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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 science class every day for the first time! A big step for elementary students going into middle school is getting to have a whole hour …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
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 about her South Carolina classroom’s very first letter opening day! “When do we get to open our letters?” “Has my letter arrived yet?” “What if …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
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 touch with Mr. Kessler, and are continuing to update our emergencies webpage as we receive updates from him, so please check there for the most current information. It …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
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 6th grade class. With great anticipation, the countdown was on. “We can open them on one?” Asks Priscilla, not wanting to wait until zero. “Three…two…one…” …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
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 up for the program, 1625 of whom completed scientist training and were eligible to be pen pals. We then matched 815 pre-scientists with scientist pen pals. The …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
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 increasing women and girls in STEM careers. Out of over 110 applications from around the world, Letters to a Pre-Scientist made the top 10! The …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
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 to start teaching astronomy, and I remembered that I read a great article last year in the March 2017 issue of Science Scope. I pulled …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
by Lucy Madden, CEO Teams of middle school math, science, history, and language arts teachers all over the US are engaging in the best practice of discovering places where their subject matter content intersects, then collaborating to plan lessons and projects that intersect multiple subject areas. Why do teachers tackle this labor-intensive, time-consuming, challenging process …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
It’s hard to believe that another school year is coming to an end! For Letters to a Pre-Scientist, this was our biggest year yet. We reached over 700 pre-scientists in 9 classrooms across the U.S., and had nearly 1,000 scientists register to become pen pals! It really is amazing to see how much the program has …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Hello! My name is Amanda Haney and I have the unique opportunity to teach a class of gifted 5th graders in Euclid, OH. My students are fun and quirky, and each have their own set of gifts and talents that make me smile every day! My goal each year is to provide my students with …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
A few months ago, Mr. Ohama’s students reclaimed a wasteland space on their school’s campus and turned it into a garden. On the morning of April 24th the morning television show Good Day Sacramento came to do a live feature in our new school garden. They sent a reporter to interview students and Mr. Ohama …
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