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NSTA Learning Center Badges

Below is a list of activities you can do to earn badges as recognition for your efforts as you aggregate, review, and share your personal and NSTA e-PD resources. You also earn badges for making posts in the community forums, for diagnosing your needs in science content, and by attending web seminars, and successfully completing SciPacks.

• Activity Badges
• Leadership Badges

Add an NSTA resource to your Learning Center Library How to add a resource to your library	10 Activity Points (AP)
NSTA Resource Activator - Add 5 NSTA resources to your library NSTA Resource Optimizer - Add 10 NSTA resources to your library NSTA Resource Accelerator - Add 20 NSTA resources to your library
Aggregator: Add a personal resource to your LC library Upload a personal resource	10 Activity Points (AP)
Onyx Aggregator - Add 5 personal resources to your library Sapphire Aggregator - Add 30 personal resources to your library Pearl Aggregator - Add 10 personal resources to your library Diamond Aggregator - Add 40 personal resources to your library Ruby Aggregator - Add 15 personal resources to your library Platinum Aggregator - Add 50 personal resources to your library Emerald Aggregator - Add 20 personal resources to your library
Create an LC collection for personal use Create a collection	25 Activity Points (AP)
Disseminator: Share an LC collection Select a collection to share	10 Activity Points (AP)
Onyx Disseminator - Share a collection with 1 person Sapphire Disseminator - Share a collection with 50 people Pearl Disseminator - Share a collection with 5 people Diamond Disseminator - Share a collection with 100 people Ruby Disseminator - Share a collection with 10 people Platinum Disseminator - Share a collection with 150 people Emerald Disseminator - Share a collection with 25 people
Share an LC collection with All Learning Center users (make public) Select a collection to make public	25 Activity Points (AP)
Recommend a resource to a friend Select a resource from My Library to email	20 Activity Points (AP)
Advocator: Write a review and rate an NSTA resource or a public collection Select a resource or collection from My Library to review	20 Activity Points (AP)
Onyx Advocator - Write 5 reviews Sapphire Advocator - Write 40 reviews Pearl Advocator - Write 10 reviews Diamond Advocator - Write 50 reviews Ruby Advocator - Write 20 reviews Platinum Advocator - Write 100 reviews Emerald Advocator - Write 30 reviews
Commenter: Post a comment/question on Learning Center Discussion Forum View the discussion forums	10 Activity Points (AP)
Onyx Commenter - Make 5 posts Sapphire Commenter - Make 75 posts Pearl Commenter - Make 10 posts Diamond Commenter - Make 100 posts Ruby Commenter - Make 25 posts Platinum Commenter - Make 150 posts Emerald Commenter - Make 50 posts
Add a PD event to your Learning Center PD Calendar View My Calendar	10 Activity Points (AP)
Attend a live web seminar Choose a live web seminar	100 Activity Points (AP)
Web Seminar Activator - Attend 1 live web seminar Web Seminar Optimizer - Attend 5 live web seminars Web Seminar Accelerator - Attend 10 live web seminars
Indexer: Complete content area indexer Select an indexer	25 Activity Points (AP)
Silver Indexer - Complete 2 content area indexers Gold Indexer - Complete 4 content area indexers Platinum Indexer - Complete 8 content area indexers
Complete discipline indexer (Physical Science) Select an indexer	250 Activity Points (AP)
PS Indexer Ultimator - Complete Physical Science indexer
Complete discipline indexer (Life Science) Select an indexer	250 Activity Points (AP)
LS Indexer Ultimator - Complete Life Science indexer
Complete discipline indexer (Earth and Space) Select an indexer	250 Activity Points (AP)
ES Indexer Ultimator - Complete Earth and Space Science indexer
Complete and pass a SciPack final assessment View the SciPacks	100 Activity Points (AP)
SciPack Activator - Complete 1 SciPack and pass the Final Assessment SciPack Optimizer - Complete 3 SciPacks and pass the Final Assessment SciPack Accelerator - Complete 6 SciPacks and pass the Final Assessment
To earn your Activity Points after completing the SciPack final assessment, visit the My PD Record and Certificates page. While there you may view, save, and print your SciPack certificate.
Complete all SciPacks within Physical Science View the SciPacks	1000 Activity Points (AP)
PS SciPack Ultimator - Complete all SciPacks within Physical Science
Complete all SciPacks within Life Science View the SciPacks	1000 Activity Points (AP)
LS SciPack Ultimator - Complete all SciPacks within Life Science
Complete all SciPacks within Earth and Space View the SciPacks	1000 Activity Points (AP)
ES SciPack Ultimator - Complete all SciPacks within Earth and Space Science
Create a Portfolio Create a Portfolio	25 Activity Points (AP)
Create a Portfolio Goal Create a Goal	35 Activity Points (AP)
Upload Evidence to your Portfolio Upload Evidence	50 Activity Points (AP)
Complete a Portfolio Reflection Complete a Reflection	100 Activity Points (AP)
Generate a Portfolio Report Generate Report	10 Activity Points (AP)