NSTA Position Statements

Page | January 2020

NSTA Position Statements Aerospace Education Animals: Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the Science Classroom  (under revision) Assessment  (under development) Climate Science, The Teaching of  (new) Digital Technologies (under development) Early Childhood Science Education (…

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

Page | February 2020

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Hearing loss often appears to be an invisible disability until the student enters the classroom. The challenges for students are anchored in learning language, learning how to listen and speak (if possible) and in learning how to read and write. In nearly all cases,…

Science Scope: Checklist for Feature Articles

Page | June 2020

Never written a feature article for Science Scope before? Follow this checklist as you prepare your manuscript. You’ll soon be on your way to getting published!

Intellectual Disabilities

Page | February 2020

Intellectual Disabilities Introduction Students with intellectual disabilities are identified by exhibiting the following criteria: Sub-average intellectual ability (IQ 70 or lower) Problems in adaptive functioning Manifested before the age of 18 General Strategies Identify science role…

A Screencasting Strategy to Support STEM Learning in the Early Grades

Journal Article | October 2017

Learn how a research–practice partnership used screencasting to promote early elementary students’ mathematics learning and communication.   It is a winter day in Auburn, Maine. Twenty second-grade students in…

Working Together for Test Success

Journal Article | December 2016

Sky Ranch Outdoor Education program shows how it collaborates with formal educators to enhance student test scores and achieve its program outcomes.   The Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education…

Making Deeper Learners

Journal Article | July 2018

Educators from the Exploratorium Tinkering Studio and the Lighthouse Community Public Schools explored how out-of-school Making and Tinkering programs could support learning that flowed into the school day.  …

STEM Learning Ecologies

Journal Article | February 2016

The science education community is buzzing about STEM learning ecosystems, ecologies of learning, and ecological perspectives on learning. You may not know it, but if your teaching involves building on young people’s…

NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute and NSTA Unveil New Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code Educational Resources for Educators

Press Release | June 2022