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Grades 9-12

Calculating a Biodiversity Index to Assess Stream Health

Goal: Using data collected by the students on their stream field trip and by other schools collected previously, students will be able to calculate an Hawai’i Stream Index of Biological Integrity (HS-IBI) and understand how it can be used to assess stream health

Lesson Plan

 HS-IBI tutorial video (Part 1) (Part 2)

How healthy are stream ecosystems?

• Calculate the Hawaii Stream Index of Biological Integrity (HS-IBI)

• HS-IBI example calculations at Makiki Stream

• HS-IBI example calculations at Manoa-Palolo Stream

• Use sample data to determine how the HS-IBI varies at a site over time

• Use sample data to determine how the HS-IBI varies at different sites

• Use sample data to determine how the HS-IBI varies with elevation along a stream

• Answer questions about your data

Literature (Grades 9-12)

• Impacts of Human Disturbance on Biotic Communities in Hawaiian Streams

• Climate change and conservation of endemic Hawaiian amphidromous fishes

• A native species-based index of biological integrity for Hawaiian stream environment

Grades 6-8

Find Your Soapbox

Goal: Using data collected by the students on their stream field trip and by other schools collected previously, students will be able to understand, analyze, interpret, and use data to support an argument.

Lesson Plan and Tutorial Video

How healthy are stream ecosystems?

• Use sample data to graph the percent of native and invasive species found along a stream

• Use sample data to illustrate the ratio of native and invasive species found along a stream

• Use sample data to look at different variables in a stream

• Answer questions about your data

grades 3-5

Exploring the Possible

Goal: Using data collected by the students on their stream field trip and by other schools previously, students will understand and articulate the long-term effects of invasive species removal and their contribution to the health of the watershed.

Lesson Plan and Tutorial Video

How healthy are stream ecosystems?

• Interpret sample data collected on the same date but in different locations

• Interpret sample data collected at the same site over time

• Answer questions about your data

Online Lecture and Story Map

• Online Stream Biodiversity Lecture: 

  - Grade K-2 (18 mins in 2 parts, w/ 7 mins optional content)

  - Grade 3-6 (40 mins in 7 parts, w/ 7 mins optional content)

  - Grades 7-12 (47 mins in 1 part)

• Interactive ArcGIS Story Map (All Ages)

Virtual Field Trips (map view):

• Kaimukī High School site, Mānoa-Pālolo Stream

• Kānewai Lo‘i site, Mānoa Stream

• Mānoa Park site, Mānoa Stream

• Waihī USGS site, Mānoa Stream (stay tuned!)

• Saint Louis School site, Pālolo Stream

• Ānuenue School site, Pālolo Stream

• Hālau Kū Māna study site, Makiki Stream

• Washington Middle School, Makiki Stream (stay tuned!)

Stream Habitat Assessment

• Visual Assessment Activity w/ Illustrations (Grades 4-12)

• Stream Assessment Scorecard (Grades 4-12)

Kahoots (requires lecture or story map prep):

• Lecture Quiz (Grades 3 to 5)(Grades 6 to 12)

• ArcGIS Story map Quiz (Grades 6-12)

• How many natives do you see? (Easy)* (Medium)* (Hard)** - All ages*, Grade 3+**

• Spot the native! All ages

• What is this (Native)(Invasive)? (Grade 3+)

• Choose one! Is this animal native or invasive? (Grade 3+)

Thinglinks (requires lecture or story map prep):

• Is this native or invasive? (All ages)

• Name that species! (Native) (Invasive) Grade 3+

• How many of each animal do you see in the net? (Easy) (Medium) (Hard) Grade 3+

Stream Fauna Identification

• Native Stream Animals (flash cards) (sheet)

• Invasive Stream Animals (flash cards) (sheet)

• Species List (Sheet)