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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded on Wednesday to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a method for genome editing. Read [...]

The National Academies Press recently released a pre-publication book titled, Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis, by Jennifer Self.  It contains information that may be helpful [...]

As teachers prepare for the coming school year, we must face the possibility that another period of distance learning might become necessary. If your students are accustomed to receiving [...]

AMTA would like to congratulate Melissa Girmscheid (AZ), who was selected as the 2nd place winner of the Air Force Association/Rolls Royce 2020 National Aerospace/STEM Teacher of the Year award. [...]

Congratulations to four members of AMTA for being recognized with the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Jeremy Secaur (OH) Kay Fincher (TX) Brad [...]

Congratulations to Mike Vargas, a long-time Modeler from Phoenix, Arizona! Read recent news releases congratulating Mike and announcing the 15 K-12 STEM teachers who were recognized with this [...]

The ACS fellows program began in 2009 as a way to recognize ACS members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and ACS. The 2020 53 fellows were recently [...]

For those who may have missed this release just over a week ago, here it is.  We will also be adding a list of resources on our landing page for teachers wanting to increase/strengthen their [...]

As you know, 2020 has been the year of non-traditional instruction.  Although virtual teaching and learning was thrust upon teachers with little time to prepare, it could continue into the [...]

Each year, The American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) recognizes three K-12 educators in their respective grade bands.  On April 1, the AACT released their 2020 award winners – [...]