Connecticut Science Teachers Association

"...to inspire, promote and support the learners of science in the state of Connecticut."

Congratulations to all of our 2022 Awardees!

STEMtastic: The collaborative effort between CSTA & Sacred Heart University is back for the 2021-2022 school year!

Join us for our next STEMtastic event:

Our Fall-Winter CSTA Science Journal is now ready! Our members can click on the link to find these articles and more!

Presidential Award Winners 2021
Teaching - Science in Kindergarten, Creating Video Guides, Fluor Engineering Challenge, Authentic Writing in Science
Articles - Women in Science, a Volcanologist and Deep Sea Microbiologist; James Webb Telescope, Does Outer Space End? and more

Latest News

Listen to CSTA Board Member Mark Ruede's interview on CT NPR program, "Where We Live," focused on How CT Science Teachers Help in Discerning Fact From Fiction.
Congratulations to Lori Durocher, Kindergarten teacher at Norfeldt Elementary School in West Hartford, for being named the 2020 Elementary Science Awardee for PAEMST.
Check out these great Elementary literary resources that compliment the NGSS standards.
Do you have an idea for a STEMTastic webinar? Is there someone you would like to talk to? Is there an area of interest that you think other teachers would like to discuss? Please let us know.

Thinking about how to implement Safety in Your Classroom when returning? Check out Ken Roy's Safety Bulletins!

NGSS Assessment Tools - This site is designed to facilitate development and sharing of classroom NGSS assessment items and item clusters (groups of items associated with same phenomenon)

Upcoming Events

May 11 - Awards Celebration - Sacred Heart University Discovery Museum
May 16 - STEMtastic Event - Jason Maur, The Science of Food

PD Opportunities

Visit our Professional Development and Grants pages for more information

Bird Mini Grants

Job Openings

Middle School Science - Captain Nathan Hale Middle School - posted repost (LInk to application)

CSTA Awards

2022 CT Science Awards

Congratulations to all Awardees!

Excellence in Science Teaching 2022

Excellence in Elementary Science Teaching - Honorarium Courtesy of Kanse Griffing and Gina Wofford

Shannon Hokans, CREC Academy of Aerospace & Engineering Elementary, Rocky Hill, CT

Excellence in Middle School Science Teaching - Honorarium Courtesy of Jon DeVito of Lab-Aids, Inc

Melissa Carter, STEM Academy, Monroe, CT

Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching - Honorarium Courtesy of Connecticut Science Teachers Association

Erin Ritz, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, Stamford, CT

Ralph and Ruth Yulo Beginning Teacher Award

Michael Ayala, East Shore Middle School, Milford, CT

Babu George STEM Award - Honorarium Courtesy of Isabelle Farrington School of Education and Human Development at Sacred Heart University

Sarah Riccio, Irving School, Derby, CT

2022 Marty Tafel Student Science Research Award Winners

Samuel Wu, Talcott Mountain Academy, Avon CT - "The Right Switch: An Automatic Light Switch Sterilization Device"

Sia Reddy, Talcott Mountain Academy, Avon CT - "Pellet-"O"-Trap: Capturing Plastic Pellets Through a Multi-Filter System & Analyzing Their Progression Using Binary Image Processing"

PAEMST

Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science (including computer science) teaching.

Anyone may nominate exceptional mathematics or science teachers, or teachers may apply directly at paemst.org. The nomination deadline for 2022 has passed. Nominations for secondary science teachers in the 2022-2023 school year will open this summer.

For more information, please contact Sean Serafino, the PAEMST State Science Coordinator, at connecticutsciencepaemst@gmail.com

Congratulations!

2022 State Finalist K-6: Carly Imhoff

2021 State Finalist 7-12: Robert Cormier

2021 State Finalist 7-12: Lauren Danner

2021 State Finalist 7-12: Alexa Mitchell

2020 Awardee K-6: Lori Durocher

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