NSTA Web Seminars are live professional learning experiences that use online learning technologies to allow participants to interact with nationally acclaimed experts, NSTA Press authors, and scientists, engineers, and education specialists from NSTA partner organizations.

Starting Strong: Creating Classroom Norms that Foster Sensemaking from Day One: August 20th 7:00 PM ET, NSTA MEMBERS

Sponsored Web Seminar: Toss It, Walk It, Graph It: Simple Motion Experiments to Start the Year Strong: August 25th 7:00 PM ET

OpenSciEd Best Practices for Success: Starting Strong: Lessons from Experienced Teachers: August 26th 7:00 PM ET NSTA MEMBERS

Amazing Monarch Butterflies: August 27th 7:00 PM ET

This microcredential provides teachers of all disciplines the practical tools, resources, and confidence to lead meaningful conversations in their classroom. This online, asynchronous course is $210 and provides 40 PDHs and a digital badge on teachers' Illinois professional educator license. Registration is now open.

The College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has just launched a new microcredential that was developed to meet the new state mandate requiring Climate Change Education for all K-12 classrooms effective Fall 2026. This course equips educators to teach climate change thoughtfully and in ways that foster meaningful engagement and action.

In this self-paced program, teachers will:

• Build a strong understanding of the fundamentals of climate change including how it disproportionately impacts people globally
• Learn strategies for teaching climate topics while making space for students’ emotions, questions, and agency
• Explore how climate education can inspire meaningful hope-in-action across disciplines
• Develop standards-aligned resources for your classroom
• Bring holistic climate action to their school