SciREN is a non-profit organization that connects educators with researchers. Our focus is in helping researchers develop lesson plans that incorporate their own cutting-edge research and target Next Generation Science Standards. This website serves as the lesson plan repository for SciREN San Diego.
Funding for SciREN San Diego is provided by the National Science Foundation. We would also like to thank additional local businesses that have generously donated door prizes for our networking event. Please see our donors here.
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Title | Author | Grade | Domain | PE Code | Additional PE Codes |
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Do you speak whale? | Regina. A Guazzo | K-5 | Life Sciences | 3-LS2-1 | 4-PS4-1 |
Rubber ducks demonstrate ocean circulation | Emily Kunselman | K-5 | Physical Sciences | 3-PS2-1 | |
The life of an oyster | Emily Kunselman | K-5 | Physical Sciences | 3-PS2-1 | 4-LS1-1 |
Structure and function of the human brain | Ece Bayram | K-5 | Life Sciences | 4-LS1-1 | |
Gene knockouts - how does an alien build a car? | Anne Schulberg | 6-8 | Life Sciences | MS-LS1-6 | |
Under pressure - Building a coral reef under climate change and human impacts | Travis Courtney | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS2-2 | HS-LS2-6, HS-LS2-7 |
Shifting seascapes and the effect of climate change on marine ecosystems | Chase James | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS2-6 | |
Disturbance in ecosystems - Choose your own adventure | Brianne Palmer | 6-8 | Life Sciences | MS-LS2-5 | |
Vision and critical periods | Laura Sancho Fernandez | 6-8 | Life Sciences | MS-LS1-8 | |
Learning cell biology basics using a virtual microscope | Sarah Wolfe | 6-8 | Life Sciences | MS-LS1-1 | |
The good side of viruses in brain research | Janki Patel | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS1-1 | |
How animals interact with one another in a coral reef | Sarah McTague | K-5 | Life Sciences | 5-LS2-1 | |
Computer vision - teaching computers to see | Zachary Burns | 9-12 | Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science | HS-ETS1-1 | HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-ETS1-4 |
Commensal vs pathogenic bacteria in the gut microbiome | Dalaena Rivera | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS2-6 | |
Observing global evidence for climate change | Michael Rieger | 9-12 | Earth and Space Sciences | HS-ESS3-6 | |
DNA through the looking glass | David Horning | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS1-1 | HS-LS3-3 |
Why cells divide | Ekaterina Gracheva | 6-8 | Life Sciences | MS-LS1-1 | MS-LS1-5 |
Mad cows and mysterious brain tangles - what happens when protein folding goes wrong | Lannah Abasi | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS1-1 | |
Hacking virus spread - modeling COVID spread with mathematical SIR model | Jennifer Havens | 6-8 | Life Sciences | MS-LS1-1 | MS-PS3-2 |
Hacking virus spread - modeling COVID spread with mathematical SIR model | Jennifer Havens | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS2-1 | HS-LS2-2, HS-PS3-1 |