Who doesn't love the ocean? Coming from a small island in the middle of the Pacific, my students know the value of this resource surrounding them and I wish to inspire them to be keepers of the land.
I feel as though these books/illustrations and classroom explorations (including a field trip to the tide pool), will inspire and excite students about the importance of keeping our ocean healthy.
At our school, we have a special 20% Time class, based on the United Nations' Global Goals. Students in grades 6-8 select areas of interest (one being Life Below Water). We delve deeper into a variety of target areas with the goal of keeping our ocean healthy.
These supplies will allow students to spread the word to tourists and locals alike informing them about whatever area they choose to explore. For example, students last year (as this is only our 2nd year implementing the course) looked at reef safe sunscreen, the problem of marine debris and microplastics, overfishing, and reducing our carbon footprint.
As a class, we will spend time looking at the Hawaiian significance of the ocean and how ancestors had natural ways of watching and protecting this valuable resource. How have things changed today? Charting what we know, we will compare to others by looking further out to Polynesian Triangle. How do other similar cultures within these islands make efforts to protect the ocean (looking here, near, and far)...as the ocean has no borders. Students perhaps will create an art sculpture/piece to make a statement about marine debris or overfishing, etc or they may concoct their own sunscreen, or even gather bamboo to carve reusable dinnerware. The options are endless and students get to choose!
Thank you (mahalo) for thinking of us!
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Who doesn't love the ocean? Coming from a small island in the middle of the Pacific, my students know the value of this resource surrounding them and I wish to inspire them to be keepers of the land.
I feel as though these books/illustrations and classroom explorations (including a field trip to the tide pool), will inspire and excite students about the importance of keeping our ocean healthy.
At our school, we have a special 20% Time class, based on the United Nations' Global Goals. Students in grades 6-8 select areas of interest (one being Life Below Water). We delve deeper into a variety of target areas with the goal of keeping our ocean healthy.
These supplies will allow students to spread the word to tourists and locals alike informing them about whatever area they choose to explore. For example, students last year (as this is only our 2nd year implementing the course) looked at reef safe sunscreen, the problem of marine debris and microplastics, overfishing, and reducing our carbon footprint.
As a class, we will spend time looking at the Hawaiian significance of the ocean and how ancestors had natural ways of watching and protecting this valuable resource. How have things changed today? Charting what we know, we will compare to others by looking further out to Polynesian Triangle. How do other similar cultures within these islands make efforts to protect the ocean (looking here, near, and far)...as the ocean has no borders. Students perhaps will create an art sculpture/piece to make a statement about marine debris or overfishing, etc or they may concoct their own sunscreen, or even gather bamboo to carve reusable dinnerware. The options are endless and students get to choose!
Thank you (mahalo) for thinking of us!
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