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Archive: Navigating NSTA 2025 Spring Conference: A Guide for First-Time Attendees, March 12, 2025

Are you a first-time NSTA conference attendee?  This seminar is a great opportunity for first-time attendees to connect with fellow newcomers, NSTA leaders, and staff. Learn how to maximize your experience with tips on pre-conference preparatio...

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 11, 2025

By Debra Shapiro

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Science Update: Energy: The Push From Non-Renewable to Renewable Sources, April 24, 2025

Join us on Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about renewable energy sources and celebrate Earth Day 2025. The global energy demand has increased nearly exponentially in the last century and is projected to increase at a ...

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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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Science Update: Ocean and Coastal Acidification: Building Community Resilience to Our Changing Ocean, March 13, 2025

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

Join us on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about NOAA's marine debris monitoring and assessment project....

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Science Update: Exploring the Applications of Low Earth Orbit Observations, May 8, 2025

Join us on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about the applications of low Earth orbit observations....

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, December 3, 2024

By Debra Shapiro

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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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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 19, 2024

By Debra Shapiro

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Science Update: The Wonderful World of Plasma Physics: From the Birth of Stars to Building Cell Phones, February 20, 2025

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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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 5, 2024

By Debra Shapiro

Informal Science Education Kindergarten Pre-K Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Aerospace Curriculum Earth & Space Science English Language Learners Environmental Science General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science Literacy Multilingual Learners News Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies