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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 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. This post is from Stephanie

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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 you do? I’m a wildlife

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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 education. Our next teacher, Sarah Henning,

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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. Tell us about yourself! I

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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 to stay connected with exciting

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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 who participate in our program

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Scientist Spotlight #1: Lauren Shields

Welcome to our first Scientist Spotlight feature! Today, we’re focusing on Lauren Shields, who recently earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco. She has

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Election Response

Over the past week, we’ve heard from scientists, teachers, and students participating in Letters to a Pre-Scientist regarding the implications of last week’s U.S. elections. How should scientists address this

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Improving science education standards

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 education. Our first teacher, Lucy Madden,