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We’re excited to share these stories, tips and updates from Letters to a Pre-Scientist community members!
Awesome letter: be friendly and make connections to start!
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. We asked our 2021-22 LPS
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. We asked our 2021-22 LPS
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 not happening. Normal is long
#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 can barely wait until their
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 speak candidly about her college
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 engaging with your pre-scientist. From
“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 mail program into an electronic
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 with your pre-scientist. From our
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 2020-21 LPS teachers to pick