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

Meet the scientists
When we first started Letters to a Pre-Scientist during the 2010-2011 school year, we had just over 100 committed scientists volunteering as pen pals. The

Chicago Collegiate Charter School Scientists Earn their Letters!
The month of October brought many fun activities for the young scientists at Chicago Collegiate Charter School. They finished up their Scientific Method Unit (they

A look inside Ms. Parker’s classroom
Today’s post was written by Ms. Parker, who teaches 5th grade pre-scientists in Halifax, NC. It’s October! I can hardly believe a month of school

A reflection and a challenge…
As we approach the middle of September we are finishing up the matching of scientists with prescientists, and are ecstatic to enter our fourth year

Gearing up for the 2013-2014 school year!
This June marked middle school graduation for my first class of 6th graders. For those of you that have been with our program from the

The Marshmallow Challenge!
My students are working hard to learn the DEAL design process within our forces and motion unit. As a STEM middle school, we focus on

Ringing in the new school year, with more pen pals than ever before
Things are very exciting right now, down at Letters to a Pre-scientist Headquarters! First, we want to say goodbye to all the students in Bertie

Help Our Students Reach for the (Planetarium) Stars!
What was your favorite field trip in middle school? I hope my 6th grade students will be able to reflect back years from now and

March/April Update
Just in time for Earth Day, students are learning about ecosystems around the world. Before diving into ecosystems, we finished learning about rocks, minerals and