tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54155640397742138142024-03-27T15:39:42.333-10:00HIMB Community Education ProgramUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger485125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-46025822865766315592019-07-19T14:28:00.000-10:002019-07-19T14:31:42.963-10:00The Solar-Powered Sea-Slug
P. ocellatus found during our dive. Credit:
HIMB/L. Noonan
While snorkeling off the sandbars of Moku O Loe I took a
pause to defog my mask, giving a fellow intern (Rachel), the opportunity to
take a moment and smell the seagrass. While waiting, she discovered a small
patch of sand moving across the algae as if it were late to its walking tour.
She then noticed two Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-65723639326571883382019-07-12T14:40:00.003-10:002019-07-19T13:24:08.356-10:00The White-Spotted Pufferfish
Pufferfish hiding in sediment, seen near
bottom of the photo. Credit: HIMB/R. Nunley
On our snorkel adventure this past week, LiAn and I came across what looked like to be a moving rock. As we got closer, we noticed it had eyes and fins. We then realized it wasn’t a rock at all and that it was a small pufferfish.
This pufferfish you see hiding in the sediment to the rightUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-87395902395464307542018-11-26T11:31:00.002-10:002018-11-26T11:42:13.384-10:00Giant Snails: The Hawaiian Tiger Cowry
If you have ever been to the observation tanks at the Hawaii
Institute of Marine Biology, you may have noticed the large ovoid shells along
the walls or hiding under the coral heads.
These majestic creatures are Tiger cowries, Cypraea tigris.1 a large sea snail under the phylum of
Mollusca, and over the past two years I have been using them as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-1597330535676640792018-10-25T12:25:00.000-10:002018-10-25T12:28:27.939-10:00NOAA OE Teachers Workshop
Aloha Everyone,
This past weekend the Community Education Program hosted our 10th annual NOAA OE Teachers Workshop here at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology. We had 16 visiting educators join us Saturday October 13, in the Makers Lab.
Kicking us off with on mysterious depths of the ocean, Mark Heckman explained "why we explore" and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-53113677026468976582018-08-30T10:24:00.000-10:002018-08-30T10:25:22.231-10:00See you soon!Aloha Everyone! 💥
Today is my last day here at HIMB for my internship this summer, as I will make my way back to Massachusetts and Smith College. I have had a fantastic time here over the past few months, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of our CEP team. Over my time here, I have met many wonderful people who have always been so caring, friendly and inviting to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-83623216636713945992018-08-29T12:18:00.002-10:002018-08-29T12:18:57.112-10:00Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War Aloha everyone!
On a three-day-program with students from Beijing this past month, much of the Community Education Program team was snorkeling on the sand bar, when I had to bring one cold student back to our boat. On my way back to the other snorkelers, I got caught in the long tentacle of a Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia utriculus /pa'imalau)!
A Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-12964116138293653782018-07-13T13:18:00.001-10:002018-07-13T13:18:37.051-10:00New Website
Aloha!
A new website has recently been created for HIMB. There, you can find resources needed to learn more about us, such as our contact information, the various visiting programs that we offer as well as their costs, and more. This site is still being updated and more from the old website will be available soon, so make sure to be on the lookout for updates. This blog will still be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-51608043787931538672018-07-12T12:55:00.000-10:002018-07-12T12:56:19.216-10:00New intern in the HIMB Community Education Program: GinnyAloha everyone!
Me in our office at HIMB
In Leverett, Massachusetts
with the Mt. Toby mudslide rock
formation behind me
My name is Ginny Svec and I'm a new intern here in the HIMB Community Education Program until the end of August. I'm from Westfield, Massachusetts near Springfield, and I'm going to be a junior at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts this upcoming fall. At Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-31175936326531983052017-11-08T15:16:00.001-10:002017-11-08T15:16:41.242-10:00SOEST Open House at UH Mānoa<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Another successful Open House here in
beautiful Hawai’i Nei.
This year the Community Education Program had a very
popular interactive booth with a splash pool with the theme – “Cool the Oceans!”
Our table focused on how climate change is warming the oceans, how HIMB
research is helping find solutions, and how the students Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-77690660180666522422017-11-08T15:09:00.001-10:002017-11-08T15:09:32.557-10:00Newest Member to HIMB's Community Education Program<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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This week, the Community Education Program helped grant a wish for 17-year-old Destiny. Destiny and her family traveled from Florida to visit Hawaii to fulfill her wish of being a marine biologist. Make-a-Wish Hawaii has been granting wishes to more than 12,000 children in the past three decades.
Photo by Abe McAulton, Wish Coordinator
Destiny had the opportunity to visit the HollandUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-3396927964948075532017-04-20T14:11:00.003-10:002017-04-20T14:26:27.343-10:00Stoked on Marine Science!Post by: Cristina Veresan
A group of 7th graders from Le Jardin Academy visited Coconut Island earlier this month for an overnight visit to conduct marine field work.
To visit the blog post, please click here
Raphael introduces students to the Gates Lab
Leon explains the "Super Sucker" barge that helps remove invasive Gorilla ogo algae from Kane'ohe Bay
Boat ride across to HIMB
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Last month I had a trip of a lifetime, having the
opportunity to experience Kaho’olawe for a service project through Protect
Kaho’olawe Ohana (PKO). For those of you
who have never heard of Kaho’olawe, it is the smallest of the 8 main Hawaiian
Islands, located about 7 miles offshore of Maui, and unexploded ordinances
still present a risk. Access to the
island is restricted, due to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-2811480827762759682017-01-13T15:37:00.002-10:002017-04-13T13:22:01.177-10:00Marine Debris To bring in the New Year on a positive note, staff from the Community Education Program removed a 200 lb ghost net from the Coconut Island shoreline. A ghost net is defined as fishing gear that has been lost or discarded at sea, and can often lead to entanglement problems with marine organisms and is a form a marine pollution. In Hawaii, there have been incidents involving Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-35340692171025491102016-11-04T15:03:00.000-10:002017-04-13T13:22:12.565-10:00HIMB Shark Research
Aloha,
We are looking forward to our shark dissection tomorrow, led by scientist Mark Royer. The purpose of this dissection is to educate our volunteers about shark anatomy. We also encourage our readers and volunteers to stay informed about the current research being conducted here at Coconut Island. The links provided below are a great place to start. Visit each site to learn Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-91105037828274264252016-10-20T15:21:00.000-10:002016-10-20T15:23:19.691-10:00Hawaiian Swimming Clam (Limaria keohea)
File clam collected during our invasive algae lab. Image by HIMB.
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The Hawaiian swimming clam Limaria keohea, is one of the most unique invertebrates found in Hawaiian waters. It can swim, it can drop its sticky tentacles like a lizard loosing its tail, and it lives in a tidy hidden nest it has made out of byssal threads.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-76926178826581395682016-05-02T08:13:00.000-10:002016-05-02T08:13:50.747-10:00CEP: Community Education Program Interview with Casey Ching
Name: Casey Ching
Title: Kupu Americorps Intern/CEP Program Lead
What is the Community Education Program?
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology’s Community Education Program on Moku o Lo’e
(Coconut Island). Its purpose is to bridge the gap between the science at HIMB
and what it means for the community. The program allows the community insight
and access to the facility through tours, outreach, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-87992616942980017682016-04-21T11:25:00.000-10:002016-09-29T17:22:34.029-10:00HIMB IN THE NEWS
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-28294591668539639322016-01-22T11:30:00.000-10:002016-01-29T15:58:01.204-10:00The Humuhumu nukunuku ā pua‘a
If you enjoy snorkeling around Hawaii's reefs, you have probably encountered the state fish of Hawaii, the humuhumu nukunuku ā pua‘a also
known as the wedgetail triggerfish (formerly known as the reef or Picasso triggerfish) or Rhinecanthus rectangulus . The name is sometimes said to be longer than the actual fish! The Hawaiian word "humuhumu" means "to stitch together", perhaps Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-39951444124077877182015-11-23T12:49:00.003-10:002015-11-23T13:02:08.568-10:00Super CoralThis speaks for itself. HIMB's own Ruth Gates, Paul Jokiel, Cindy Hunter, and Beth Lenz share their views and discoveries of bleaching events occurring on a global scale.
NOW WHAT with Ryan Duffy: Super Coral
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-15924420300981767782015-11-20T10:12:00.001-10:002015-11-27T10:25:20.964-10:00The Hikianalia Vessel Visit
"Founded on a legacy of Pacific Ocean exploration, the Polynesian Voyaging Society seeks to perpetuate the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration through experiential educational programs that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves, each other, and their natural and cultural environments."- Polynesian Voyaging Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415564039774213814.post-57075069281260942432015-11-06T14:55:00.000-10:002015-11-06T14:55:35.200-10:00
SOEST Open House 2015
On October 23rd HIMB took part in the School of Ocean, Earth Science, and Technology (SOEST) Open House. Our goal was to educate school
groups and families about how global warming and climate change effect Hawaii’s
coral reefs as well as encourage the participants to think of ways that they
could decrease their own carbon footprint.
For our ”Cool the Ocean” tent weUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0