1 NASA SMD Cross-Forum Booth at NSTA Boston, MA April 3-6 NASA SMD Forums sponsored an exhibitor booth at the 62 nd annual National Science Teacher’s Conference (NSTA) in Boston Massachusetts, April 3-6, ,500+ science educators from across the United States attended. *Historically SMD supported the NASA booth at NSTA, however there has not been a NASA booth at the 2014 or 2013 NSTA conferences. NAMEInstitutionForum Dorian Janney NASA GSCFEarth Science Annette deCharon University of Maine Earth Science Margaret Baguio The University of Texas CSR Earth Science Susana RamirezThe University of Texas CSR Earth Science Erin CzechBAER InstituteEarth Science Emily SchallerNASA Airborne ScienceEarth Science Preston LewisNASA LaRCEarth Science Kristin WegnerGLOBEEarth Science Cassie Soeffing IGESEarth Science Andi Nelson Adler PlanetariumAstrophysics Ruth Paglierani UC BerkeleyHeliophysics Erin WoodUColorado, Boulder-LASPHeliophysics Steele HillNASA GSFCHeliophysics Rachel Zimmerman-NASA JPLPlanetary Science Brachman Pamela GaySouthern Illinois UniversityPlanetary Science Pat ReiffRice UniversityPlanetary Science Whitney CobbMcRELPlanetary Science Edgar BeringUniversity of HoustonPlanetary Science

2 NASA SMD Cross-Forum at NSTA Boston, MA April 3-6 SMD E/PO forums supported the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) at 3 Share-a-Thon Sessions 1. Climate, Oceans, and Atmosphere 2. Earth and Space Science 3. Space Sciences

3 NASA SMD Cross-Forum at NSTA Boston, MA April 3-6 Educator comments collected at NSTA This [booth] is really great! We are about to start a unit on space—I’ll take a little of everything for my class and my teacher partner too. The NASA booth is one place I make the time to come to at NSTA…I’ve told newbies to skip other booths, but not NASA! I’m getting ready to re-do my classroom, putting up these cool posters will be where I start. NSTA is the perfect venue to reach science teachers and tell them about all of the fantastic NASA products, curriculum. These materials are fantastic. I count on NASA every year. NASA used to attend the regional NSTA meetings, please do it again. The NASA booth...crack for science teachers! My students love NASA stuff- it works better than anything else to motivate them and excite them about learning! I have used NASA materials to teach my students about science for the past twenty years. There is nothing more interesting to my students- and actually to me as well- than learning about what NASA is discovering and how they are discovering stuff. I can’t believe that NASA doesn’t have more space! Why, USGS has five tables and NOAA has at least four. What happened to NASA - don’t they do STEM education anymore? NASA rocks! I use your materials all the time. I’m on your NASA site at least twice a week looking for information and resources for my classes. I was worried that you might not be here this year. I’m glad to see that NASA is still coming to NSTA.

4 NASA SMD Cross-Forum at NSTA Boston, MA April 3-6 NSTA post event results Total Conference Attendance: 11,534 (27% increase over 2013) 77% Teachers, Professors, and Department Heads 13% Principals, Supervisor/Coordinators, Administrators 9% Scientists/Consultants 6% Students Attendance by Grade Level Teaching Experience Hours spent in Exhibit Hall Primary Teaching Responsibility Primary Reason for Attending the National Conference