2014 PaCES/HIMB Summer High School Program in Environmental Science

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1 WEEK 1 9-Jun 10-Jun 11-Jun 12-Jun 13-Jun 8:30 Recap and Quiz Oli & Chant Introduction to the Set Up UH Course Orientation oratory and 'Ahupua'a Making Usernames Measurements & Field Safety Collecting Data Galario Evensen Travel to HIMB Recap and Quiz Using EXCEL to Recap and Quiz Welcome Brief History of Moku O Loʻe and HIMB; and Island Tour (HIMB) Kāneʻohe Ahupuaʻa & Watershed Tour Field Trip With Environmeters and Barometers Summarize and Present Data Data Summarization & Presentation Properties of Water Properties of Soils at Moku O Loʻe Swim Test (HIMB) Snorkel Tour (HIMB) Using EXCEL for Data Entry and Table Generation Review of Environmeter Data Using EXCEL to Summarize and Present Data Science and the Scientific Method Properties of Water Formation and Characteristics of Hawaiian Soils Climate and Hydrology Watershed Mapping 16:00 Journal Journal Journal Journal Journal

2 WEEK 2 16-Jun 17-Jun 18-Jun 19-Jun 20-Jun 8:30 Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Introduction to Life in Hawaiian Ecology & Streams Population Growth Yee Water Pollution and Water Quality Parameters Estuaries and Wetlands Native Hawaiian Terrestrial Ecosystems Yafuso Population Growth Stream Bioassessment Survey Yee) Stream Water Quality Survey ) Estuary Dynamics Field Study ) Hale 'Imiloa Rain Garden Service Project & Community Ecology Assignment Catch Up Stream Bioassessment Survey Data Workup Yee) Water Quality Parameters Measurement: Analysis of Water Collected Water Samples ) Estuary Data Workup ) Nā Pōhaku O Hauwahine Service Project 16:00 Journal Journal Journal Journal Journal

3 WEEK 3 23-Jun 24-Jun 25-Jun 26-Jun 27-Jun 8:30 Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Biology and Travel to HIMB Ecology of Corals and Coral Reefs Coral Reef Surveys on Coconut Island Field Survey Aeby Coral The Hawaiian Fishpond Tamaru Aquaponics Facility Tour Tamaru Travel to the Fishpond Environmental Microbiology Microbiology Principles of PCR PCR Reaction Set Up ) AT THE FISHPOND Coral Reef Survey Methods /Demo Aeby Group Reef Species ID Aeby Group Coral Reef Survey Data Workup Streak Plates s Loko Iʻa O Waikalua Tour and Service Project DNA Extraction Start Molecular Genetics DNA Extraction Continued ) Hawaiian Seaweed ID Seaweed Pressing The Intertidal Zone 16:00 Journal Journal Journal Journal Journal

4 WEEK 4 30-Jun 1-Jul 2-Jul 3-Jul 4-Jul 8:30 Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Recap and Quiz Intertidal Zone Survey ) Intertidal Zone Survey Data Workup ) Kakoʻoʻoiwi Loʻi Service Project Climate Change Research Project Brainstorming (In field) HOLIDAY Work on Research Projects Optional Nanakuli Beach Park Fossil Reef (bring snorkel gear) Human Impacts on Coral Reefs Assignment Catch Up Environmental History of Kāneʻohe Bay Writing a Proposal and a Scientific Paper Searching the Literature Conventional Agriculture Galaria Research Project Brainstorming Proposal Development 16:00 Journal Journal Journal Journal 16:30 END END END END

5 WEEK 5 7-Jul 8-Jul 9-Jul 10-Jul 11-Jul 8:30 Recap and Quiz Project Update Project Update Project Update Project Update DNA Electrophoresis BLAST 16:00 Journal

6 WEEK 6 14-Jul 15-Jul 16-Jul 17-Jul 18-Jul 19-Jul Saturday Symposium Registration 8:30 Project Update Project Update Making an Oral Welcome Using PowerPoint Presentation Keynote Speaker TBA Report Due Presentations END Program Evaluation Oral Presentation Practice 16:00

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