Friends of NMLSTA

Delta Education Delta Education is a friend of NMLSTA and sponsors The Paul DeHart Hurd Award. A plaque and $1000 will be awarded to the middle level science teacher winner at the Middle Level Luncheon at the National NSTA Convention. For more information concerning this award, contact Dale Rosene at Marshall Middle School, 100 East Green Street, Marshall, MI 49068.	Weekly Reader Corporation The Weekly Reader Corporation is a friend of NMLSTA and funds the Vincent J. Marteka, Jr. Award for Creative Science Teaching every year. The winner receives $2,500 to be used for the purchase of supplies and equipment plus $1000 to attend the National Convention of the NSTA. For information concerning the award, contact: Karen Cavalluzzi, 1642 NW 785 Road, Bates City, MO 64011
Women in Mining Women in Mining Education Foundation became a friend of NMLSTA in 1999. WIM was founded in 1972 in Denver, Colorado, by several women whose intent was to facilitate education about the mining industry for themselves and for those not acquainted with the role the industry plays in their lives. WIM is dedicated to educating students, teachers, and the general public about the importance of minerals.	Pitsco Pitsco is a friend of NMLSTA and has been serving teachers since 1972. Motivated by the lack of service and quality products available, Dr. Harvey Dean and two other teachers started Pitsco as a means of providing quality, motivational products in a timely, friendly fashion. As a part of its service to teachers, Pitsco is a corporate sponsor of NMLSTA, and provides support for ice cream socials and breakfasts at the NSTA conventions.
Prentice Hall Prentice Hall is a friend of NMLSTA and continues to create the nation's most successful educational programs through on-going, in depth customer research. Prentice Hall has underwritten the first and second printings of the "NMLSTA Membership Handbook". The membership directory has been useful to our membership for networking and finding people with common interests.	Frey Scientific and Premier Science Frey Scientific recently paired up with Premier Science, and both are friends of NMLSTA. Follow links from the Frey home page to learn about the inquiry-based curriculum produced by Premier for middle level teachers. Visit the Frey/Premier booth at NSTA conventions to see the new curriculum for yourself, and come to the NMLSTA ice cream social at the NSTA Regional in Louisville, Kentucky.
PASCO PASCO is a friend of NMLSTA, and sponsors the E-measure Award. As a company that produces high end computer-based probes and instruments for investigations of concepts in physics, PASCO also recognizes the importance of providing appropriate instruments and activities for middle level science students. The association with NMLSTA helps forge connections with middle level science teachers.	Showboard Showboard has been a friend of NMLSTA since 1994. The boards for the NMLSTA poster sessions held at NSTA conventions are supplied by SHOWBOARD. This company came into existence in 1985 as a result of the need for a cheaper and easier way to display science fair projects. They now offer science fair instructions workshops to help science teachers organize the sometimes overwhelming tasks of the fair. They support many science organizations such as: NSTA, NMLSTA, NABT and many state associations.
Steck-Vaughn Steck-Vaughn Publishing is a friend of NMLSTA, and has sponsored ice cream socials for us. The Steck-Vaughn Company is an educational publisher that began 60 years ago as a family-owned firm in Austin, Texas. Today they are the world's second-largest publisher of supplementary educational materials with workbooks, software, audio cassettes, videos, CD-ROMs, games, manipulatives, and other materials that supplement basal textbooks and invigorate classroom instruction.	EarthWatch The EarthWatch Institute provides a partial scholarship for one NMLSTA member to take part in the Earthwatch research program. In addition to expanding their knowledge of conservation and the use of scientific research to address problems, teachers enrich schools lessons with hands-onresearch activities, and model leadership and teamwork skills learned in the field.
NASA Through the years NASA has been a source of outstanding resource materials for middle level science teachers. In the fall of 2001 NASA and NMLSTA teamed up through a joint mailing, in which all NMLSTA members received a poster announcing NSIP (the NASA Student Involvement Program) along with the fall Level Line newsletter.	Science Kit All new members of the NMLSTA will receive a $25 Science Kit Gift Certificate. Renewing members will receive a similar incentive. Watch here for details soon!

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