Mālama ‘Āina Foundation March Newsletter

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Since the start of 2022, students from Kaʻū, Hilo, and O'ahu have been embarking on fun-filled huakaʻi to learn about their environment and communities while engaging in hands-on, culture-based STEM lessons.

A group of hands-on learners from Kaʻū harvested ʻuala at Ulu Mau Puanui in Kōhala. Students maintained the farm and learned about traditional Hawaiian agricultural strategies for growing ʻuala. 

At Hilo Intermediate, haumāna learned about natural selection and how certain traits pass down from one generation to the next, allowing organisms to adapt to their environment. To learn this, students played a game in which they were ʻoʻopu. The students were challenged to gather sports balls (representing food) faster than their opponents.

On Oʻahu, students at Kamaile Academy simulated the Kona floods that tend to happen in the spring and winter. The Haumāna used a flood simulation kit to measure the effects of flooding in Waiʻanae.

In Mākaha, haumāna learned about the waʻa from Coach Myron and Aunty Marlene. This included its significance to the Native Hawaiian community and values, such as lōkahi and laulima.  They learned that lōkahi is an integral part of paddling.