Letters to a Pre-Scientist
The mission of Letters to a Pre-Scientist is to demystify science careers by creating personal connections between students from high-poverty schools and real scientists. We help students form friendships with scientists from around the world. Our program is a cross-curricular experience where students learn science while improving their reading and writing skills and broadening their understanding of world geography and culture. We believe that every student is a pre-scientist, and we aim to give them the tools they need to continue their education.
At the core of our mission is a desire to see students of all races, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds succeed in their science education. For this reason, we focus on bringing our program to schools with a high proportion of students from low-income families. As of 2013, nearly one-fifth of public school students in the US go to a school where 75% or more of the students are eligible for free and reduced-price lunch (source: National Center for Education Statistics; web archive).
BrainPost
In 2017, we set out to change the way neuroscience is communicated. Throughout our academic careers, we have come to recognize the gap that exists between scientists across different fields, and between scientists and the general population.
We make neuroscience more accessible by providing easily digestible and accurate summaries of the latest neuroscience publications. By simplifying this process for you, we make it easier to stay connected and well informed on the latest neuroscientific advances.
Data Nuggets
Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers, designed to bring contemporary research and authentic data into the classroom. Data Nuggets include a connection to the scientist behind the data and the true story of their research. Each activity gives students practice working with “messy data” and interpreting quantitative information. Students are guided through the entire process of science, including identifying hypotheses and predictions, visualizing and interpreting data, making evidence based claims, and asking their own questions for future research. Because of their simplicity and flexibility, Data Nuggets can be used throughout the school year and across grades K-16, as students grow in their quantitative abilities and gain confidence. Data Nuggets have the potential to improve the understanding of science in society while engaging and motivating the next generation of scientists and engineers.
MICRO DIY
A free resource that guides builders of all ages through the steps to curate their own museum on a single topic, using materials from their own homes. The resource can also be used in a group, classroom, or community setting, and is based on the principLes MICRO uses to build their six-foot-tall museums.
Zooniverse
Zooniverse is a community science web portal owned and operated by the Citizen Science Alliance. It is home to some of the Internet's largest community science science projects.
The mission of Letters to a Pre-Scientist is to demystify science careers by creating personal connections between students from high-poverty schools and real scientists. We help students form friendships with scientists from around the world. Our program is a cross-curricular experience where students learn science while improving their reading and writing skills and broadening their understanding of world geography and culture. We believe that every student is a pre-scientist, and we aim to give them the tools they need to continue their education.
At the core of our mission is a desire to see students of all races, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds succeed in their science education. For this reason, we focus on bringing our program to schools with a high proportion of students from low-income families. As of 2013, nearly one-fifth of public school students in the US go to a school where 75% or more of the students are eligible for free and reduced-price lunch (source: National Center for Education Statistics; web archive).
BrainPost
In 2017, we set out to change the way neuroscience is communicated. Throughout our academic careers, we have come to recognize the gap that exists between scientists across different fields, and between scientists and the general population.
We make neuroscience more accessible by providing easily digestible and accurate summaries of the latest neuroscience publications. By simplifying this process for you, we make it easier to stay connected and well informed on the latest neuroscientific advances.
Data Nuggets
Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers, designed to bring contemporary research and authentic data into the classroom. Data Nuggets include a connection to the scientist behind the data and the true story of their research. Each activity gives students practice working with “messy data” and interpreting quantitative information. Students are guided through the entire process of science, including identifying hypotheses and predictions, visualizing and interpreting data, making evidence based claims, and asking their own questions for future research. Because of their simplicity and flexibility, Data Nuggets can be used throughout the school year and across grades K-16, as students grow in their quantitative abilities and gain confidence. Data Nuggets have the potential to improve the understanding of science in society while engaging and motivating the next generation of scientists and engineers.
MICRO DIY
A free resource that guides builders of all ages through the steps to curate their own museum on a single topic, using materials from their own homes. The resource can also be used in a group, classroom, or community setting, and is based on the principLes MICRO uses to build their six-foot-tall museums.
Zooniverse
Zooniverse is a community science web portal owned and operated by the Citizen Science Alliance. It is home to some of the Internet's largest community science science projects.