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Who cares? Ionosphere Solar radiation Solar cycles Day/night variations Reflection of radio waves: wavelengthChallenges: Look up the ionosphere: where is it? What is it made of? Why does it change from day to night? How can people on the mainland hear radio st...

Sections: Solar radiation-drives everything Radiation, conduction, convection Movement of air=weather Temperature and humidity Cloud formation Storm formation: hurricanes and tornadoes Climate change Ozone depletionPart one: purple air look up purpleair.com fi...

Sections: Where does the energy come from? Where is it all going? Heat engines: cars, steam engines, hurricanes, tornadoes Convection drives everything Radiation->conduction->convection Coriolis effect Where do hurricanes form, where do they go, and why? Where...

Using the spectroscope, look at the hydrogen spectra, looking for the 4 lines. Look these up and see how they fit into the Balmer series. Look up the doppler effect, which is usually associated with sound, like hearing a siren coming towards or away from you (...

We have several brain wave headsets in the elab: basic concentration units: sleep, awake, engaged, meditation advanced 12 lead units: location in the brain, 4 waves (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) super advanced: looks like swim caps, with holes, much more accurat...

First, listen to this podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5rhn Download CrowdScience-20240927-HowDidTheMoonAffectTheDinosaurs.mp3 (audio/mpeg, 28.0 MB) Moon phases: look up the phases of the moon create a diagram of the moon orbiting the earth, with ...

Below are two maps: Map of the state of Hawaii, from Niihau to our island Map of the entire island chain, including the wildlife preserve in the Northwest Hawaiian islands, known as papahanaumokuakea: "a sacred area from which all live springs" in Hawaiian leg...

Sea levels are rising due to climate change. Check out this page and try a few simulations: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slr.html Look up Majuro, an island atoll in the Pacific and try it out in your simulation. Make a wall map of our island, with...

Corals are the nursery of the ocean, where all life begins.  Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide dissolves in the ocean, making it acidic (lower pH) Corals can only survive in a narrow range of pH Research a coral loss simulation of you...

Our island is energy rich, but resource dependent This lab will focus on the energy part, another lab will focus on our resource dependence On an island wall map, locate all sources of energy on our island, including large Photovoltaic (PV) arrays, hydroelectr...

Our island is dependent on air and barge shipments for everything from Amazon packages to the rice we eat and the fuel oil that makes our electricity and pumps our water. We face several disaster threats: Hurricane: periodic, seasonal, path is known days or we...

Start with this page: https://asnerlab.org/lands/ Look up the simulations of rapid ohia death and biodiversity on our island Check out this link: https://hawaiibiodiversity.org/ Create a biodiversity threat wall map of our island, including endangered species ...

Online, research the impact of freshwater runoff on our island on the leeward (west) coast Focus in on Puako, and research the impact of leaking septic tanks on the shoreline of Puako Questions: What is a septic tank? Where are they in Puako? What happens when...

Pick one of the observatories on the big island Describe why they are different from the others Explain why having them at the top of Mauna Kea is so necessary Look up the thirty meter telescope (TMT) Explain why the TMT project had positive and negative impac...

Part one: Underwater GIS connect to google earth at earth.google.com (chrome works best here) look at the Hawaiian island chain, noticing the underwater features look to the NE of Oahu and notice the debris field look up the Nuuanu slide and imagine what a 400...

1. Introduction to Ocean Floor Mapping Objective: Introduce the concept and importance of ocean floor mapping. Activities: Warm-Up Question: “What do you know about the bottom of the ocean?” Presentation: Explain why the ocean floor is mapped (e.g., understand...

Create a wall map of the island chain with wind direction and air flow around the islands Use windy.com to create layers in different colors for wind flow at different altitudes Look up the water flow around the islands and map this out, with velocities marked...

Create a wall map of our surface water resources, including watersheds, rivers, and streams Draw a profile map of our island, and to scale include the aquifers on a typical mountain Explain how you might experience freshwater from these aquifers while at the b...