🐾 Get WILD for wildlife! Join us Aug 13 for a Project WILD workshop in Oak Park! ✅ Hands-on K–12 activities ✅ Free activity guide ✅ Great for teachers & youth leaders 🕘 9AM–12PM | 🎟️ Register: eeaoi.wildapricot.org/event-6199083 #ProjectWILD #ISTA #ILTeachers #EEAI

🧬 Biology teachers! ASEC is hosting a Chicago Summer Storyline Academy 🧪 📍 Saint Xavier Univ 📅 2-day workshop | 9am–3pm 🎓 ISBE PD credit/certificates available Learn to implement Illinois Biology Storylines & lead pedagogical shifts! #ISTA #NGSS

🌞 Happy First Day of Summer! While you relax and recharge, don’t miss out on awesome summer PD opportunities - ilscience.org/Professional-L…! 🎉 And get hyped—ISTA’s Annual Conference is coming this fall. Session highlights coming soon! #ISTA #ScienceEducators #SummerPD

🌿 Explore biodiversity in the field! 🌿 Join the 2025 Field Science Workshop at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, Lemont, IL. 📍 12545 W 111th St 🗓️ Hosted by Forest Preserves 🤝 Supported by @ILScienceTeach 🥾 Moderate hiking 🍎 Bring snacks/lunch #FieldScience #Biodiversity #ISTA

Know a science educator who can help lead science education in Illinois? Nominate them for the ISTA Board of Directors by July 15! 🧪🌍 🔗 forms.gle/cVznMqNk6MnAfV… Questions? Contact Nicole Vick: [email protected] #ILScience #ScienceEd #ISTA

PreK–2 Teachers: One Week Away! 🌿 Join Project WET’s Getting Little Feet WET at UIS Therkildsen Field Station! 💧 ✅ Hands-on science activities ✅ Lesson ideas & resources ✅ PD units for IL teachers 💵 $50/workshop — includes materials & certificate 🔗 forms.illinois.edu/sec/328845119

Don’t miss your chance to make a change! 🌟 Know a passionate science educator? Nominate them for the ISTA Board of Directors! 📅 Deadline: July 15 📌 Leaders shaping science education statewide 📝 Self-nominations welcome 👉 forms.gle/cVznMqNk6MnAfV… #ISTA #ScienceEducation

🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July from ISTA! 🎆 Wishing you a joyful, relaxing day to recharge. Here’s to freedom, learning, and inspiring bright futures! 🥂📚✨ Stay safe and enjoy the holiday! #IllinoisScienceTeachers #ISTA

⏳ ONE WEEK AWAY, Illinois Educators! Join a 3-day, hands-on STEM workshop on rocks, minerals & mining — July 14–16! 🪨⛏️ 🌍 Mining site tours 📚 Classroom-ready geology activities 🍽️ Meals & lodging included 📓 20 PD hours 💵 Only $100 — just 35 spots! 🔗ilassocofaggregateproducers.regfox.com/illinois-teach…

🧬 Biology Teachers — ONE WEEK LEFT! 🌱 Join the Chicago Summer Storyline Academy w/ ASEC at Saint Xavier Univ! 📅 2-day hands-on workshop 🕘 9AM–3PM | 🎓 ISBE PD credits 📍 Chicago | 💡 IL Biology Storylines (an ISTA project!) 🔗 allspeciesconsulting.com #NGSS #ISTA

📣 PreK–8 Educators: Just ONE Week Away! 🌿 Join us at UIS Therkildsen Field Station for a hands-on, nature-based PD workshop! 📚🌲 Project Learning Tree & more ✅ Engaging science activities 📓 ISBE PD units 💵 $50 w/ materials included 🔗 Register: forms.illinois.edu/sec/328845119 #ISTA

🛍️ Get excited for the Flea Market returning to the ISTA Annual Conference! 🎉 Bring extra classroom/lab supplies to share—or do a little shopping and take home something new for your students! 🧪📚✏️ #ISTA2025

🚨🌽 Pre-Conference Highlight: IAVAT & ISTA AgBio Sessions! Join us Oct 23 for hands-on Food & Ag Life Science workshops before the Annual Conference! 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 #ISTA2025 #AgBio #NGSS #ScienceEd #IAVAT #TeacherPD

🍎 Missed the perfect apple lesson this summer? No worries! Join us Oct 23 at the ISTA Pre-Conference for hands-on Food & Ag Life Science Immersion Sessions! 🌽🔬 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd

💻✨ Pre-Conference Highlight: OpenSciEd + Computer Science! Discover how CS integration supports science sensemaking & student belonging in OpenSciEd units. 🧠🧪 📅 Oct 23, 2025 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd #OpenSciEd #TeacherPD

🎉 Back-to-school season is here, and so is the countdown to our Annual Conference! 🍁🔬 Get ready for session spotlights, presenter previews & more. 📅 Oct 24, 2025 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd #BackToSchool

🚨 Session Spotlight! 🚨 We’re kicking off our Annual Conference previews — and you won’t want to miss what’s coming! 🎉 📅 Oct 24, 2025 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 Register for the Conference + Pre-Conference today! #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd

🚨 Session Spotlight! 🚨 📅 Oct 24, 2025 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 Register for the Conference + Pre-Conference today! #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd #ISTA

✨ Session Spotlight! ✨ 📅 Oct 24, 2025 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 Register for the Conference + Pre-Conference today! #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd

🚨 Session Spotlight! 🚨 📅 Oct 24, 2025 📍 NIU Conference Center 🔗 ilscience.org/event-5988616 Register for the Conference + Pre-Conference today! #ISTA2025 #ScienceEd