Guides

Choose small kitchen appliances for your FCS classroom

When time runs short in your FCS classroom, kitchen appliances can help speed things up. Find the best kitchen appliances for FCS classrooms, including top brands like KitchenAid, Cuisinart, and Hamilton Beach.

Need custom SEL kits?

Let us help you choose products, order, package, and deliver SEL kits that meet the unique needs of your students and school community.

Boost financial literacy skills with real-world practice

Find the best hands-on tools to sharpen financial literacy skills, from counting currency to banking, budgeting, and more!

The safest dissections start with NASCOGuard specimens

Learn about NASCOGuard, our nontoxic, low-odor humectant fluid, and how to store and maintain your dissection specimens.

Create the ultimate calming corner

Ready to create a calm-down corner in your classroom? Check out this guide to find teacher-recommended sensory tools to help kids self-regulate.

Find the right robots for you and your students

Want to introduce robotics and coding to your students but aren't sure where to start? Use this guide to learn about the most popular robots.

Build the perfect child development program

This handy guide will help you review and choose the teaching tools you need to help students understand the unique needs of infants.

Maximize your arts funding

See the tools arts educators are using to weave arts education, SEL, and core curriculum together for powerful results.

CTE Spotlight – From seniors to sous-chefs: Sun Prairie’s culinary arts program gets an upgrade

Learn how Sun Prairie High School is creating career pathways for their culinary arts students with the help of Nasco Education.

CTE Spotlight – How North Hollywood High School’s ag program is taking AFNR to the next level

Learn how North Hollywood High School is creating career pathways for their ag program students with the help of Nasco Education.

CTE Spotlight – Empowering future healthcare heroes with real-world training

Learn how James Clemens High School is real-world training or their health science students with the help of Nasco Education.

CTE Program Spotlight

Discover the winning strategies of these 3 powerhouse CTE programs!

Compare ALEX Patient Communication Simulator and AXEL Patient Simulator

Learn more about ALEX and AXEL and compare all the options to find the patient communication simulator that meets all your training needs.

How to select the right CPR training manikin

This guide will help you choose the best CPR training manikin by providing options that fit your budget and your teaching needs.

FCS teachers’ favorite recipes

Find your next favorite recipe to use with your FCS students — from baking to breakfast and everything in between!

Stocking your dissection lab for a new semester

Running low on dissection supplies? Download this checklist to make sure your lab is fully stocked for the semester ahead.

Pick the perfect patient care training manikin

This guide will help you evaluate your training manikin options and select the right one for your specific training needs.

How to choose the right microscope for your classroom

Whether you want to examine cells, inspect dissection specimens, or study forensic evidence, this guide will help you find the perfect microscope.

Find out how to make the most of your SEL funding

Get tips and recommendations for using ESSER funds for effective mental health and SEL supports in this comprehensive guide.

Set up your classroom for medical training

Turn your classroom into a medical training lab complete with exam tables and chairs, accessories, storage solutions, lab stations, and more so students can practice patient procedures again and again in a realistic setting.

Reformulate your lab with quality furniture

This lab furniture guide will help you choose high-quality lab tables, demo tables, storage cabinets, carts, stools, fume hoods, and grow centers.

Stock your elementary art classroom

Use this guide to help you identify all the essentials you and your K–5 students need to explore a variety of mediums and techniques in your elementary art classroom.

Design your art room for maximum creativity

If you’re outfitting an art room in your school, this buying guide will help you identify exactly what you need to design the perfect environment.

Transform your sewing classroom

This buying guide will help you turn your space into a sewing classroom, complete with sewing machines, workstations, cabinets, and notions.

Equip your FCS kitchen

Use this buying guide to help identify exactly what you need to equip your FCS kitchen, from color-coded equipment to culinary and catering supplies.

Refresh your classroom with FCS furniture

This buying guide will help you choose high-quality work surfaces, storage solutions, and FCS furniture and equipment that students need to gain real-world experience.