Aloha! My students are the ʻōpio (young adults) of a small rural town in Hawaii where the perpetuation and embodiment of Native Hawaiian culture is still very alive. My high schoolers are uniquely adapted to life in this rural town - most of them hunt pigs and deer, dive, spearfish, grow their own food, and are used to living a life of sustenance.
Our Title I school struggles to capture the attention of our students in the classroom, so I aim to engage my students to the fullest with hands-on science. I teach Marine Science to 9th, Biology to 10th, and various electives for 11th and 12th graders - Chemistry, Zoology, and Natural Resources. Over the past two school years, I have slowly built up the curriculum for these classes, but still have a long way to go. With your help, I can create a robust, hands-on, place-based curriculum for the various science courses that will inspire and engage our ʻōpio!
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Aloha! My students are the ʻōpio (young adults) of a small rural town in Hawaii where the perpetuation and embodiment of Native Hawaiian culture is still very alive. My high schoolers are uniquely adapted to life in this rural town - most of them hunt pigs and deer, dive, spearfish, grow their own food, and are used to living a life of sustenance.
Our Title I school struggles to capture the attention of our students in the classroom, so I aim to engage my students to the fullest with hands-on science. I teach Marine Science to 9th, Biology to 10th, and various electives for 11th and 12th graders - Chemistry, Zoology, and Natural Resources. Over the past two school years, I have slowly built up the curriculum for these classes, but still have a long way to go. With your help, I can create a robust, hands-on, place-based curriculum for the various science courses that will inspire and engage our ʻōpio!
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