K-12 Teacher Resources & PD

Professional Development

• Deep Sea Teacher Workshop: Professional development workshop for teachers in grades 6-12.

• Bringing Earth Science to High School courses (math, physics, and earth science): collaboration between teachers and SOEST Earth Sciences professors.

• EP‘IK (Earth-Planets-ʻIke-Kuleana)
  A two-week, hands-on earth and planetary sciences program at UH Mānoa for high school teachers and students

Resources

• Guest speakers for classroom presentations 
  Email openhouse@soest.hawaii.edu to inquire about topics and availability

Earth Science

• Ask-an-Earth Scientist: Submit an Earth science question to one of our volunteer experts and read or search past questions and answers.

Climate Science

• Pacific Islands-Climate Adaptation Science Center Education Hub including lesson plans on Marine Biology Climate Change in Micronesia (Gr. 11 and 12) and World Geography Climate Change in Guam (Gr. 9)

Space Science

• Planetary Science Research Discoveries: An educational site sharing the latest research by NASA-sponsored scientists on meteorites, planets, and other solar system bodies.

• Artemis CubeSat Kit and Curriculum that covers all aspects of spacecraft design in an online course in the public domain

Ocean Science

Hawai‘i Sea Grant Center for Marine Science Education

• Voice of the Sea: archive of 10 seasons of the award-winning television show that travels throughout Hawaiʻi and the Pacific meeting researchers, scientists and cultural practitioners. 
• Exploring Our Fluid Earth: a free, online curriculum, for Grades 6-12, teaches Environmental and Ocean Literacy through the topics of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. All resources and activities are aligned to and searchable via the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
• Sea Earth Atmosphere: SEA has content and student activities for grades 3, 4, 5. Standards alignment sorts content and activities by NGSS and Ocean Literacy Principles.
• OPIHI: Our Project in Hawaii’s Intertidal (OPIHI) is an ecological, citizen-science field survey project (grades 5–12) with classroom curricular materials.

• Ocean Atlas of Hawai‘i: A comprehensive description of the ocean around Hawai‘i — marine climate, water properties, currents, tides, and waves.  

• Real-time data classroom activity using the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) Voyager data viewer (for Gr. 9-12). In this lesson plan, students make decisions for ocean recreational activities using real-time, forecast, and historical data on winds, waves, currents, ocean temperature, and more.

• Coral Bleaching Toolkit
  Developed by the Coral Resilience Lab at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, this toolkit seeks to bring a tangible visualization of coral bleaching and will give students a better understanding of how ocean warming events and other stressors affect the health of corals

• Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education
  Information about marine microbial science including free hands-on science kits, and curriculum, activity, and data resources.

• seaHarmony
  An online collaboration tool that matches ocean science researchers with educators, managers, and traditional practitioners in Hawai‘i based on compatibility and collaboration preferences.

• Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence
  COSEE Island Earth is a collaborative initiative among university, government, research, and community partners to improve connections between scientists and educators, inform ocean science educational practices, and enhance ocean literacy in Hawai‘i.