American Modeling Teachers Association

26/10/2026

There is still time to sign up for this webinar! Are you curious about or new to Modeling Instruction? Join us Tuesday night on 10/27 at 7 PM Eastern time for an Intro to Modeling Strategies webinar hosted by Frank Lock! See below for more information and to register!

October Webinar! Introduction to Modeling Strategies with Frank Lock on October 27th at 7 PM Eastern Time!

New to Modeling Instruction or curious what all the buzz is about? Join us for an introductory webinar designed to give you a first look at Modeling strategies and how they can transform the way students engage with science.

Free Webinar!

For more information, visit: https://my.modelinginstruction.org/event-6811209

15/10/2026

Why do students hold on to ideas about the world that just aren’t true, and what can we do about it?
Join us for our Fall 2026 ConnectEd on Saturday, November 14 at 12 PM ET (9 AM PT) on Zoom, featuring Andrew Shtulman, professor of psychology and cognitive science at Occidental College and author of Scienceblind. His research on how our intuitive theories develop, and why they so often lead us astray, speaks directly to the work modeling teachers do every day.
Visit "events" on our website to learn more.
Questions? Reach out to [email protected]

14/10/2026

Do you have anything you'd like to share with fellow teachers? Maybe your action research paper? A book review? Submit your work to be published in "The Modeling Teacher"! Details below:

The Modeling Teacher, AMTA's new peer-reviewed eJournal, is accepting submissions for its January 2027 inaugural issue! Share action research, strategies, DIY apparatus, book reviews and classroom stories.

Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
Submit: https://modelinginstruction.org/ojs-3.5.0/index.php/TMT/login

14/10/2026

Check out all of our events by visiting our site. Details below.

09/10/2026

Advanced Modeling Chemistry: 5-Week Online Course Starts Jan 13, 2027!

Teaching AP Chem, honors, or intro college chemistry? Bring the rigor and coherence of Modeling Instruction™ to the toughest topics: periodic trends, intermolecular forces, chemical equilibrium, plus kinetics or thermal energy.

Led by Brooke Jenkins and Dr. Gloria Kreischer Gajewicz, you'll experience the Modeling cycle as a learner through guided inquiry, whiteboarding, and collaborative sense-making, then adapt each unit for your own classroom.

📅 Wednesdays, Jan 13 – Feb 10, 2027
🕖 7–10 PM Eastern (live on Zoom, 15 hours)
cost: $400 AMTA members | $475 non-members

Questions? email: [email protected]

08/10/2026

Just a reminder that there is still space for Wisconsin teachers who are WSST members to register for this event!
October 14th at 6 PM Central Time: Energy storage and transfer in macroscopic systems (physical science/physics/astronomy)
See link below for registration. Any questions, please reach out to Terry Schwaller, WSST President, at [email protected]
Hope to see you there!

WSST and the American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA) are partnering up this year, to bring you an exclusive Modeling Method of Instruction webinar series this year! If you are interested in creating and utilizing more modeling creation and instruction in your classroom, then this is for you! Sessions are designed to be interactive and engaging, just like it would be in the modeling classroom! Each session is approximately one hour in length and will focus in a different science area, but with the connecting theme of energy transfer (one of the NGSS cross cutting concepts).

October 14, 6PM - Energy storage and transfer in macroscopic systems (physical science/physics/astronomy)
December 9, 6PM - Energy storage and transfer in microscopic systems (physical science/chemistry)
February 10, 6PM - Energy storage and transfer in living systems (life science)

Participation in this webinar series is free to all members! To participate you simply need to:
1) Make sure your WSST membership is current
2) Register in advance at https://wsst.wildapricot.org/event-6795441
3) Select which of the sessions you'd like to attend

We are also hoping to host Modeling Instruction workshops at this year's conference in Green Bay, to continue the work in person!

Links to the webinar will be sent out a few days in advance of each session you selected.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Terry Schwaller, WSST President, at [email protected]

07/10/2026

Join us this Spring 2027 for Modeling Magnetism, a 5-week online workshop led by Shannon McLaughlin and Geoff Nunes!
Half the price of a regular workshop! See below for more information!

Interested in taking a 5 week Modeling Magnetism workshop? We are offering one via synchronous distance learning!
Meets once a week via Zoom from 7 - 10 PM Eastern time from Feb 7 - Mar 7, 2027.
What this DL workshop covers:
- Magnetic forces on moving charges
- Magnetic forces on current-carrying wires
- Magnetic fields of currents
- Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law
- Led by Shannon McLaughlin & Geoff Nunes.

Visit here to learn more and register: https://my.modelinginstruction.org/event-6813713

If you have any questions, email: [email protected]

04/10/2026

Modeling Waves, led by Matt Watson, kicks off in January 2027! This five-week distance learning course takes you through the Modeling approach to waves, with hands-on strategies you can bring straight into your classroom.
(Cost: $400 AMTA members; $475 non-members)

Register here: https://my.modelinginstruction.org/event-6804010

Questions? Email us at [email protected].

01/10/2026

Hi Physics Modelers! Do you teach mechanics? Would you like a say in how AMTA's Mechanics curriculum evolves?

We are revising our Mechanics materials and preparing to roll out several storyline options, and we want to hear from you. Join Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz and Geoff Nunes for the Monthly Mechanics Revisioning Happy Hour. This gathering is a place where AMTA members discuss updates, share suggestions, and help shape the materials.

DETAILS
When: The third Thursday of each month, 7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM Pacific, through May 2027
Next session: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Where: Zoom (a link will be sent after you register)
Cost: Free for AMTA members

Register here: https://my.modelinginstruction.org/event-6816739

You are welcome to join one session or all of them. Questions? Email [email protected] or [email protected].

We hope to see you there!

Join hosts Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz and Geoff Nunes for the Mechanics Re-visioning Happy Hour!

This is an informal gathering to discuss updates, share suggestions, and help improve AMTA's Mechanics curriculum materials.

Register here: https://my.modelinginstruction.org/event-6816739

Sessions meet the 3rd Thursday of each month throughout the Fall, beginning August 20th at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT.

Questions? email [email protected] or [email protected]

30/09/2026

Are you curious about what Modeling Instruction is all about or how to implement its strategies? There's still time to sign up for this webinar! Oct 27th at 7 PM Eastern

October Webinar! Introduction to Modeling Strategies with Frank Lock on October 27th at 7 PM Eastern Time!

New to Modeling Instruction or curious what all the buzz is about? Join us for an introductory webinar designed to give you a first look at Modeling strategies and how they can transform the way students engage with science.

Free Webinar!

For more information, visit: https://my.modelinginstruction.org/event-6811209