Backyard Science, Water Cycle, and Animal Investigation

Students choose among activities such as:

• Watching changes in an overgrown ʻāina and deciding which plants could help improve it.
• Studying Ka Wai a Kāne, the water cycle through photographs, videos, diagrams, and outdoor observation.
• Identifying evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and water collection.
• Looking for evidence of the water cycle in their own backyard.
• Studying kōlea hatchlings, juveniles, and adults.
• Learning about kōlea migration between Hawaiʻi and Alaska.
• Predicting seasonal changes in kōlea plumage.
• Examining backyard bird nests and comparing their construction.
• Designing, building, testing, modifying, and retesting a bird nest made only from natural materials.
• Observing backyard lizards and comparing their physical traits and habitats.
• Writing a letter to Kumu explaining discoveries made through backyard science.