NSTA Activity Points

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.

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 a resource with 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

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

Complete Profile Complete Your Profile

15 Activity Points (AP)

Create a Learning Plan To Do Create a Learning Plan To Do

35 Activity Points (AP)

Upload Evidence to your Learning Plan Upload Evidence

50 Activity Points (AP)

Complete a Learning Plan Reflection Complete a Reflection

100 Activity Points (AP)

Generate a Learning Plan Report Generate Report

10 Activity Points (AP)

NSTA 75th Anniversary Badges

Onyx NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 75 activity points	Sapphire NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 2100 activity points
Pearl NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 225 activity points	Diamond NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 4200 activity points
Ruby NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 525 activity points	Platinum NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 7500 activity points
Emerald NSTA 75th Anniversary Earn 1050 activity points