Best of STEM

Bursting with Pride
...and So Very Grateful

Carolina Earns Top Honors in the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2025 Awards

At Carolina Biological Supply,

we constantly strive to improve and innovate to be the best we can be as a world-class provider of high-quality science products and resources.

That’s why we’re bursting with pride as the winner of four prestigious national Educators Pick Best of STEM 2025 Awards and for being named a Finalist in one additional category.

We’re also grateful not only to the expert panel of judges and more than 267,000 STEM educators who affirmed our work through the awards but also to the teachers and students who trust us to provide excellence in science education every day.

Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards spotlights products, technologies, and services in STEM education that are innovative, trusted, and distinctive in their field. Products are first judged by an expert panel. Then more than 267,000 STEM educators evaluated the finalists to select the recipients. The awards program is operated by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), MCH Strategi Data, and the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT).

Our Awards

In selecting the winners, educators considered alignment with NGSS standards, the use of simulations, instructional support for teachers, and the flexibilities of implementation for different modes of instruction across all STEM topics. Carolina received top awards for:

Winner in Best of STEM: Hands-on Learning for High School & College

Carolina Distance Learning Living Labs from Carolina® Science

Winner in Best Customer Support for Science Education

Carolina Distance Learning from Carolina® Science

Winner in Best of STEM for Engineering Education

Carolina STEM Challenge® Kits from Carolina® Science

Winner in Best of STEM Curricular Materials: Pre-K to Grade 2

Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ from Carolina® Science

Not Our First Time

This isn’t the first time Carolina’s excellence in science education has been acknowledged. Carolina has won twelve Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards over the past three years.

In 2024, Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards recognized Carolina for:

In 2023, Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards recognized Carolina for:

In 2022, Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards recognized Carolina for:

In 2021, Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards recognized Carolina for:

In 2020:

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Bursting with Pride...and So Very Grateful