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

Awesome letter: hook your pre-scientist with an engaging first letter!
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters.

A New Normal
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” (Note to teachers: you’re not crazy; things have definitely changed.) Returning to normal in education is

#TheScienceAndArtOfRelationships
As they enter the room, I wave the envelopes in the air. They know what it is, and the room comes alive with excitement. They

College Honesty is the Best Policy
This blog is written by Mya Whitton, Black In Neuro Scientist and LPS STEM professional pen pal mentor. She shares her experience navigating how to

Part 2: Engaging Pre-Scientists Through Letters
Part 2: How to make your letters more engaging You might be realizing at this point in the year that you’re having a difficult time

“Normal” is gone, so we adapt
In 2020 we waited until we would “go back to normal.” We were proud of our proactive and quick work to quickly transition the snail

Part 1: Engaging Pre-Scientists Through Letters
Part 1: Engaging students not interested in STEM You might be realizing at this point in the year that you’re having a difficult time engaging

Awesome letter: engaging with pre-scientists builds connections
The goal of this blog series is to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas from real STEM pen pal letters. We asked our

Awesome letter: creative letters further spark curiosity
The goal of this blog series is to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas from real STEM pen pal letters. We asked our