science communication

Mr. Gabriel Matched Pre-Scientists — For the past few years, we have had the incredible fortune of attracting more STEM professionals who want […]

Explainer: Why wasn’t I matched?

1 Oct, 2019 in 2019-20 / Program information tagged Explainer / outreach / science communication / STEM outreach by Lucy

Two students reading letters from their scientist pen pals. — How did you choose your career? How did you know what college to go to? How did you […]

The value of STEM mentors

20 May, 2019 in 2018-19 / Teachers tagged letter opening party / middle school / scicomm / science / science communication / teacher blog post / teaching by Aliyah Weinstein

Girl sits at a classroom table handwriting a reply to her pen pal. — by Ms. Cronmiller, 6th grade teacher in CA. Find all of the teacher blog posts here. This poem […]

Excitement, Chaos, and Quiet Moments

26 Apr, 2019 in 2018-19 / Letter Writing / Teachers tagged classroom / letter opening party / middle school / science communication / teacher blog post / teachers / writing by Aliyah Weinstein

Image from iOS (5) — LPS leadership and scientist volunteers had a blast participating in the American Association for the Advancement of Science […]

AAAS Family Science Days recap

18 Mar, 2019 in 2018-19 / Event / Outreach tagged LPS team / outreach / public communication / scicomm / science communication / scientists by Aliyah Weinstein

Text on a black background reads "HUBWeek 2018 Demo Day Startup Oct 13 Curious? HubWeek.Org." Underneath is a list of the HUBWeek sponsors. — Meet LPS at HUBWeek in Boston on October 13th!

Meet LPS at HUBWeek in Boston!

5 Oct, 2018 in 2018-19 / Outreach tagged events / outreach / scicomm / science communication by Aliyah Weinstein

Ohama blog post 2 — A few months ago, Mr. Ohama’s students reclaimed a wasteland space on their school’s campus and turned it […]

LPS Students and Teacher featured on TV

3 May, 2018 in 2017-18 / Outreach / Pre-scientists tagged classroom / ecology / education / middle school / outreach / science communication / teacher blog post by Aliyah Weinstein

JOIDES Resolution — Steph Sharuga is a pen pal and Outreach Officer extraordinaire, who earlier in the school year helped connect […]

Scientists At Sea

26 Apr, 2018 in 2017-18 / Scientists tagged marine biology / outreach / research / science communication / scientists by Aliyah Weinstein

Amy at meeting — In this Scientist Spotlight post, welcome to Amy Nusbaum, an LPS pen pal for the past two years! […]

Scientist Spotlight #9: Amy Nusbaum

1 Mar, 2018 in 2017-18 / Scientist Spotlight tagged college / education / psychology / research / science communication / Scientist Spotlight / scientists by Aliyah Weinstein

Julie class — As the school year comes to a close (how it’s flown by!), we’re already thinking ahead to the […]

‘Why join LPS?’ #1: from the pre-scientists

31 May, 2017 in 2016-17 / Pre-scientists tagged classroom / K-12 / middle school / outreach / scicomm / science communication by Aliyah Weinstein

thanks_lps — Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all of our U.S.-based readers are enjoying the holiday! The LPS team is thankful […]

We’re thankful for all of you!

24 Nov, 2016 in 2016-17 / Scientists tagged outreach / science / science communication / scientists / STEM / Thanksgiving by Aliyah Weinstein