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Official Bluesky account for the Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association. Learn more about our organization at https://www.mnearthscience.org/.
Coming to the 6 Feb MESTA conference? Visit the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul with other attendees on 5 Feb!

Go to www.mnearthscience.org to register now for the Friday February 6, 2026 Minnesota Earth Science Teachers' Association conference and to view complete session descriptions.
Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
www.mnearthscience.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Calling all educators!
Here's a cool thing to do: Send your name around the moon!

Thanks to NASA, you can put your name aboard the Artemis II mission, due to fly in 2026. Want more info? Check it out here:
www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
NASA: Artemis
Artemis is the name of NASA's program to return astronauts to the lunar surface. We are going forward to the Moon to stay.
www3.nasa.gov
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MESTA is proud to welcome Sylke Boyd, Associate Professor from the University of Minnesota Morris as a session presenter at the February 6, 2026 Minnesota Earth Science Teachers' Conference.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Educators: @bmcnoldy.bsky.social has an amazing / robust repository of tropical cyclone-related imagery and loops at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/. Great for getting your students engrossed with the life cycle of tropical systems!
Tropical Cyclone Radar Loops
Brian McNoldy's collection of tropical cyclone radar loops.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu
October 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
MESTA is proud to welcome Kat Cantner from the University of Minnesota as a presenter at the February 6, 2026 Minnesota Earth Science Teachers' Conference. Come learn about modeling subsurface layers in this session's hands-on activities! Registration: mnearthscience.org
Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
mnearthscience.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The 2026 MESTA conference program is coming together! With keynote speaker Danielle Heffernan, sessions on hydrology, astronomy, & geology, and networking opportunities for Minnesota Earth Science teachers, it's sure to be a great time. Register now at www.mnearthscience.org
Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
www.mnearthscience.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Association
We're at T-minus 4 days & counting until the SWFOL1 launch! 🚀

NOAA's #SWFOL1 🛰️ will improve #SpaceWeather forecasting:

Its magnetometer will track solar plasma heading toward Earth and help forecast geomagnetic storms.

More: noaa.gov/SWFOL1

#SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO #CountdownToLaunch
SWFO-L1 Launch
SWFO-L1 will keep a watchful eye on the sun and near-Earth environment for space weather activity, using a solar telescope to monitor the Sun's activity and a suite of instruments to make real-time me...
noaa.gov
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM