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色情视频 faculty, staff and students always go the extra mile. Beyond their time in the classroom and conducting research, they work to inspire the next generations of scientists through community outreach efforts.

In March, for example, assistant biology professor Cristal Zuniga used part of a National Science Foundation grant to host a two-week exchange program between her lab and a local fifth grade class. 

Zuniga partnered with Tracy Beach, an 色情视频 alumna and fifth grade teacher at El Cajon鈥檚 Fletcher Hills Elementary School. The pair of educators organized the exchange program that teaches students about Zuniga鈥檚 microalgae research while meeting fifth grade science curriculum standards by demonstrating processes such as how plants and tiny organisms like algae convert light into energy through photosynthesis.

The first week, Zuniga's team visited Fletcher Hills to provide an overview of what microalgae is, how they use it for research, and how factors like sugar, water and light can affect its growth. Each student was given their own algae sample to take care of over the next week before visiting 色情视频 the following week.

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During the fifth grade class鈥檚 visit to their lab, Zuniga鈥檚 undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral scholars walked the elementary schoolers through a series of experiments. The fifth graders conducted real science in a college laboratory, testing the pH levels of the samples they had cared for over the past week, analyzing how the samples were affected by the growing conditions they selected, and closely analyzing the algae using advanced tools like a microscope and spectrophotometers. 

Beach鈥檚 class also interviewed scientists from around the world working remotely for the Zuniga lab, asking questions about why they chose to pursue a career in science. Through all these components of the experience, the hope, both educators said, is to introduce the young students, many of whom are from underrepresented backgrounds, to a world of opportunities offered by college and careers in STEM.

鈥淩esearch has shown that early exposure to STEM experiences increases the interest and disposition of kids to engage with science and become successful scientists and engineers,鈥� Zuniga said.  

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This year, students also got a preview of the nearly finalized space guacamole product Zuniga and College of Health and Human Services food scientists Changqi Liu and Jing Zhao have been working on as part of a NASA and USDA-funded project. The fifth graders heard from Liu about what it took to create the freeze-dried superfood infused with microalgae, and how this addition to astronauts鈥� diets can give crews a nutrient boost on long-duration missions.

鈥淏ack in the classroom at Fletcher Hills, I gave the students a survey. Besides lunch, the students鈥� favorite thing was being in the lab, using the tools and working with the scientists,鈥� Beach said, reporting multiple students said this opportunity made them want to pursue careers in science and inspired them to consider attending college for the first time, many saying they want to go to 色情视频.

鈥淩eal life experiences make an impact by showing students that what they learn will be used in the future and it makes it more fun,鈥� Beach added. 鈥淚f students are having fun, they learn more and have a positive attitude towards learning in general.鈥�

This is the second year Beach鈥檚 fifth grade class and Zuniga鈥檚 lab have teamed up for this scientific exchange experience and the collaboration will continue in the future, thanks to the NSF grant.

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