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NSTA Home | Member Benefits | Conferences | Journals | Science Store | Learning Center | Career Center  [ View in web browser ] February 2, 2015 ESEA is Moving—Call your Representatives, Let your Voice be Heard Last Day to Save 14% on Winning Teacher Resources Tell Us What You Think about the Next Generation Science Standards Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute NSTA Conference on Science Education Coming to a City near You this Fall! Deadline Extended: Register by February 4 for the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Competition PAEMST 2014–2015 Application for 7–12 Grade Mathematics and Science Teachers Now Open ESEA is Moving—Call your Representatives, Let your Voice Be Heard The Senate continues to discuss key issues as it gears up to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind), and a bill mark-up is possible next week. Now is the time to contact your members of Congress and voice your views on this legislation; read more. Last Day to Save 14% on Winning Teacher Resources NSTA Press was honored to have 14 books named "Best Books of 2014" by AAAS's Science Books & Films. Celebrate with us by taking 14% off these 14 winning teacher resources, including Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS, Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, The Basics of Data Literacy, The New Science Teacher's Handbook, Scientific Argumentation in Biology, and more. Be sure to order by February 2, and enter promo code 14Books at checkout from the online Science Store to receive 14% off these books. Facebook fans, see all the books here. Tell Us What you Think about the Next Generation Science Standards It's been nearly two years since the release of the Next Generation Science Standards and we want to hear from science educators—from all states regardless of adoption—about your thoughts, experiences, and challenges as you work to put them into practice. Your responses will help us to plan upcoming professional learning, communications, and much more. Please take five minutes to complete the survey, and enter into the drawing to win a free volume of The NSTA Quick-Reference Guides to the NGSS. The survey closes at the end of the day on Friday, February 13. Take the survey here. Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute Teachers are invited to learn more about the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute for Primary Sources in Science, a week-long professional development opportunity, taking place July 20–24. Participants will explore the benefits of using historical primary sources in the science classroom, particularly around the nature of science, the practices of scientists, and the relationship between science and society. Participants will build skills in teaching effectively with photographs, manuscripts, drawings, maps, and other formats from the Library's collections. The program will include model classroom activities, as well as opportunities to conduct original research, learn from peers, and work side by side with curators, experts, and education specialists. Tuition and materials are provided at no cost. Participants will be responsible for transportation to and from Washington, DC, and any required overnight accommodations. NSTA Conference on Science Education Coming to a City near You this Fall! Save the date now for an NSTA conference, coming to a city near you this fall.   Reno, Nevada: October 22–24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: November 12–14 Kansas City, Missouri: December 3–5   "The workshops gave me ideas for labs and hands-on activities to make a topic more engaging to students, as well as to enhance learning." For more information and updates, visit www.nsta.org/conferences.   Did you know that as an NSTA member, you can get up to $90 off the registration price? Deep conference discounts is one of the many benefits of being an NSTA member. Click here for more information! Deadline Extended: Register by February 4 for the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Competition The deadline to register teams for the 2015 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision program—the world's largest K–12 science and technology competition—has been extended! If you haven't registered your team for the ExploraVision competition, it's not too late—register today. The new deadline for submissions is February 4. Visit the ExploraVision website for competition details and helpful resources for teachers, parents, and students. In case you missed it, watch the recent web seminar, How to Avoid Disqualification in ExploraVision, for further information about the competition and tips on how you can prevent ineligibility.   In addition, students who enter a project into the ExploraVision program, as well as participating teachers, will also be eligible to apply for the TOMODACHI Toshiba Science & Technology Leadership Academy, an expense-paid, week-long cross-cultural STEM exchange program held in Tokyo where students and teachers from the United States work closely with a team of Japanese counterparts to develop proposed solutions to global issues. PAEMST 2014–2015 Application for 7–12 Grade Mathematics and Science Teachers Now Open The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) program is pleased to announce that the 2014-2015 application period for 7-12 grade mathematics and science (including computer science) teachers is now open! Please consider nominating a talented teacher or applying yourself by using thePAEMST website today. The nomination deadline is April 1, and the application deadline is May 1.   PAEMST is the highest honor the United States government bestows for K–12 mathematics and science teaching, honoring up to 108 teachers each year. Presidential awardees receive a certificate signed by the President, a trip for two to Washington, D.C., to attend a series of recognition events, and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). PAEMST's most recent cohort of awardees even had the opportunity tomeet with President Barack Obama. 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