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Aloha ʻĀina Activity: Fishponds
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This activity is an excerpt from the Aloha ʻĀina curriculum created by the Pacific American Foundation in cooperation with the Hawai‘i State Department of Education. |
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Fig. 1. Students learn about fishponds by building their own model.
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Phenomenon:
Fishponds were used to provide fish to eat for the community.
Inquiry:
How do fishponds work?
Activity:
Students build model fishponds in shallow pans and experiment with changing water levels outside the pond wall to simulate what happens with rising and falling tides.
Aloha ʻĀina Activity: Engineering IngenuityHow did Hawaiians engineer shoreline fishponds to grow fish, while maintaining water quality and preventing siltation? Image
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Fig. 2. Students in Grade 4 explore the Ahupuaʻa. Image copyright and source
Image courtesy of the Aloha ʻĀina Curriculum 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." |
