This project aims to encourage student investment in the care of the ahupuaa, and ultimately all of hawaii's water sources, by engaging them in ahupuaa investigations using 21ST century…

This project aims to encourage student investment in the care of the ahupuaa, and ultimately all of hawaii's water sources, by engaging them in ahupuaa investigations using 21ST century content/technology and contextualized investigative place-based learning. Fourth and fifth grade students from waiahole and kaaawa elementary schools will participate in activities, CO-developed between teachers and the project team, to understand the inter-connectedness between the ahupuaa, our oceans and aquifers, using custom-designed sensors to map water flow, and assess ahupuaa health using water quality measurements. This is the product of a partnership between HI fusioned and the pacific american foundation, with support from iolani school robotics department, hapa farms, and the marine & applied knowledge for ecosystem research (maker) lab at the NOAA pacific islands fisheries science center.