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Duncan, Kanesa; Daly-Engel, Toby – Science Teacher, 2006
The desire to observe and understand the natural world is strong in young children, but high school students often consider science irrelevant to their daily lives. Therefore, as teachers of older age groups, the authors constantly struggle to engage students in scientific exploration so they can master concepts and appreciate the nature of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, High School Students, Science Teachers
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Buczynski, Sandy; Garcia, Sherri; Lacanienta, Evelyn – Science Teacher, 2007
Native ant species do not exist on the island of Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands. However, one ant, the little fire ant (LFA or "Wasmannia auropunctata") has recently appeared in the region, being discovered on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1999. As a result, the LFA is a serious impending threat to Pacific biodiversity.…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Biodiversity, Foreign Countries, Entomology
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Handler, Alex; Duncan, Kanesa – Science Teacher, 2006
In this article, the author discusses the High School Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Tagging Program in Hawaii which is an example of a successful partnership research collaboration. High school students and teachers worked with biologists from the University of Hawaii-Manoa (UHM) to conduct research on the life history of scalloped hammerhead sharks…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, High School Students, Animals, Partnerships in Education