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Congratulations to our 2023 CSTA Award winners!

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  • Check out our recent STEMtastic recordings & resources using the STEMtastic tab 

  • 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.

  • 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


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    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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