Windows to the Universe Educator Subscription Options

Windows to the Universe offers teachers an range of different subscription levels depending on their needs. Individual teacher options range from Basic Educator Membership (advertising free plus additional member benefits) to Silver Educator Membership (including course support) or Gold Educator Membership (including course support including quizzes and homework and individual student subscriptions). We also offer support for classrooms, with or without course support. For more details, see below.

Interested in a school or district subscription? Visit our school subscription page to find out about school subscriptions (with discounts for more than 5 subscribing teachers and multi-year subscriptions) or our districts page to find out about district subscriptions (with discounts for more than 5 subscribing schools and multi-year subscriptions).

If you are already a Windows to the Universe member or subscriber, or have been in the past, please log in on the right so we can fetch your record.
To renew your existing membership without changing the membership type, click here.

Please select the type of membership you would like to have (or to upgrade to):

Basic Educator Membership No advertising! Free access to ppts and printable activities, MyW2U, Journal tool, Earth and Space Science calendars, special opportunities, newsletter subscription and 10% store discount.  See benefits of Educator membership page for more information.
Teacher (non-NESTA member) $30 - 1 yr,  $60 - 2 yr,  $90 - 3 yr
Teacher (NESTA members get 50% discount on Basic Educator Membership) $15 - 1 yr,  $30 - 2 yr,  $45 - 3 yr

 

Silver Educator Membership Basic Educator Membership plus support for course pages for teachers – assignments in blog or calendar view.  One student sign in for each class allows students to access course information, student access to website without ads.
Teacher (non-NESTA member)  
1 class $40 - 1 yr
2 classes $50 - 1 yr
3 classes $60 - 1 yr
4 classes or more (limit 10) $70 - 1 yr
 
Teacher (NESTA member)  
1 class $30 - 1 yr
2 classes $40 - 1 yr
3 classes $50 - 1 yr
4 classes or more (limit 10) $60 - 1 yr
 
Upgrade costs for current W2U Educator Members (NESTA or non-NESTA members) to Silver Educator membership – adds support for course pages to current Educator membership for remainder of their existing membership for up to one year
1 class $10
2 classes $20
3 classes $30
4 classes or more (limit 10) $40

 

Gold Educator Membership Silver Educator Membership plus student accounts (no ads), online quizzes, and homework support. 
Teacher (non-NESTA member)  
1 class $50 - 1 yr
2 classes $60 - 1 yr
3 classes $70 - 1 yr
4 classes or more (limit 10) $80 - 1 yr
 
Teacher (NESTA member)  
1 class $40 - 1 yr
2 classes $50 - 1 yr
3 classes $60 - 1 yr
4 classes or more (limit 10) $70 - 1 yr
 
Upgrade costs for current W2U Educator Members (NESTA or non-NESTA members) to Gold Educator membership – adds full course support to current Educator membership for remainder of their existing membership for up to one year
1 class $15
2 classes $20
3 classes $25
4 classes or more (limit 10) $30

 

Classroom Membership Teacher and students have Windows to the Universe subscriptions providing advertising-free access to the website, MyW2U, Journal tool and more for teachers and students (not including course support)
Teacher (non-NESTA member)  
1 class $45 - 1 yr
2 classes $55 - 1 yr
3 classes $65 - 1 yr
4 classes or more (limit 10) $75 - 1 yr
 
Teacher (NESTA member)  
1 class $35 - 1 yr
2 classes $45 - 1 yr
3 classes $55 - 1 yr
4 classes or more (limit 10) $65 - 1 yr
 
Upgrade costs for current W2U Educator Members (NESTA or non-NESTA members) to Basic Classroom membership – adds students Windows to the Universe subscriptions providing advertising-free access to the website, MyW2U, Journal tool and more (not including course support)
1 class $10
2 classes $20
3 classes $30
4 classes or more (limit 10) $40
Premium Classroom Membership (Choose Gold Educator Membership level) Classroom membership plus full course support (Choose Gold Educator Membership level)

 


If you are a NESTA member we will use your email to verify this, so please enter the same email address that you have in your NESTA record.

 


Windows to the Universe, a project of the National Earth Science Teachers Association, is sponsored in part is sponsored in part through grants from federal agencies (NASA and NOAA), and partnerships with affiliated organizations, including the American Geophysical Union, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Earth System Information Partnership, the American Meteorological Society, the National Center for Science Education, and TERC. The American Geophysical Union and the American Geosciences Institute are Windows to the Universe Founding Partners. NESTA welcomes new Institutional Affiliates in support of our ongoing programs, as well as collaborations on new projects. Contact NESTA for more information. NASA ESIP NCSE HHMI AGU AGI AMS NOAA