Welcome to the 2024 NCSTA Professional Development Institute. The Benton food service bar will be available in the Main Lobby during the lunch break on Thursday and Friday. Grab a quick bite and visit the Exhibit Hall. StemScopes/Accelerated Learning offers a free lunch and learn session on Thursday. Get tickets at Booth 204. Savvas offers a free lunch and learn session on Friday. Get tickets at Booth 101. NCSTA will reimburse up to $15 for parking (total, not per day). Information and form from our website. CEU forms will be emailed to you after the conference. You may earn .6 CEU per day.
Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) framework shapes instruction for joyful, rigorous and equitable science learning. This session addresses the new NC Science standards through an AST lens focusing on four core practices grounded in STEM equity. Explore how to plan for student engagement, elicit ideas, support conceptual change, and scaffold reasoning and articulation of evidence through facilitation of meaningful science talk that amplifies all student voices.
