainted with the team! The program's unique features and benefits of participation. Earning professional learning clock hours through the program....
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Archive Science Update: Energy: The Push From Non-Renewable to Renewable Sources, April 24, 2025
The global energy demand has increased nearly exponentially in the last century and is projected to increase at a similar rate in the future. Yet the finite qualities of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions make many non-renewable energy sources (including...
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Teacher Tip Tuesday: AI in Action: Tools for the Science Classroom, February 11, 2025
AI is rapidly transforming the landscape & will soon be a regular part of your students' everyday experiences. Secondary teachers will learn about different tools that can be used to transform assignments and create opportunities for students to ...
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Science Update: Space Weather: The Sun, Earth, and You, December 4, 2025
Join us on Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about impending solar events and their potential impacts on Earth....
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The ocean acts like a sponge, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Increased absorption by the ocean causes changes to our ocean's chemistry from pole to pole. This is known as ocean acidification. Ocean acidification has regional and local ...
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Marine debris is a widespread pollution problem in our ocean and waterways. It can harm wildlife, habitats, and our economy. This issue is human-caused, but it also has human solutions. One of the best tools we have to combat marine debris is underst...
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Archive: Science Update: Exploring the Applications of Low Earth Orbit Observations, May 8, 2025
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is a joint mission between NOAA and NASA that observes Earth and provides critical data for weather forecasting in addition to many other climate change, agriculture, aviation, and disaster monitoring applicati...
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Archive: Making the Most of Attending an NSTA Conference - Philadelphia 2025, February 27, 2025
In this web seminar participants will learn:...
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Join us on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, from 7:00 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET, for part 2 of this two-part series about how to use student assets to support science learning for all students....
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Join us on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 7:00 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET, for part 1 of this two-part series about how to use student assets to support science learning for all students....
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Join us on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, from 7:00 PM ET to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about NSTA's Professional Learning Units.Whether you are new to NSTA Professional Learning Units (PLUs) or an experienced PLU participant, this web seminar provides guidanc...
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What is inside our sun and other stars? What fills up the interstellar space? What is lightning? Trying to answer similar questions that come to the curious mind expanded our understanding of what happens to matter at high enough ...
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Join us on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about NSTA'...
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Book Beat Live! Next Time You See Book Series, February 4, 2025
Led by NSTA Early Childhood-Elementary Committee members, the web seminar addresses the relationship between the NSTA book series, Next Time You See, and natural phenomena, providing an interactive platform for educators to discover how this series o...
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This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing secondary-level safer science/STEM laboratory activities. The presenters will be Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/Specialist and Dire...
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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...
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In this web seminar, a panel of early childhood science teacher educators/researchers will define high quality early childhood science education, elicit challenges from participants, and present current research in addressing these challenges. This ...
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In this Web Seminar Series, we will host a Professional Learning Network (PLN) dedicated to educators looking to create instructional learning plans that actively engage themes of social justice and liberatory education in STEM....
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Archive: Strategies on Applying for a Science Teaching Position, November 21, 2024
Preservice educators and those wanting to transition into education from a different career have tools and experiences that are directly applicable to the classroom. This session will discuss strategies to turn those experiences into a powerful...
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Archive Science Update: Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy, January 30, 2025
Join exoplanet astronomer Rob Zellem, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, as he discusses how we find and characterize exoplanets, planets outside of our own Solar System, with the goal of detecting signatures of life. He will also discuss c...
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Archive: Science Update: The Rocks and Minerals of Climate Change, November 14, 2024
Climate change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our generation, and generations to come. But what's rock got to do with it? Learn how simple and familiar rocks and minerals play a critical role in responding to, recordi...
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Archive: FA24: Health DataWell: HS Life Science Instructional Materials, October 17, 2024
Health Datawell provides free lesson plans and storyline units to help high school students understand the varied roles of citizens and health scientists in protecting and promoting the health and wellness of their communities. These instructional ma...
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The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the instructional shifts required ...
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The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the instructional shifts required ...
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SP25: Designing Equitable, 3D, Curriculum-Anchored Assessments: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
Do you want to design an engaging, three-dimensional assessment that you can use in your classroom that is connected to your instructional materials and coherent from the perspective of your students?...
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WI25: Supporting Student Sensemaking with the Crosscutting Concepts: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
Students who use CCCs regularly build confidence in their science practices and develop a stronger sense of science identity. Each session presents participants with the opportunity to consider the different ways in which the CCCs can be used in the ...
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FA24: Making Sense of Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
This web seminar series, scheduled on October 22, 29, November 12, and 19, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern time, provides educators and administrators the opportunity to develop or deepen* an understanding of the three-dimensions of teaching an...
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Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have an increased presence in our school classrooms and laboratory instructional spaces, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, and equipment. However, Science/STEM teachers nationwide are forced to adopt and make use...
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The Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition recognizes exceptional and innovative science educators for their exemplary approaches to science lab instruction utilizing limited school and laboratory resources. The competition also raises awar...
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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 ...
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Curious about integrating sustainability and renewable energy concepts into your high school science curriculum? Join Vernier Science Education experts Fran Poodry, Dr. Melissa Hill, and Colleen McDaniel as they showcase engaging investigations that ...
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In this web seminar participants will learn:...
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Archive: Science Update: Space Weather on Our Approach to Solar Max, August 15, 2024
Join us on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about space weather from NASA. In this web seminar, we will delve into the recent solar storm that illuminated the skies with stunning auroras across North America on May 10t...
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Archive: Next Generation Science Standards: A Decade of Invigorating Implementation, October 9, 2024
In the last decade since the publication of A Framework for K-12 Science Education (National Research Council, 2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the NGSS. Most other states hav...
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Archive: FA24: Reviewing a Proposal for NSTA Conferences, October 2, 2024
During this web seminar, the conference team will guide you through the process of reviewing and giving feedback, ensuring you have all the tools you need to provide a strong evaluation for each conference proposal.During this program participants wi...