Membership Benefits

Membership gives you exclusive access to tools, resources, and networks designed to elevate your teaching, research, and career.

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Benefits for Members

Advance Your Career

  • Professional Development: Discounted registration for the Earth Educators' Rendezvous and other NAGT events.
  • Funding Opportunities: Exclusive eligibility for NAGT awards, grants, and scholarships.
  • Leadership Roles: Opportunities to serve on committees and lead at both regional and national levels.

Connect and Collaborate

  • Regional Sections: Engage with local networks to share expertise and overcome teaching challenges.
  • Topical Divisions (US$ 7.00/year/Division): Join one or more Divisions to engage with other Earth educators in specialized areas.
    • Geo2YC: The Two-Year College Division — For educators and others interested in geoscience education at two-year colleges.
    • Geoscience Education Research Division — For educators, researchers, and graduate students interested in geoscience education research.
    • Teacher Education Division — For individuals involved in preparing and supporting current and future Earth science teachers.
  • Teach the Earth Portal: Full access to an expansive, peer-reviewed collection of online Earth education resources.

Access and Publish

  • Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE): Free online access to NAGT's premier geoscience education research journal.
    • Print JGE (US$ 35.00/year) — Receive print copies of JGE in the mail.
  • In the Trenches (ITT): Exclusive access to our members-only digital publication featuring practical, classroom-ready teaching strategies.
  • Monthly Email Newsletters: Stay up-to-date with the latest community news, opportunities, resources, and more.

Additional Partner Benefits

  • Geological Society of America (GSA): Enjoy member registration rates for the annual GSA Connects meeting.
  • Brunton: Get 30% off website orders for precision pocket instruments and compasses.
  • American Geosciences Institute (AGI): Free access to the Geologize online course, "Practical Geocommunication."
  • Taylor & Francis: Online access to the Journal of Environmental Education and Science Activities, plus a 30% discount on any full-priced CRC Press or Routledge book.

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