Fellow Projects

Fellows in the UH program were from diverse disciplines, and their projects ranged from population genetics to watershed ecology to invasion biology. Partnerships exposed K-12 students to a variety of study organisms, including invasive ants, native seabirds, deep-sea algae and hammerhead sharks. These examples of Fellows’ projects highlights the UH Manoa GK-12 Program approach:

The Our Project in Hawaii’s Intertidal (OPIHI) built strong partnerships, including a growing, state-wide network of teacher-researchers.

The Hammerhead Shark Population Study was multidisciplinary and involved diverse topics such as mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and biology.

The Case of the Sick Coral lesson series was developed by a teacher-researcher-fellow team to mimic coral genetics and ecology research in the classroom

The Native Bird Monitoring Program was aligned to school learner goals, enabling younger students to collect information and participate in effective, but different, ways than older students.

The Ask-a-Scientist-at-Sea project allowed students to participate in research far-removed from every day experiences by coupling interaction with scientists at sea with classroom reproductions of shipboard experiments. Click here to see the Hui Malama and Seabury Hall posters created from this project.

The Ant Watch project involved the public and the scientific community in tracking invasive ant species and in sharing that information on a large scale using a variety of forms of communication

The Watershed Monitoring Project was both “high-” and “low-tech”, partnering with the cyberinfrastructure community to monitor streams and climate.

The Biome Bazaar was a middle-school wide project at ASSETS school, where each of six classrooms adopted a biome and carried out experiments, research projects, and art projects to become experts on their particular biome. During the Biome Bazaar, the students rotated through each other's classrooms and taught one another about their respective biomes. Additionally, researchers and science educators from UH, the Bishops' Museum, and the Honolulu Zoo made interactive presentations to the students about the biomes of the world. Want to see the Biome Bazaar Gallery? Click here.

Fellows also worked with partners to create workshops for teachers and the public. Click here to learn more about past workshops.