2025
Event Details
The 71st ASTA Annual Conference, “Cultivating Curiosity: Empowering Every Learner through 3D Science, Innovation, and STEM”, will be held on Thursday, November 6, and Friday, November 7, at DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Tempe, AZ. This professional learning event will bring together more than 300 PreK through post-secondary educators to learn and celebrate science education.
Click here for Conference Program and read through all workshop sessions.
Register now or onsite. Overview of the 2 day schedule – click here. Lunch will be served both days.
Thursday the conference will consist of professional development that will help Arizona science teachers implement scientific notebooking with John (Jack) Muir Laws, principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. On Friday conference participants will have the opportunity to attend four professional learning sessions focused on one of the three following strands:
- Cultivating Curiosity and Sparking Innovative Thinking with 3-Dimensional Science
- Tech Tools That Transform Teaching and Learning
- Creating Interdisciplinary STEM Learning Experiences
On Friday morning, Jack will deliver the keynote address. ASTA will recognize four outstanding science teachers and an exhibit hall will be open on Friday for attendees to learn about resources to help them teach their scholars.
Click here for Conference Program and read through all workshop session.
KEYNOTE PRESENTER: John (Jack) Muir Laws
John (Jack) Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Jack is a scientist, educator, and author, who helps people forge a deeper and more personal connection with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals and understanding science. His work intersects science, art, and mindfulness. Trained as a wildlife biologist and an associate of the California Academy of Sciences, he observes the world with rigorous attention. He looks for mysteries, plays with ideas, and seeks connections in all he sees. Attention, observation, curiosity, and creative thinking are not gifts, but skills that grow with training and deliberate practice. As an educator and author, Jack teaches techniques and supports routines that develop these skills to make them a part of everyday life.
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
- Attendee Rates
- Exhibitor Rates
- Sponsorship Opportunities
Stay where the conference is taking place!
DoubleTree Hilton in Tempe, 2100 South Priest Drive, Tempe, Arizona 85282 USA
Conference Rate: $155 + taxes
ASTA VINTAGE T-SHIRTS
The Original Shirt was one of the first ASTA logos drawn by David Harbster, 1981-82 ASTA President.
$20 each – Available at Conference
