STEMplus Events

Nā Wai ʻEkolu Roll Call - January 26 4:30-7:00 PM - ʻIolani School

Calling all aloha ‘āina educators, leaders, and organizers! What does the watershed need from us?

In an effort to reinvigorate the Nā Wai ‘Ekolu network, we want to welcome you and new stewards to join us in our care of the Makiki, Mānoa, and Pālolo streams, which all flow into Māmala Bay. Gathering as educators and students we feel the possibilities of a more sustainable future. Let’s nurture the energy of the Nā Wai ‘Ekolu community!

Māmala aloha ʻaina planning - february 23 4:30-7:00 PM - ʻIolani School

Join us to plan and discuss the efforts of our schools and keiki to monitor and restore the Ala Wai Watershed.

safety & logistics briefing - march 30 4:30-7:00 PM - ʻIolani school

Hear from field experts and other Nā Wai ʻEkolu teachers about hosting a safe and successful Aloha ʻĀina event. Mahalo to Kyle Tokuda from the City & County of Honoluluʻs Storm Water Quality Division for leading this briefing.

past events

freeman seabird preserve october 29 - 8:00 - 12:oo Pm multiple locations

Join an exclusive tour of the ‘Ua‘u kani (Wedge-tailed Shearwater) breeding colony at Freeman Seabird Preserve with Hawai‘i Audubon, Oikonos, and HPU researchers. The field visit is followed by a workshop on the STEM+Art curriculum Way of the Wedgie that highlights conservation lessons from the Preserve.

BIRDS NOT MOSQUITOEs OCTOBER 11 - 4:30-7:00 PM - ʻiolani school

In collaboration with Dr. Matt Medeiros, his graduate student, Mamo Waianuhea, and ʻIolani Schoolʻs ʻĀina-Informatics Network, learn how Hawaiʻi high school students and teachers are helping to save our native Hawaiian birds through the identification of Wolbachia strains in Hawai‘i’s mosquitoes. We will also hear from Luka Zavas of the American Bird Conservancy and Birds, Not Mosquitoes.

ʻĀINA-INFORMATICS NETWORK INFO SESSION SEPTEMBER 20 - 4:30-7:00 PM -ʻIOLANI SCHOOL

Learn about the ʻĀina-Informatics Network and how genome science, place-based curricula and bioethics can be used in your classroom. Open to Hawaiʻi life sciences educators, grades 7-12.