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

Scientist Spotlight: Cassandra Lee
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Cassandra Lee, a research associate in Hong Kong, China. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal

Scientist Spotlight: Danielle Maxwell
Tell us a little bit about yourself! I am a Chemistry Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. As a chemistry

Explainer: Why wasn’t I matched?
For the past few years, we have had the incredible fortune of attracting more STEM professionals who want to be pen pals than we have

Bioplastics Unit
We’re nearly at the beginning of a new school year, but we have one more teacher blog post from last school year to share with

Soap for STEM Education
Letters to a Pre-Scientist is grateful for the support of our sponsors! The following story about fundraising was contributed by Mahal Bugay from the Student

The value of STEM mentors
How did you choose your career? How did you know what college to go to? How did you learn what to do when you felt

Ms. Cocca’s Pre-Scientists
by Ms. Cocca, 7th grade teacher in CA. Read all of the LPS teacher blog posts here. Great teachers are the ones that reveal the

Excitement, Chaos, and Quiet Moments
by Ms. Cronmiller, 6th grade teacher in CA. Find all of the teacher blog posts here. This poem illustrates the excitement, chaos, and quiet moments

Student-Led Pond Investigations
Mrs. Haney’s students kicked off 5th grade with a science investigation project! We ask each of our teachers to share a glimpse into their classroom