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NSTA Web Seminars are free, live professional learning experiences that use online learning technologies to allow participants to interact with nationally acclaimed experts, NSTA Press authors, and scientists, engineers, and education specialists from NSTA partner organizations.

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Transforming Science Learning

Build a deep understanding of contemporary research on how students learn science through immersive experiences in high-quality science instructional materials and productive discussion on how to provide ALL students access to science/STEM literacy through sensemaking.

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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Building a Culture of Sensemaking: Creating Classrooms Where Student Thinking Drives Learning, August 27, 2025

What does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? ...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

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Transforming Science Learning: WI25: Part 2: Building Student Curiosity and Interest to Support Science Learning for All, February 19, 2025

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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Transforming Science Learning: WI25: Part 1: Building Student Curiosity and Interest to Support Science Learning for All, January 22, 2025

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....

Science Update

Science in the news, science-related anniversaries or celebrations, targeting all teachers of science and general science enthusiasts.

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Archive: Science Update: Making a Marine Debris "MAP": Collecting Marine Debris Data with NOAA's Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project, September 18, 2025

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...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Biology Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Hubble Observations of Interstellar Objects, August 21, 2025

A team of astronomers has taken the sharpest-ever picture of the third interstellar object, known as 3I/ATLAS and resembling a comet, traveling at 130,000 miles per hour within our solar system using the crisp vision of Hubble. This breathtaking spri...

Preschool Technical and Vocational Education Early Childhood Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Informal Education Astronomy Earth & Space Science STEM

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Archive: Science Update: The Dynamic Atmosphere: Extreme Weather, June 26, 2025

Extreme atmospheric events, also known as extreme weather, are unusually severe occurrences that can cause significant damage and disruption. These events can range from heat waves and cold snaps to heavy precipitation, droughts, and various storms, ...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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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...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science STEM

Teacher Tip Tuesday

Immediately implementable, instructional strategies or resources that support students’ sensemaking in K-12 classrooms. 

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Supporting Teachers in an OpenSciEd Classroom – Tools, Strategies, and Solutions, September 9, 2025

Implementing OpenSciEd transforms science teaching—but it also comes with a learning curve for educators. ...

Middle School High School OpenSciEd

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: What Are High-Quality Instructional Materials? Understanding the Essentials for Effective Science Teaching, August 12, 2025

What makes instructional materials high quality—and how can you tell the difference between a resource that simply covers content and one that truly supports deep, three-dimensional learning?...

Leaders Elementary Middle School High School General Science Review Sensemaking

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Making the Shift: How Schools Successfully Implemented OpenSciEd, August 5, 2025

Shifting to a new science curriculum is no small feat, but schools across the country are doing it successfully with OpenSciEd and seeing real results. Join us for Making the Shift, a practical and inspiring web seminar designed for school and distri...

High School Middle School Leaders OpenSciEd

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Unlocking Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to NSTA Proposal Submissions, April 9, 2025

Ready to share your best ideas with the science education community? Whether you’re considering a session, poster, or workshop, we’ll break down the submission journey and help you craft a proposal that stands out. In this interactive se...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool Technical and Vocational Education General Science

Book Beat Live!

NSTA Press books are valuable resources for teachers learning to grow in their practice and looking for high quality instructional materials.

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Archive: Book Beat Live! Model-Based Inquiry in Chemistry, June 23, 2025

Join the authors of Model-Based Inquiry in Chemistry (MBI) for an engaging webinar as they introduce their NSTA book, which includes a collection of instructional units and resources designed to support three-dimensional learning through mo...

Postsecondary High School Chemistry

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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...

Preschool Early Childhood Elementary Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers General Science

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Book Beat Live! Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms, May 21, 2024

Join us on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET and meet Joe Krajcik and Christopher Harris authors of the new NSTA Press Book, Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms....

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