We’re excited to share these stories, tips and updates from Letters to a Pre-Scientist community members!
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Outside the walls of a classroom
Throughout the year, we ask each of the teachers hosting Letters to a Pre-Scientist in their classroom to share a bit about their science classroom. Mrs. Wojnar is bringing LPS
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Sixth grade science
Throughout the year, we take a peek into the classrooms hosting Letters to a Pre-Scientist. In this post, Ms. Farmer shares the excitement of her middle schoolers getting to take
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A peek into letter opening day
Throughout the year, each of the teachers hosting Letters to a Pre-Scientist is asked to write a blog post about their science classroom. In this post, Ms. Pinto shares the excitement
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Updates on the wildfire in Paradise, CA
Many scientist pen pals have continued to reach out to the LPS team with concern over their pre-scientist pen pals from Mr. Kessler’s class in Paradise, CA. We are in
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Mr. Ohama’s class opens their letters
It’s that time of year again – most of our participating classrooms had their first letter opening day last week! Here’s a peek into letter opening day in Mr. Ohama’s
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Where in the world is LPS this year?
With the Letters to a Pre-Scientist network growing every year, it’s exciting to see where our pre-scientists and scientists are coming from! This year, we had nearly 2500 scientists sign
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LPS recognized by Nature Research award!
The Letters to a Pre-Scientist team is thrilled to announce that we were longlisted for the Nature Research Innovating Science Award! This prestigious award recognizes individuals and organizations working towards
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Astronomy Education
This edition of a teacher blog post is courtesy of Calypso Harmon’s 8th grade science classroom in California, and how she incorporated hands-on learning during her students’ astronomy unit. It was time