HI-MOES (Hawai‘i Island Outdoor Experience for Students) Conference
May 4, 2010 at the Gateway Center, NELHA


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Student presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

AGENDA

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Opening Protocol

9:10 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome: Melora Purell, Kohala Watershed Partnership and
Samantha Birch, The Kohala Center

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Guest Speaker: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner, Associate Professor, Marine Science Department, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Effects of storms on water quality of a Hawaiian Estuary by Tracy Wiegner, Lucas Mead, and Jason Adolf
Please contact Dr. Tracy Wiegner for permission to use or cite the material within
this presentation.

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Student Presentations

Pu‘u Kawaiwai Ecological Study by Innovations Public Charter School

Hawai‘i Cloud Forest: An Inquiry Into Moss by Innovations Public Charter School

Tide Pool Survey by West Hawaii Explorations Academy

A Field Study Comparing Kahalu‘u Bay and Kūkio Bay, their Substrate and Water Chemistry by Hualalai Academy

Project Video by Hualalai Academy


10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Poster Session and Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Student Presentations

The Components of a Watershed by West Hawaii Explorations Academy

Po‘o Hawai‘i Restoration by Ke Kula ‘o ‘Ehunuikaimalino
Pao‘umi Heiau - Plane Table Mapping
by Ke Kula ‘o ‘Ehunuikaimalino

Project Video by Ke Kula ‘o ‘Ehunuikaimalino

Comparing Kahalu‘u Beach Bark with Kūkio Beach Park: Marine Water Quality, Human Activity and Impact by Kealakehe Intermediate School

Do the Characteristics of Soil, Insect Diversity and Plant Abundance Differ at Three Sites: Pu‘u o ‘Umi, Waiakamali Gulch, and the Koai‘a Reserve? By Hawaii Preparatory Academy

Kohala Rainforest Field Experiments: Moss Diversity in the Kohala Forest; Fern Abundance in the Kohala Forest by Waikoloa School

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m. Closing Comments and Announcements

12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and PAU