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Kahua A'o: A Learning Foundation: Using Hawaiian Language Newspaper
Articles for Place and Culture-based Geoscience Teacher Education and
Curriculum Development
Kahua A'o, a collaboration involving the College of Education, School
of Hawaiian Knowledge, SOEST, and Windward Community College utilizes
Hawaiian language newspaper articles written in the 19th and early
20th centuries as a foundation for geoscience education. Articles
describe familiar winds, rains, and landscapes as well as volcanic
eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami, drought, and storms. As over 90% of
1.5 million pages of text are still in Hawaiian, the project provides
historical resources for science educators and scientists and conveys
the science underlying Hawaiian stories and cultural practices. Earth
science modules disseminated through science education classes,
workshops and project websites bring Native Hawaiian voices and
viewpoints into geoscience education. Kahua A'o is funded under an NSF
OEDG award, Pauline Chinn, P.I., Steven Businger, Floyd McCoy, M.
Puakea Nogelmeier, and Scott Rowland, co-P.I.s.
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Lesson 1 - Hadley Cell and the Trade Winds of Hawai'i
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Lesson 2 - Local Winds and Rain in Hawai'i
Local Weather Conditions Around the State
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Lesson 3 - Weather Maps and Hazardous Storms in Hawai'i
Cyclone Center Webpage
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Lesson 4 - Atmospheric Polution and Golbal Warming
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