2026-2027 School Year

Various Locations

Our professional development packages empower teachers to bring North Carolina’s K–12 Science Standards and Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) to life in their classrooms.

September 11, 2026 (9:00 am - 4:00 pm), A one-hour lunch will be on your own

The Science House, NC State-Cherry Building, 715 Barbour Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603

Join us for an interactive, one-day workshop on teaching climate change! Participants will explore practical, research-informed strategies and classroom resources designed to address these challenges. Teachers will experience NCSE’s “Climate Change in Your Backyard” Story Short, designed to build accurate climate understanding while directly addressing common student misconceptions, and DataWISE, a framework for helping students critically evaluate scientific claims, data, and misinformation in the broader information landscape. Teachers will leave with free, classroom-ready lessons and tools they can use immediately, along with time to engage with the materials, ask questions, and consider how they fit within their own classrooms.

September 25, 2026 (9 AM - 3 PM)

CMAST - Morehead City

The Science House, NCSU, is conducting a STEM To Your Doorstep Professional Development session for K-5 STEM teachers at the Coastal Satellite Office!

December 7-11, 2026

NCCAT - OCRACOKE

This seminar helps science teachers replace text-heavy slides with powerful diagrams and data visualizations that stick in a student's memory. We will explore the cognitive science behind how our brains process images to reduce classroom "information overload." Participants will learn to "live-sketch" complex systems like cellular respiration or electric circuits to make invisible processes tangible.

December 16 - December 17, 2026 (9 am - 3 pm each day)

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 455 Research Dr. Mills River, NC 28759

Come prepared to create or improve your school's science safety or Chemical Hygiene Plan. Receive free resources and information so that you can train other teachers in your school or science department.