We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS …
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“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” (Note to teachers: you’re not crazy; things have definitely changed.) Returning to normal in education is not happening. Normal is long …
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published in Science Sandbox News by Omar Vera https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2021/12/15/youve-got-snail-mail-how-letters-from-stem-professionals-are-changing-young-lives/
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I don’t remember how I came across Letters to a Pre-Scientist in 2014; maybe a friend posted it, or maybe a lab colleague suggested it as a cool outreach opportunity. …
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Distance learning creates novel issues for teaching and learning while exacerbating existing issues. Non-teachers tend to focus on the remote aspect of the situation. They ask about how we engage …
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When Macon Lowman and I founded the Letters to a Pre-Scientist pen pal program back in 2010, we had a simple goal: get students talking to scientists. Macon wanted to …
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This past summer, the Letters to a Pre-Scientist program’s mission got a refresh. Our original mission was to demystify STEM careers and empower all students to see themselves as future …
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This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Lyra Morina, a Post-Baccalaureate Fellow in Immunology in Washington, D.C. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters …
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This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Brittany Killingbeck, a graduate student studying Ecosystem Restoration at Niagara College in Ontario, Canada. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our …
by Lucy 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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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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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 …
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