ʻĀina-Informatics & the COVID Variant Trackers Program
September 15 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Join a collaboration between ‘Iolani School's ʻĀina-Informatics Network, UH's Pacific Biodiversity Lab and the Department of Health to help sequence SARS-CoV-2 variants in Hawaiʻi. Learn how you and your students can do genetic sequencing in your classroom!
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Named Kōlea by ancient Hawaiians, Pacific Golden-Plovers are migratory shorebirds that raise their chicks in Alaska in summer and spend winter in Hawaiʻi . To learn more about when they arrive, where they settle and how many Kōlea migrate to Hawaiʻi , the Hawaiʻi Audubon Society has created Kōlea Count, a citizen science project that enables Hawaiʻi residents and visitors to participate in long term counting and monitoring of these beloved birds.
Slide deck from STEMplus: Kōlea Count
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Nā Wai ʻEkolu - Caring For Our Watershed November 10 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Featuring Cory Yap, aquatic biologist, outreach educator and environmental researcher, join us to learn more about Hawaiʻi’s native, unique freshwater species and the effect of human influence on their populations. Connect with us and learn how to care for our watershed.
Slide deck from STEMplus: Nā Wai ʻEkolu - Caring For Our Watershed
Mosquitoes in Hawaiʻi January 26, 2022 4:30 - 6:00 PM
The Mosquitoes in Hawaiʻi project was formed to identify where each mosquito species resides. This citizen science project, established in May 2015, is powered by the primary social network for natural history: iNaturalist. The iNaturalist app allows individuals to take a photo of any living thing and upload it to the cloud to be identified by thousands of volunteers worldwide. By joining the mosquito project people can share their observations and by using a state-of-the-art web portal (iNaturalist) help identify mosquitoes in the communities.
Aloha ʻĀina & Stream Clean-up Planning February 9, 2022 ʻIolani School 4:30 - 6:00 PM
On April 9th, the Makiki, Mānoa, and Pālolo streams, which all flow into Māmala Bay, will be touched by the hands and hearts of the communities through which they run. Join us to plan and discuss the efforts of our schools and keiki to monitor and restore the Ala Wai Watershed.
