Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology Research Experience in Marine Science is a summer high school program supported by an independent research unit within the School of Ocean Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Inquiry-based summer courses are offered to Youth from Hawaiʻi with the objective of creating educational pathways for future scientists, managers, and stewards by increasing literacy skills as they develop an understanding of the relationship between anthropogenic impacts and coastal ecosystem productivity.
The first two weeks of the program will cover short lectures, researcher guest lectures, quizzes, field-trips, and numerous investigative sessions both in the field and in the lab.
By the end Weeks 1– 2, students will be able to:
Week 1
Introduction
Lecture 1: Reef Etiquette and Hawaiian Reef Species Identification
I. Coral Reef Ecology
Guest lecture: Coral Reef Monitoring
Lecture 2: Coral Reef Ecology
Quiz 1 (pre/post): Coral Reef Ecology
Handout: Practice Transect and Photoquadrats
Reading: CPCe Abbreviations
II. Ocean Acidification
Quiz 2 (pre/post): Ocean Acidification
Pre-Evaluation: Ocean Acidification
Lecture 3: Ocean Acidification
Video I: Ocean Acidification
Video II: Ocean Acidification
Post Evaluation: Ocean Acidification
III. Marine Fish Aquaculture
Reading: Marine Aquaculture Lab Handout
Quiz 3 (pre): Marine Aquaculture
Week 2
Lecture 4: Marine Aquaculture
Video: Hawaiian Fishponds – Heʻeia
IV. Marine Bioacoustics
Quiz 4 (pre/post): Marine Bioacoustics
Evaluation (pre): Marine Bioacoustics
V. Sea Urchin Fertilization
Reading: Sea Urchin Fertilization
Lecture 5: Sea Urchin Fertilization
Quiz 5 (pre/post): Sea Urchin Fertilization
Lecture 6: Marine Bioacoustics
Quiz 3 (post): Marine Aquaculture
Evaluation (post): Marine Bioacoustics
VI. Scientific Method
Quiz 6 (pre/post): Scientific Method
Lecture 7: Scientific Method
The remaining three weeks of the program will be devoted to students developing novel team research questions related to the marine science topics covered during the first two weeks, followed by design, execution, analysis, reporting and oral presentation of results at an organized course ‘symposium’.
By the end of Weeks 3-5, students will be able to:
Week 3
I. Team Project Execution — students work in teams to conceptualized and execute a research plan
II. Field data collection — hands-on activity in the field or in the lab followed,
III. Class discussions — shared discussions of culminating group report of results of daily scientific findings.
Week 4
I. Team project execution — more
II. Field data collection
III. Data analysis
Week 5
Preparation of final report and presentation
Practice talks (1st round):
Revisions
Practice talks (2nd round):
Break out group sessions:
Symposium (dry-run):
Revisions (as needed):
Final Symposium: team project presentations
Contact Information:
Web Address: www2.hawaii.edu/~himbed
Mailing Address:
46-007 Lilipuna Road
P.O. Box 1346
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi 96744
Phone: (808)235-9301
Fax: (808)235-9300
E-mail: HIMBED@hawaii.edu