Join 50,000 dedicated teachers, science supervisors, administrators, informal educators, scientists, and
business and industry representatives committed to science education.
Individual Membership Tiers
Digital Discounted
$3.50 /Month
Rate available for new teachers, students, retired educators, and homeschoolers.
- Unlimited digital resources
- Access to all digital journal archives
- One printed journal
- Access new and archived Daily Do lesson plans
- Access to live and archived monthly professional learning web seminars
- Discounts on books, conferences, and other NSTA purchases
- Access to NSTA list servers
- Right to serve on NSTA committees or governance and vote in NSTA elections
- Eligibility for NSTA awards and grants
Digital Professional
$5.50 /Month
Fully featured membership for those who prefer a digital only experience.
- Unlimited digital resources
- Access to all digital journal archives
- One printed journal
- Access new and archived Daily Do lesson plans
- Access to live and archived monthly professional learning web seminars
- Discounts on books, conferences, and other NSTA purchases
- Access to NSTA list servers
- Right to serve on NSTA committees or governance and vote in NSTA elections
- Eligibility for NSTA awards and grants
Professional
$7.00 /Month
Premium membership includes a print copy of your journal.
- Unlimited digital resources
- Access to all digital journal archives
- One printed journal
- Access new and archived Daily Do lesson plans
- Access to live and archived monthly professional learning web seminars
- Discounts on books, conferences, and other NSTA purchases
- Access to NSTA list servers
- Right to serve on NSTA committees or governance and vote in NSTA elections
- Eligibility for NSTA awards and grants
Free NSTA Registration
Free
Join NSTA for free and start accessing a limited number of our resources.
- Up to 3 free resources a month
- Access to all digital journal archives
- One printed journal
- Access new and archived Daily Do lesson plans
- Access to live and archived monthly professional learning web seminars
- Discounts on books, conferences, and other NSTA purchases
- Access to NSTA list servers
- Right to serve on NSTA committees or governance and vote in NSTA elections
- Eligibility for NSTA awards and grants
Add-ons Available
Add-ons available for paid membership tiers
Download Member Form (pdf)
Use NSTA digital resources, professional learning tools, and online community as your textbook
- Membership for all students
- Professor direct line to NSTA staff for planning/consultation
- Customized 90-minute online orientation
- Custom landing page with branding
- Discounts on Books, Conferences, and other NSTA purchases
- Private forum for class discussion
- Professor dashboard for tracking usage and growth
- Unlimited digital resources
- Access to digital journals
- Access new and archived Daily Do lesson plans
- Access to 15 eBook chapters
- Interactive eBooks+ professional collection
- Access to monthly professional learning web seminars
How Does it Work?
Professors:
- Create an engaging suite of content and experiences using their resources, external URLs, and NSTA digital resources, professional learning tools, and online community.
- Track their students’ usage, online participation, and learning via the professor’s dashboard and students’ profiles.
- Become NSTA members (Professional).
University Students:
- Build a digital library of professional learning resources they can use during the course and for the rest of their career.
- Engage in discourse and network with other professional educators via community forums and web seminars.
- Use professional learning tools to personalize, manage, and document their growth.
- Receive recognition for their online work via badges and leader boards.
- Become NSTA members (Digital Discounted).
How to Begin?
Create your class landing page to "test-drive" the NSTA resources, professional learning tools, and online community. An NSTA staff member will contact you to share strategies for best use and to answer questions.
See also:
- Testimonials from professors
- Participating Institutions
- NSTA Position Statement on e-Learning
Corporate Membership
NSTA’s Corporate Membership is designed to provide companies and organizations with a variety of tools and resources including:
- Learning opportunities
- Timely industry information and trends
- Increased visibility within the science education community
How is this different from a regular membership?
NSTA’s Individual memberships are designed specifically with educators in mind.
NSTA’s Corporate memberships were developed exclusively for companies and organizations serving the science
and STEM education market. Corporate membership offers a wealth of unique opportunities for visibility,
learning, and monetary savings throughout the year.
Corporate Membership
For Profit Companies
$1,595 /Year
Non-Profit, Academic, Government
$1,195 /Year
- Permission to use exclusive NSTA Corporate Member logo on your website and materials
- Bonus Priority Points impacting your booth placement at NSTA Conferences (15 points)
- Annual E-mail blast recognizing and thanking NSTA Corporate Members sent to all NSTA Members
- Receive NSTA’s quarterly legislative and public relations e-newsletter, available only to Corporate Members
- Two guest passes for member customers and business contacts to attend the National Conference
- Listing on Corporate Member webpage with contact information and link to member Science Supply Guide profile
- Invite to corporate reception (held at National Conference)
Both plans also include traditional NSTA Member benefits including
- Unlimited digital resources
- Access to all digital journal archives
- One printed journal
- Discounts on Books, Conferences, and other NSTA purchases
- Access to NSTA list servers
- Access to NGSS Standards
- Access to NGSS curated resources