TASK Event Photos
Fred Reppun guided attendees through the He'eia National Estuary Research Reserve System, including a tour through the Coral Reef Ecology Lab where technician (pictured) Taylor Engle demonstrated how coral are rapidly grown in a lab. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
Kanaloa Bishop led a virtual tour of Paepae o He’eia, which is a private non-profit organization dedicated to caring for He’eia Fishpond – an ancient Hawaiian fishpond located in He’eia, Ko’olaupoko, O’ahu. Pictured on the left is co-founder Keli’i Kotubetey, Assistant Executive Director of Paepae o He'eia. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
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Mark Heckman provdied more information about the Coral Reef Ecology Lab and their efforts. Pictured is some of the healthy reefs they've been cultivating. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
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Rick Thoman answered teachers' questions at the virtual workshop. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
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Kapono Ciotti led participating teachers in curriculum tips for the drone workshop. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
Kapono Ciotti, originally from Hawai'i, is an international trainer and professional development coach, teacher, and a culture and place-based curriculum writer, focusing on culturally appropriate pedagogy. He is currently based in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
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TASK Hawai’i teachers gather for a virtual drone workshop to collaborate with their Nome partners and share arial views of landscapes, vegetation patterns and habitats. Photo: Nānākuli-Wai’anae Complex Area teachers. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
Hawai’i teachers operate a drone during their virtual workshop. Photo: Nānākuli-Wai’anae Complex Area teachers. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
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Teachers operating the drone fly it about to attempt to provide more visuals of their area for their Nome partners. Photo: Zoom screen capture. |
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Everyone poses on a pullout after visiting Whittier. Photo: Keiko Herrick. |
The visiting teachers & staff had an opportunity to check out Potter's Marsh. Photo: Keiko Herrick. |
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Reid Yokote and Nick "Eskimo Ninja" Hanson compete in the traditional ear pull contest. Photo: Putt Clark. |
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Teachers collaborate on a mapping project in Nome. Photo: Putt Clark. |
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Mukoxen lay about on the hillside of Anvil Mountain. Photo: Putt Clark. |
The White Alice Towers sit sentinel, and derelict, on Anvil Mountain. Photo: Putt Clark. |
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TASK teachers & Staff pose together on the top of Anvil Mountain, behind Nome. Photo: Putt Clark. |
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University of Hawai'i in Kapolei, West Oahu. K-12 Outreach will be working closely with staff at U of H. Photo: Sam Norlin. |
This Banyan tree is a relatively young tree. Older, larger ones spread their root system making their "trunk" appear massive in circumference. Photo: Putt Clark |
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Tropical fish swim lazily in the warm water of a Honolulu harbor. Photo: Putt Clark. |
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K-12 Outreach staff, Hawai'i counterparts met in February to plan and organize. Photo: Sam Norlin. |
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