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Course Description
Course Description
This is a problem or issues-based course where students investigate environmental issues (e.g. watershed, forestry, global warming, introduction of new species to an environment, etc.) and problems of our technological society. Students analyze environmental issues, identify and evaluate alternate solutions, and take appropriate actions to help maintain or improve the quality of our sustainable environment. Emphasis is on the use of laboratory and fieldwork to study the local and global environment.
Units
Units
10 Energy Challenges (tentative)
11 Atmospheric Pollution (tentative)
12 Earth's Changing Climate (tentative)
13 Looking Forward (tentative)
Google Classroom code: omwruui
Google Classroom code: omwruui
Daily Agenda Slides here
Daily Agenda Slides here
Assignments and due dates here
Assignments and due dates here
Laboratories
Laboratories
Coriolis Effect & Atm Circulation (1 week)
Contributors to the Carbon Cycle (2 weeks)
Ocean Acidification (4 weeks)
Nitrogen Cycle (5 weeks)
Population Growth and Carrying Capacity (4 weeks)
Air Pollution and Vehicle Emissions (1 week)
Field Trips
Field Trips
Bishop Museum
Moku o Lo'e (Coconut Island)
Kualoa Ranch
Ka Papa Lo'i o Kanewai
Sweet Land Farm
Papahana Kuaola
Paepae He'eia
Materials
Materials
3" binder
Folder paper
pens
Work Policies
Work Policies
Major Assignments
Major Assignments
Mad Scientist (1 per year)
Exams (1 per quarter)
Blogs (3-5 per quarter)
Quizzes (3-5 per quarter)
Field trip reflections (4 total)
Grading scale
Grading scale
A 90 – 100%
B 80 – 89%
C 70- 79%
D 60 – 69%
F < 60%
Blogs
Blogs
Create a blog on Google (click here to see how)
Title must include your name and "Environmental Science"
One blog per unit. 250 words per blog.
Instructions:
Read the assigned article(s)
Summarize the article(s) in your OWN WORDS
Discuss your stance on the main point/topic of the article and why
Discuss an aspect of your life that relates to the topic in the article
Include at least one relevant picture that you took and a caption
Post a link to your blog in the spreadsheet
See rubric here
See rubric here
Link to spreadsheet here
Link to spreadsheet here
Quizzes
Quizzes
Quizzes are given to assess how much you are (or are not) learning during each unit. There are NO RETAKES for quizzes unless the average score for all classes is below 50% (retake will not be the same as the original quiz). You may make-up a quiz that you missed due to an excused absence (with note). No make ups without a note.
Exams
Exams
There will be an Exam at the end of each quarter. THERE ARE NO EXAM RETAKES. If you are absent (excused or not), you must see me to get instructions for an essay that will replace your exam grade (essay due 2 days before the end of the quarter).
Field Trips
Field Trips
There will be at least 7 Environmental Science field trips this year. Costs range from about $10-$20 per field trip. Each student must attend at least 4 field trips all year and turn in a one-page reflection of the trip within one week of the field trip. If you are not able to attend all four field trips due to physical or financial restraints, please see Ms. Carreira to arrange alternate assignments.
Field trip reflection instructions and rubric here
Field trip reflection instructions and rubric here
Oli
Oli
In this course, we will have several opportunities to learn by interacting with natural places. Many of these places are of high cultural significance and we will honor this by observing traditional protocol, which is done through oli or chant.
Mele Kāhea
A mele kāhea is a particular kind of chant usually associated with hālau hula (hula schools) used by the haumana (student) to ask permission to enter the hālau. However, a mele kāhea could equally be applied to asking permission to enter a person’s home, or to entering a forest, the dwelling of the gods. A mele kāhea might also be used before joining a ceremony, or sometimes just to entice a learned person to share knowledge. Mele kāhea were sometimes chanted by the gods themselves whenever they went in search of higher understanding.
The Right ‘Ano Hawaiians consider respect and humility to be an essential quality in approaching any task. So in addition to knowing the words to a mele kāhea, the chant must be presented with the right ‘ano, the proper spirit and intention. It is possible for one’s request to be denied without the right ‘ano.
A Formal Request for Knowledge and Help To be a recipient of a mele kāhea is a high honor. Therefore it is important for the recipient of the mele kāhea to be mindful of one’s actions, both verbal and nonverbal, when presented with such a request.
(from https://apps.ksbe.edu/olelo/learning-place/performance-indicators/chant/all/types-mele-used-oli )
Hiki Mai Ka Lā
Hiki Mai Ka Lā
Hiki mai ka lā i ka honua
Nā mo'olelo, e mau aku ka mo'omeheu (e)
Ka leo o nā pua i kaiao
Ku lo'ihi ka pā ahe o ka manai (e)
Estria has recorded himself performing the oli (chant) in a slower pace for all of you to learn. You can find the link (unlisted & not public) on his Mele Murals You Tube channel here:
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