It just so happened that all the letters came in right before our winter break, so we spend our last few days of school opening and writing back letters! Students …
When we first started Letters to a Pre-Scientist during the 2010-2011 school year, we had just over 100 committed scientists volunteering as pen pals. The scientists represented about 10 US …
The month of October brought many fun activities for the young scientists at Chicago Collegiate Charter School. They finished up their Scientific Method Unit (they rocked the Unit test), started …
Today’s post was written by Ms. Parker, who teaches 5th grade pre-scientists in Halifax, NC. It’s October! I can hardly believe a month of school has already passed. As a …
As we approach the middle of September we are finishing up the matching of scientists with prescientists, and are ecstatic to enter our fourth year with this program! As this …
This June marked middle school graduation for my first class of 6th graders. For those of you that have been with our program from the start, this means your first …
My students are working hard to learn the DEAL design process within our forces and motion unit. As a STEM middle school, we focus on teaching kids the engineering design …
Things are very exciting right now, down at Letters to a Pre-scientist Headquarters! First, we want to say goodbye to all the students in Bertie County, and thank them for …
What was your favorite field trip in middle school? I hope my 6th grade students will be able to reflect back years from now and say it was their trip …
Just in time for Earth Day, students are learning about ecosystems around the world. Before diving into ecosystems, we finished learning about rocks, minerals and soils. Students were excited to …
Wow! It is hard to believe, we are already in our third quarter of 6th grade! With our winter break in December and settling back into the groove of things …
November was all about energy, which is pretty much always the case in a 6th grade classroom. This time our energy was focused on trying to understand where we find …
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