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The Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association shall work toward the advancement, improvement, and coordination of science education in all areas of science at all educational levels.

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June 14, 2012 - 2nd Central PA STEM Regional Conference on June 14, 2012 at Milton Area High School.

March 12, 2012 --Norwin School District STEM Summit
The Norwin School District is hosting the First Annual STEM Summit on Monday, March 12, 2012 in the Norwin High School from 8:30 a.m. to noon. A part of the Summit will include sharing of best practices in STEM Education around the county. The tentative agenda for the STEM Summit will include a Keynote Speaker, STEM Panel Discussion, and Breakout Sessions to Share Best STEM Practices (Breakout Sessions will be 30 minutes in length).

February 2012 – PSTA Conference Proposal Time
Submit a proposal for the 2012 PSTA Conference to be held in November.  Check the conferences tab at the top for the new proposal form!

January 2012 --NSTA Releases Reader’s Guide to the Framework for K–12 Science Education. Download it now for FREE!
A Framework for K–12 Science Education provides a broad set of learning expectations for students as they study science and engineering throughout the K–12 years.  NSTA has released a handy Reader’s Guide that unpacks the three key dimensions of the Framework—allowing teachers, administrators, curriculum developers, university professors and others to more easily grasp how the soon-to-be-released Next Generation Science Standards will differ from the current standards. Authored by Harold Pratt, a former NSTA president, career science coordinator, and NRC senior program officer during the development of the National Science Education Standards (NSES), the Reader’s Guide offers the following for each chapter of the Framework:

• An overview with a brief synopsis of key ideas
• An analysis of what is similar to and what is different from the NSES
• A suggested action to help readers understand and start preparing for the NGSS

The NSTA Reader’s Guide to the Framework for K–12 Science Education is an important companion to the Framework and will help science educators as they prepare to incorporate the upcoming standards into their teaching of science and engineering. Visit the NSTA Science Store to download a FREE copy, or visit www.nsta.org/ngss for a link to the Guide along with up-to-date information on work surrounding the Next Generation Science Standards. The Reader’s Guide also will be inserted in the January editions of all NSTA journals.


May 17–19, 2012 - STEM Forum & Expo,
Teachers should plan on being a part of the very first NSTA STEM Forum & Expo in May 2012. For K–8 teachers, high school and college educators knowledgeable about what secondary and college level students need to be successful in STEM course work, and administrators who must educate their teaching staff about STEM, this is a one-of-a-kind event.

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