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We’re excited to share these stories, tips and updates from Letters to a Pre-Scientist community members!

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The best advocates for LPS

Each month, we feature one of our teachers on the blog and ask them to write a bit about their classroom experience with LPS. This month, we’re excited to share

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Hello from Northglenn, Colorado

My name is Tara Kawalec and I teach 8th grade science at Northglenn Middle School, in Northglenn, Colorado, which is just 15 minutes north of Denver.  This is my first

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Fundraising Campaign Results

Thank you, thank you, thank you!   Thank you so much to everybody who contributed to our Fall in Love with Science fundraising campaign last month. All together, we were able

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Scientist Spotlight #8: Rachel Toczydlowski

It’s our first Scientist Spotlight of this school year, and we’re excited to highlight 3rd-time pen pal Rachel Toczydlowski, a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin. Tell us about

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What is letter opening day?

The pre-scientists wait eagerly for their letters, trickling in over weeks until every students’ letter has reached their classroom from all over the world. The anticipation builds for the date marked

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Of course she was hardworking and creative

Bridget Heneghan is a science teacher in Chicago, and is participating in Letters to a Pre-Scientist for the second year. Here, she discusses the importance of her students being able

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Looking back: the long-term impact of LPS

Some members of the class of students that participated in the inaugural year of Letters to a Pre-Scientist in 2010 have now entered college! Meet Emma Hughson, a first-year college

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Learning Adventures in Ohio

Each year, we ask the teachers hosting Letters to a Pre-Scientist to each write a blog post, to give the rest of the LPS community some insight into the science education experience

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LPS is growing – and fundraising!

For the first time this summer, Letters to a Pre-Scientist had more qualified teachers apply to host our program in their classroom than we could take on with the current