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Aloha 'Āina Activity: Math in the Marsh
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
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Fig. 1. Students understand more about the adaptations in wetlands in this activity ʻMath in the Marsh' from Aloha ʻĀina.
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Fig. 1. Students understand more about the adaptations in wetlands in this activity ʻMath in the Marsh' from Aloha ʻĀina.
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Image courtesy of Aloha ʻĀina
Phenomenon:
Plants and animals are able to survive in a specific habitat.
Inquiry:
What features allow plants and animals to survive in a given habitat?
Activity:
Students create a "mathematical marsh" using geometric shapes to make representations of plants and animals and the structures that help them to survive.
Aloha 'Āina Activity: Math in the Marsh
Fig. 2. Students explore structures of different wetland birds by building their own model. Image courtesy of Aloha ʻĀina
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Fig. 3. Students in grade 3 explore the wetland. Image copyright and source
Image courtesy of Aloha ʻĀina About the Aloha ʻĀina Curriculum
"Shaping the future, while preserving a heritage, the Aloha ‘Āina Curriculum provides Hawai‘i’s youth with culturally relevant lessons. Since 2005 the Pacific American Foundation and its curriculum writing team has developed a collection of unit and lessons plans that explore, reveal and explain the ahupua‘a land-management system and challenges students to become stewards and scientists who care for the land and preserve the traditions. ‘Āina, that which nourishes, encompasses land, ocean, heavens, land-based water systems, plants and animals. Aloha ‘Āina is a way of life that is evident in Hawaiian practices." |
