(1)Production of Textual Materials for Science Teaching

The evolution of the National Policy on Education is by itself not sufficient for the improvement of science education in Nigeria. A good curriculum requires to be backed up by suitable instructional materials and appropriately trained teachers. It is in pursuance of this basic need that STAN has been involved in the production of a series of textbooks for both pupils and teachers based on the curricula for the Primary, Junior Secondary, and Senior Secondary levels of education. The following textbooks have been published to date and they are already in use. These are:

Books Published by Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria) Plc, P.M.B. 5202, Ibadan, Tel: 02-2410747/24109431/2412268, Email: info@heinemannbooks.com

	STAN Biology for Senior Secondary Schools
	STAN Chemistry for Senior Secondary Schools
	STAN Physics for Senior Secondary Schools
	STAN Integrated Science for Junior Secondary Schools

Books Published by University Press Plc, PMB 5095, Ibadan, 

 Tel: 02-2410098; 2412386 Email: lawok@skannet.com

Books Published by Longman Nigeria Plc, PMB 21036, Ikeja, Lagos State, Tel: 01-4978925-9; Fax: 01-4964370. 

Email: Longman@infoweb.abs.net

Books Published by Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Limited, PMB 5164, Ibadan, Tel: 02-2413708, 2414287, 2414394. Email: evans@evanspublishers.com.ng

The following titles are being processed for publication:

(2) Publication of Conference Proceedings

Each year, the papers presented at the STAN annual conference are edited by a team of experts and published. These proceedings constitute a good source of information to the science education community. In recent years, these proceedings have been published ahead of the conference and distributed to delegates on arrival at the conference venue.

 (3) Publication of STAN Journal

One of the functions of STAN is to compile and publish or sponsor the publication of the results of science education research and to popularise such results when their general recognition is of great national importance. In pursuance of this, STAN has a Journal published twice in a year called the Journal of Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (JSTAN). The purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of information on relevant research projects and to encourage the exchange of ideas and sharing of experiences. This journal enjoys a wide readership and recognition. Its publication started in 1964.

(4) Publication of STAN Bulletin

The STAN Bulletin is published twice a year in June and December. It is specially tailored to meet the needs of classroom teachers at all levels of education: primary, secondary, and tertiary. The bulletin contains mainly teaching notes, new techniques of science teaching as well as science, technology, and mathematics (STM) news. Publication started in 1984.

(5) Publication of the Newsletter

The STAN newsletter is a quarterly publication that disseminates news to members of events happening within and outside the country. Its publication in present format started in 1994.

(6) Position paper

Research studies conducted by the Association include the following which have all been published:

(7) Overview of STAN

(8) History of STAN