The aim of the Earth Science Teachers’ Association (ESTA) is to advance education by encouraging and supporting the teaching of Earth sciences at all levels, whether as a single subject such as Geology, or as part of Science or Geography or other courses.
The Association has been helping teachers at all levels for more than 35 years and continues to develop in response to emerging educational challenges.
What can ESTA offer you?
- Our magazine, Teaching
Earth Sciences, is published four times a year. It
contains articles on
classroom, laboratory and field teaching, news and
resources, curriculum updates, book and website reviews
and more. Past issues, back to 2001, are available online for the benefit of members.
- An Annual Course and Conference that is held over a long
weekend (Friday – Sunday) in September. It offers a
range of in-service training, academic updating, ideas
for teaching and fieldwork, plus exhibits of resources. Conferences are held at venues across the country, with recent conferences
at Edinburgh,
Nottingham and Swansea.
- Resources specific to Primary teachers, covering the
Earth science elements of the National Curriculum, and
exploring links with other subjects. These include
quarterly issues of Teaching
Primary Earth Science and teaching packs
featuring soils and rocks.
- Initiatives such as the Earth Science Education Unit
(ESEU) and the Joint Earth Science Education Initiative
(JESEI). These have been instigated by ESTA to provide
Secondary teachers with flexible in-service training and
activities to ‘bring Earth science to life’.
- Real value-for-money ESTA teaching materials, including
access to our online resource GEOTREX. Wall maps and practical kits comprising rocks and fossils are also available for purchase. An educational discount is
also available on the popular Thematic Trails guidebooks
and most British Geological Survey publications.
- Engagement with examination boards and educational
organisations, allowing you to keep abreast of curriculum
development, syllabuses and assessment methods.
- A network of fellow members and a dedicated website to support your Earth science teaching. On a broader scale, ESTA supports Earth science education in the wider community, typically through partnerships.
To join ESTA, download a form (which is available in either PDF or Word format), complete it and send to the address on the form with full remittance or request an invoice.
Membership application
Primary teachers can subscribe to Teaching Primary Earth Science only, at a reduced subscription rate without becoming full members of ESTA. Download a form (which is available in either PDF or Word format), complete it and send to the address on the form with full remittance or request an invoice.
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