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

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Scientist Spotlight: Angharad Jones

This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Angharad Jones, the collections officer at Creswell Crags Museum and Heritage Center in the United Kingdom. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer

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Scientist Spotlight: Jakub Zegar

This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Jakub Zegar, a soon-to-be environmental scientist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to

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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 program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist.

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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 graduate student, my job includes

Mr. Gabriel Matched Pre-Scientists
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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 the capacity to match with

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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 you! This comes from 7th

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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 Chapter of the American Chemical

Two students reading letters from their scientist pen pals.
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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 like giving up? Who did

Student sitting next to a tray full of beakers, recording observations on a sheet of paper.
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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 magic in learning. They use