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

Scientist Spotlight #5: Christian Contreras
In this edition of Scientist Spotlight, we’re happy to feature Christian Contreras, who has been a pen pal with LPS for more than 4 years! He

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night
An unsung hero in the success of the Letters to a Pre-Scientist Program is the U.S. Postal Service! In an era where electronic communication is

Scientist Spotlight #4: Sander Denham
Welcome back to another Scientist Spotlight! Today, meet Sander Denham, a PhD student studying forest biology in Indiana. Tell us about yourself! I am a first year

The Having of Wonderful Ideas
Each month, we are pleased to host one on the blog one of the teachers who is running Letters to a Pre-Scientist in her classroom.

Scientist Spotlight #3: Heidi Hatcher
Welcome back to another Scientist Spotlight feature! Today, we’re featuring Heidi Hatcher, a wildlife biologist from Alaska. Tell us about yourself! Where do you live? What do

Greetings from Tulsa!
Each month, we ask one of the teachers running Letters to a Pre-Scientist in their classroom to write a blog post related broadly to science

Scientist Spotlight #2: Thuy Nguyen
We’re excited to spotlight another of our long-time LPS pen pals, Thuy Nguyen! She is a graduate student in epidemiology at The University of Iowa.

Have fun with STEM in your own home!
Students and families, we didn’t forget about you! To continue our series of sharing STEM resources, we’ve put together a list of ways for you

We’re thankful for all of you!
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all of our U.S.-based readers are enjoying the holiday! The LPS team is thankful to all of the classrooms and scientists