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Kū‘ula Traditional Conservation of Marine Resources

Description:
A project based science curriculum concentrated on traditional methods of conserving the most fundamental resource of the native Hawaiian people, that being the biome of the ocean.

Sections:

1. Basic knowledge of scientific measurement and research
2. Our coastline
3. Fish raising
4. Plants of the ocean
5. Plants of the ocean side land

Hawai‘i State Content And Performance Standards

Imbedded in this curriculum are the HCPS and assisting benchmarks. The authors suggest that the standards can be easily constructed if used in the context of each individual section. Therefore, the users of this curriculum will find HCPS inserted by sections rather than by lesson.

HCPS Being Addressed In 9-12 Kū‘ula Curriculum

Understanding Scientific Inquiry And The Character Of Scientific Knowledge

1. Students explain the process of how scientific knowledge is generated by scientific inquiry, and be able to critique a scientific investigation.

In other words, scientific inquiry is a particular way of knowing about the structure and workings of the world and Universe beyond. It is not a magical process but one that follows strict rules and conventions; the knowledge generated is subject to scrutiny until accepted.

Doing Scientific Inquiry

1. Students demonstrate the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry.

In other words, inquiry is a process that scientists use to generate new knowledge. Students ask questions, plan and conduct investigations, use appropriate tools and techniques to gather and organize data, analyze and interpret data logically and critically, communicate findings clearly, and defend and revise conclusions base on evidence.

For example, students inquire about and investigate their wonderings about things occurring in and outside the classroom.

Continue to Section I: Basic knowledge of scientific measurement and research