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NEWS FLASHES! - OPPORTUNITIES FOR NESTA MEMBERS!
New Science Store on Windows to the Universe website! NESTA is happy to announce the opening of the new science education store on the Windows to the Universe website. In addition to Windows to the Universe and NESTA resources, the store offers mineral and fossil specimens from Nature's Own. We will continue to add new products over the coming weeks and months, including publications from the National Academy of Sciences. Windows to the Universe members get a 10% discount on store products, and NESTA members get a 50% discount on membership in Windows to the Universe. Check back frequently for new products, and we hope you enjoy the store!
Special Opportunity for NESTA Members to Join Windows to the Universe! - The Windows to the Universe team at NESTA will be offering memberships for educators by 1 September 2010 which will provide access to new website capabilities and services, as well as access to an ad-free version of the website. We have set the minimum membership rate at $20/year. As a special opportunity, NESTA members can join as Windows to the Universe Educators now for only $10 per year. That's 50% off the planned minimum price to be announced by 1 September, available only to NESTA members! NESTA members of Windows to the Universe will get immediate access to an advertising free version of the website, and will receive all the additional capabilities and services on Windows to the Universe made available to others in the fall at no additional fee! If you're not a member of NESTA, join NESTA today, and then become an Educator Member of Windows to the Universe at this special NESTA-only rate!
Please Contribute Your Ideas for a new NESTA Logo! - NESTA leadership is asking for NESTA members for your ideas for a new NESTA logo. We feel that our current logo, which has served well for decades, is in need of an update. We would like to better capture the breadth of NESTA science, the scope of our membership (including Alaska and Hawaii), and also to have a logo that works at high resolution for publications. NESTA leadership will select a subset of the logos submitted and ask our members to vote on their choice for a new logo. Submissions are open through December 31, 2010.
Please keep in mind that the logo should be about the same dimensions as the current logo (it can be enlarged or made smaller, but should have about this same relative dimensions), and that it can be color or black and white. Please submit your entry online along with your name and e-mail, so we can contact you if we need to. The winning logo entry will earn a free 1-year print membership to NESTA.
Share Your Best Places to Go for Earth and Space Science Education - Please help us create NESTA's List of Best Places for Earth and Space Science across the country. We would like to ask you, as a NESTA member, to share your favorite places in your state relevant to our field with other NESTA members. The following questions may help you think of the places we'd like to identify:
- What are the places you love to visit to see a great outcrop?
- What museum or planetarium in your area do you think is the best for seeing a geoscience-related exhibit?
- What places do you like to visit to see the best examples of landforms?
- Do you know of good places where you can collect rocks, minerals, and fossils (legally...) - even if at a fee?
Obscure Earth Science Word of the Day Contributions - Now that Windows to the Universe has moved to NESTA, the website redesign team is working away and coming up with some fun ideas to engage people interested in the Earth and Space Sciences, as well as to provide resources for educators (in the classroom, and elsewhere). One of the new elements we are developing will be a section of the website dedicated to an Earth and Space Science "Word of the Day".
We would like you, as a member of NESTA and a leading Earth and Space Science educator, to contribute your favorite few obscure Earth and Space Science words (say, three to five) to form the basis for this collection. Please don't forget to provide not only the words, but their definitions, in this online form - please also provide your name and e-mail, so we can acknowledge your contributions!
Donate to NESTA! - Help NESTA help Earth and Space Science Educators across the country - Make a donation to NESTA today! Find our more about our fund-raising goals, and opportunities to target your donation to the activity of your choice. Donate today, support Earth and Space Science education, and double the impact of your contribution!
The National Earth Science Teachers Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization, founded in 1985, whose mission is to facilitate and advance excellence in Earth and Space Science education. NESTA's purpose is the advancement, stimulation, extension, improvement, and coordination of Earth Science education at all educational levels. NESTA is an organization made up of and governed by classroom teachers, and extends its influence through association with other professional societies and organizations. We always welcome new members - JOIN NESTA today!
Visit our About NESTA pages to find out more about our organization. Links below the banner at the top of this page, as well as in the navigation panel to the left, provide links to NESTA resources and services. NESTA members can login in the box at the right to access resources available only to Members, such as our publications (The Earth Scientist, NESTA E-News), My NESTA, Teacher Employment, and to recommend or share curriculum resources, images, and multimedia with the NESTA community.
Membership in NESTA provides many benefits to Members. Find out more on our Membership Benefits page.
Visit our conference page to find out about our sessions at the upcoming NSTA Regional Conferences on Science Education this fall.
