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

Pre-scientists show their appreciation
All of us on the organizing team give thanks often to the scientists who donate their time and energy to Letters to a Pre-Scientist. We remind our pen pals that they are making

Ecosystems & Gravity Games
It’s crazy to believe we only have about 5 more weeks left of school! We’ve been very busy in 5th grade science. We’re wrapping up our ecosystems unit this week.

The Excitement Never Ends
As letters are piling up and we are preparing for letter opening day #3, my students are becoming more and more excited. They ask me every day if it is

Happy New Year!
It’s hard to believe that we’re already at the half way point of this school year. Students came back on January 5th and we’ve hit the ground running. Currently we’re

Holiday Letters Are On Their Way!
Students at KIPP Academy of Opportunity in South Central Los Angeles had a blast during Letter Opening Day #2 this past Tuesday! The smiling faces and weeks of anticipation make

Take two for 6th grade!
This year, my 6th grade students have a unique opportunity. My students participated in the letters to a pre-scientist program while they were in 5th grade and many of them

Letter Opening Day #1 of 2014!
We opened our first letters from our pen pals yesterday! Letters were sitting in bins on my desk for a few weeks as we waited for them all to trickle

Help make STEM learning real for our 5th grade scientists!
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are all areas students need to be proficient in so they can be productive, inventive 21st century citizens. As a small, rural school our

Changing the STEM Field
This year, our scholars started learning about the STEM field. We first learned what it stands for: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We then learned about several really cool STEM