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National Conferences
National Conference On Science Education
New Orleans • November 6-9, 2024
NSTA is headed to New Orleans, infusing its fall national conference with the city's unique energy and culture. Join us for an unforgettable experience where professional growth meets the soulfulness of the Big Easy.
National Conference On Science Education
Philadelphia • March 26-29, 2025
Join us in the City of Brotherly Love to connect with like-minded professionals for an unforgettable experience! With content crafted by educators for educators, you’ll leave with an arsenal of engaging, practical strategies for your classroom, school or district that you can implement right away. Whether you're just looking for casual networking, peer-driven roundtable discussions, or new professional opportunities, we have it all!
Institutes
Leaders Institute
Leadership for the Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials
Philadelphia • March 26, 2025
Join fellow administrators for a day of empowering strategies, connection, and inspiration through focused leader-centric professional learning. National Conference registration is NOT required to attend the Leaders Institute. Participants registering for the Leaders Institute are invited to purchase conference registration at a discounted cost.
OpenSciEd Middle School Unit Launch Workshops
Norwood and UMass, Massachusetts • February 2025 (various dates)
Join middle school science teachers from across Massachusetts for OpenSciEd Middle School Unit Launch professional learning workshops! You’ll leave with everything you need to confidently implement your chosen unit, including a deeper understanding of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum and a familiarity with the wealth of resources available on the OpenSciEd website to support teaching and learning in your classroom.
Web Seminar Series
Web Seminar Series
Join us for this web seminar series titled Social Justice in Science - From Theory to Practice, Application, and Reflection: Topic Study for K-12 Educ...
Web Seminar Series
WI25: Supporting Student Sensemaking with the Crosscutting Concepts: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
Join us on four consecutive Tuesdays, February 18, 25, March 4, and 11, 2025, to experience the crosscutting concepts (CCCs) as powerful lenses and to...
Web Seminar Series
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 a...
Web Seminars
Member Web Seminar
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 Pro...
Member Web Seminar
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 s...
Web Seminar
Science Update: Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy, January 30, 2025
Join us on Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about the search for planets located outside our Solar System....
Member Web Seminar
Book Beat Live! Next Time You See Book Series, February 4, 2025
Join us on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET, to learn about the NSTA Book Series Next Time You See.Led by NSTA Early Childhood-El...
"I go to NSTA conferences because I get to have a lot of fun with other educators who are there for the same reason I am. To learn more. To be better. And to make an impact."
-Elizabeth Allan
Conference Schedule
2024
2025
- National Conference in Philadelphia, March 26-29
- National Conference in Minneapolis, November 12-15
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