{"id":86558,"date":"2018-10-23T14:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T00:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86558"},"modified":"2020-01-15T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T02:27:10","slug":"opihi-noaa-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/23\/opihi-noaa-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Watershed citizen science project awarded $150K"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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University Laboratory School students in Our Project in Hawaiʻi\u2019s<\/span> Intertidal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A citizen science program for middle and high school teachers and students has been awarded $150,000 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bay Watershed Education and Training<\/a> program. Our Project in Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s Intertidal<\/a> (OPIHI<\/abbr>) in the Curriculum Research and Development Group<\/a> (CRDG<\/abbr>) at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Education is aimed at understanding the local watershed and scientific process. <\/p>\n

OPIHI<\/abbr> participants learn about marine ecology and conservation, species identification and sampling techniques. They monitor the limu (algae) and invertebrate communities of the understudied rocky intertidal areas in Hawaiʻi<\/span> and collect authentic data while improving their scientific skills and building their confidence and interest in science.<\/p>\n

The research program is under the direction of CRDG<\/abbr> Assistant Specialist Joanna Philippoff<\/strong> and co-directed by Leeward Community College<\/a> Place-Based Lab Manager Anuschka Faucci<\/strong>. “This award will allow us to continue to immerse teachers and students statewide in the scientific process,” Philippoff said. “It will also allow us to support continuing OPIHI<\/abbr> teachers as well as bring on a new cohort of novice OPIHI<\/abbr> teachers.”<\/p>\n

In OPIHI<\/abbr>, educators, scientists and cultural practitioners form a supportive community engaged in understanding their local ahupuaʻa<\/span>. Teachers gain classroom and field experiences which they use to create activities with their students.<\/p>\n

In 2018 the program produced a A Field Guide To Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s Coastal Organisms: Algae And Invertebrates<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Read more on the College of Education website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Jennifer Parks<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Project in Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s Intertidal in the Curriculum Research and Development Group will train middle school and high school teachers and students on the local watershed and scientific process. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[95,665,125,65,1318,71,9,1043],"class_list":["post-86558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-education","tag-conservation","tag-curriculum-research-and-development-group","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-marine-ecology","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-manoa","tag-water","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t