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The CSTA Conference will return in 2024!!!

Save the date - October 19, 2024 at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury, CT

Call for Presenters: Click HERE to Apply

Use the Conference Tab for more info

Upcoming Events

  • May 6 - STEMTASTIC - Jason Maur 7:30pm 
  • May 9 - Bite Sized PD with DEEP at The Center for Innovation and Design, Wallingford Public Schools
  • October 24 Connecting and Collaborating CSTA Conference - Smith Middle School, Glastonbury
    April 1 - STEMTASTIC with Sandra Pearl @ 7:30 https://sacredheart-edu.zoom.us/my/bjm0909

    STEMTASTIC NEWS



    Latest News

    • AWARD Nominations are open!!! Nominate an excellent CT science teacher for a CSTA Science Teaching Award HERE

    • STEMTASTIC News - Resources from the October Biomimicry Institute and Jill Wertheim's presentation can be found in our STEMtastic page
    • View the latest assessment news under the Resources tab
    • 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.

    • 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)

    CSTA Awards

    2023  CT Science Awards 

    Congratulations to all Awardees!

    Excellence in  Science Teaching 2023


    Excellence in  Elementary Science Teaching 

    Karen Nixon, George Hersey Robertson Intermediate School, Coventry



    Excellence in Middle School  Science Teaching 
    Liisa Petersen, Middlesex Middle School, Darien


    Excellence in  Secondary Science Teaching 

    Danielle Weber, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, Stamford



    Ralph and Ruth Yulo Beginning Teacher Award
    Paige Ridley, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, Stamford


    Babu George STEM Award

    Christopher Stone, CT STEM Academy, Wallingford




      2023 Marty Tafel Student Science Research Award Winners 


      TOSHAN BHATTACHARYA

      BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOL (BETHEL): GRADE 8

      D.E.R.M.A. (DERMATOLOGIC EQUIPMENT FOR RAPID

      MEDICAL ANALYSIS)



      BRIDGET HADDEN

      CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL (GREENWICH): GRADE 8

      DEMONSTRATING THE PERSISTENCE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND

      POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH) CONTAMINATION



      Click HERE for more info

      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 Nominations for the Elementary cycle (2023-2024) will open this summer.

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

      Congratulations!

      2023 State Finalists 7-12: Nicole Bolduc, Douglas Haddad, & Joseph Mancino

      2022 State Finalist K-6: Carly Imhoff

      2021 State Finalists 7-12: Robert Cormier, Lauren Danner, & Alexa Mitchell

      2020 Awardee K-6: Lori Durocher

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