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We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers and staff to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers and staff to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers and staff to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers and staff to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a …
by Jenelle Whitman 
Part 2: How to make your letters more engaging You might be realizing at this point in the year that you’re having a difficult time engaging with your pre-scientist. From our experience, this is primarily for one of two reasons: Your student is not interested or thinks they’re not interested in STEM. Your letters are …
by Jenelle Whitman
Part 1: Engaging students not interested in STEM You might be realizing at this point in the year that you’re having a difficult time engaging with your pre-scientist. From our experience, this is primarily for one of two reasons: Your student is not interested or thinks they’re not interested in STEM. Your letters are not …
by Jenelle Whitman 
The goal of this blog series is to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas from real letters written by STEM professionals. We hope this series serves as a resource for pen pals to make letters accessible and engaging for pre-scientists. This letter was written by STEM pen pal Trinity to an 8th grade …
by Jenelle Whitman 
The pre-scientists wait eagerly for their letters, trickling in over weeks until every students’ letter has reached their classroom from all over the world. The anticipation builds for the date marked on the calendar when every letter is finally due to arrive and they can all finally be opened. These days – letter opening days – …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
We’re excited to highlight another of our LPS teachers – Marcy Burns, who teaches 5th grade science in Ohio. She and her students are involved in taking what they learn in the classroom and applying it to global scientific questions (how cool!) Here, she describes their experiences, and how their pen pals have helped to …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
The energy that the pre-scientists feel about Letters to a Pre-Scientist doesn’t only shine through in the letters they write, but in the smiles on their faces when they receive letters, as well. Their teachers build up excitement around the program by planning letter opening parties, when all of the students in the class open their letters at once, and …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Each month, we are pleased to host one on the blog one of the teachers who is running Letters to a Pre-Scientist in her classroom. This month, Tanique Origgio, a 4th and 5th grade science teacher in the South Bronx, describes her classroom’s first letter opening party! Hi! My name is Ms. Origgio and …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
An unsung hero in the success of the Letters to a Pre-Scientist Program is the U.S. Postal Service! In an era where electronic communication is king, we believe that there is a level of personalization and excitement that uniquely comes from tearing open an envelope and unfolding the paper inside. We see the end results …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
The holiday season is in full swing, with music and magic in the air, lights twinkling in frosty windows… and letters from scientists being torn open in classrooms across the US! All of our pre-scientist students have received their first letters and have enjoyed “Opening Day” with their classmates, learning about their new pen pals …
by Jen MacCormack 
Pen pal matches are out, and hundreds of scientists are busy writing wonderful letters for their students! If you received a match email, and haven’t started your letter yet, please don’t forget that the letters need to arrive by November 13th – that’s only a week away! If you’re looking for ideas about what to …
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