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We’re excited to share these stories, tips and updates from Letters to a Pre-Scientist community members!
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
Adventures in 5th grade science
One of my big goals going into my 2nd year of teaching was to include more problem based learning, labs, and projects in the classroom. Over the past few months
Our Scientist Pen Pals INSPIRE Us to Succeed in College!
In our community, Roseland, only 2% of students graduate from a 4-year university. Our mission at Chicago Collegiate Charter School is that 100% of our students will graduate from college
Letter Opening Day #2
It just so happened that all the letters came in right before our winter break, so we spend our last few days of school opening and writing back letters! Students
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 scientists represented about 10 US
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 rocked the Unit test), started
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 has already passed. As a
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 with this program! As this