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NEW: You can now join and pay annual dues online! Go to the "Join RISTA" tab to check it out.

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Where do you find inspiration? As we develop this website, we would like to make it useful to science educators. Please take a moment to submit a resource that you find useful. We will use your suggestions to develop an online listing of resources. If you know of a great supplier, field trip destination, or speaker/assembly idea please include that as well. Our goal is to develop a database of resources for all topics and levels.

Grant/Contest from National Grid for energy upgrades in K-8 schools. Click here to see more details

Upcoming events

Final version will be released the week of April 8th

Achieve is currently revising the draft that was recently reviewed to create a final version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The final version will be released soon. Achieve encourages all science educators to familiarize themselves with the Framework for K-12 Science Education, which is what the NGSS are based on. A free pdf of the Framework is available at NAP. More information about the development of the NGSS is available at www.nextgenscience.org.

NSTA has developed a great selection of webinars and support materials for educators as we shift to the NGSS. Their materials can be accessed at NSTA.

The RI Department of Education is planning to adopt the NGSS as a replacement to the GLEs and GSEs in K-12 science. The timeline for this adoption is currently being developed and will be available once approved.