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Steph Sharuga is a pen pal and Outreach Officer extraordinaire, who earlier in the school year helped connect several Letters to a Pre-Scientist classrooms with marine biology researchers working on …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
It’s our first Scientist Spotlight of this school year, and we’re excited to highlight 3rd-time pen pal Rachel Toczydlowski, a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin. Tell us about …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
For the first time this summer, Letters to a Pre-Scientist had more qualified teachers apply to host our program in their classroom than we could take on with the current …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Benjamin Nelson is an astronomy postdoc and data scientist at Northwestern University. He originally got involved with LPS as a letter writer in late 2015. He had fun with the experience …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Louisa Savereide, one of our Classroom Coordinators, went above and beyond to give the pre-scientists in Bridget Heneghan’s classroom the opportunity to see science in action – and practice being …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
It’s hard to believe that LPS is already moving into its eighth year of inspiring pre-scientists across the United States! To celebrate the occasion, we sat down with founders Macon …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Since the beginning of the year, pre-scientists across the U.S. have been engaging with scientists and expanding their understanding of the world around them. We asked the pre-scientists what they learned …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
As the school year comes to a close (how it’s flown by!), we’re already thinking ahead to the next year of LPS. Leading up to registration opening over the summer for …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Each month, we ask one of the teachers running Letters to a Pre-Scientist in their classroom to write a blog post related broadly to science education. Our next teacher, Sarah Henning, …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Students and families, we didn’t forget about you! To continue our series of sharing STEM resources, we’ve put together a list of ways for you to stay connected with exciting …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all of our U.S.-based readers are enjoying the holiday! The LPS team is thankful to all of the classrooms and scientists who participate in our program …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Over the past week, we’ve heard from scientists, teachers, and students participating in Letters to a Pre-Scientist regarding the implications of last week’s U.S. elections. How should scientists address this …
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