Summer 3-8 Summer HS Online Courses Sat Seminars Virtual Shorts Resource Repository
ESTEP 2.0 is for ALL 3-8 GRADE and HIGH SCHOOL
MINNESOTA SCIENCE TEACHERS of all DISCIPLINES!
MnSTA is proud to announce that ESTEP 2.0 has been fully funded at $643,000 through a generous grant from the Environment and Natural Resource Trust Fund. This funding is for programming beginning July 1, 2025 and goes to June 30, 2027.
This grant will provide Minnesota science teachers the following professional development opportunities over the next two years:
- 12 summer workshops
- 18 online courses
- 12 in-person Saturday Seminars at various school sites
- 16 online short course workshops on specific topics, including a series of courses specifically designed for elementary teachers
- Develop an online repository of earth and cross-disciplinary 3D resources for all Minnesota science teachers
ESTEP 2.0 will continue to support the implementation of earth and environmental themes into school curricula while supporting continued use of Minnesota natural resources as phenomena for investigation. ESTEP 2.0 is intentionally designing programs that include environmental benchmarks that progress through the upper elementary and middle school benchmarks, as well as from the life, earth and space, chemistry and physics high school benchmarks.
Questions? Email Dana Smith at estep@mnsta.org
MnSTA/ESTEP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
We are committed to reflecting the diversity of Minnesota educators that participate in our programs. We are especially focused on teachers of BIPOC and underrepresented populations, alternatively licensed educators, and educational assistants working toward licensure.
Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).
Minnesota science teachers should know about:
