Curriculum
2023-2024
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Learning about the importance of being proactive in emergency situations.
NGSS Alignment:
Monitoring the Environment (MS-ESS3-3)
CCSS Alignment:
Form and Structure (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7)
Using plants as medicine to be proactive about our health and wellness.
NGSS Alignment:
Plant Cells (MS-LS1)
Survival (MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5)
CCSS Alignment:
Research (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.8)
Giving a Presentation (CCSS.CCRA.SL.5)
Understanding how ʻauwai system allowed water to be responsibly brought to other parts of the ahupuaʻa.
NGSS Alignment:
Water Cycle (MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-1)
Environmental Changes (MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-4)
Design Constraints (MS-ETS1-1)
CCSS Alignment
Forming an Argument (CCSS.8.W.1, CCSS.8.W.4, CCSS.8.W.5)
Learning about endangered native animals and the technology used to track their populations.
NGSS Alignment:
Technology & Data (ETS1-1)
CCSS Alignment:
Giving Presentations (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.5)
2022-2023
Studying a significant source of wai within the community and discussing the historical negative impacts of the sugar industry.
NGSS Alignment:
Minimizing Human Impacts (MS-ESS3-3)
CCSS Alignment:
Figurative Language (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4)
Compare & Contrast Text vs. Other Media (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7
Text Evidence (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1)
Ratios (CCSS.6.RP.A.1)
Learning the cultural significance, history, and science behind heʻe nalu (surfing).
NGSS Alignment:
Forces and Motion (MS-PS2-2)
CCSS Alignment:
Text Evidence (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1)
Research (CCSS.WHST.6-8.7)
Calculating Speed (CCSS.7.EE.B.4)
Identifying the role of genetics in different kalo species.
NGSS Alignment:
Genetics (MS-LS3-1)
CCSS Alignment:
Central Ideas & Summarizing (CCSS.ELA.7.RL.2
Text Evidence (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1)
Statistics (CCSS.7.SP.A.1)
Identifying how environmental factors affect the growth of different plants and determining why some areas are known for specific varieties.
NGSS Alignment:
Environmental Impacts on Organisms (MS-LS1-5)
CCSS Alignment:
Figurative Speech (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4)
Calculating Mean (CCSS.7.SP.2)
Māla from Mauka to Makai (K-12)
Learning about native and introduced plants that can be found mauka to makai through arts and crafts and cooking.
NGSS Alignment:
Photosynthesis (2-LS2-1, 5-LS1-1, MS-LS1-7, HS-LS1-5)
2021-2022
Learning about loko iʻa (Native Hawaiian fish ponds) as an example of a food source, natural resource management system, cultural practices, and wahi pana.
NGSS Alignment:
Photosynthesis (MS-LS1-6)
Ecosystem Populations (MS-LS2-4)
Biodiversity (MS-LS2-5)
Genetics (MS-LS4-4)
Minimizing Human Impacts (MS-ESS3-3)
Resource Consumption (MS-ESS3-4)
Establishing a sense of place by using sand to tell the story of the beaches in our community.
NGSS Alignment:
Geology (MS-ESS2-2)
Understanding Design Constraints (MS-ETS1-1)
Learning about examples of extreme weather in our community and their impacts.
NGSS Alignment:
Weather Patterns (MS-ESS3-2)
Using the sky to determine the time of year and the start of Makahiki season.
NGSS Alignment:
The Cycle of Seasons (MS-ESS1-1)