HISGN Past Events

March 7, 2015—Facilitated by Dr. Koh Ming Wei. Open to all K-8 teachers. Participants will learn and practice “systems thinking” skills and acquire tools that will be applied to learning gardens and other curriculum designs. We will practice making the implicit connections within and between systems in the garden explicit, for authentic assessment and exciting learner outcomes.

March 28, 2015—Facilitated by Debbie Follett. Open to all K-12 teachers. Learn how to design and develop a school garden to not only grow healthy veggies, but also engage students with math, language arts, science, nutrition, and general learner outcomes. By showing children how to grow their own vegetables they will develop an awareness and appreciation of place—a place where they can create, nurture and expand. The workshop will include a tour of the Hilo Union Elementary School garden, a hydroponics demonstration and a discussion that will focus on sourcing funds and sponsors for your school garden program. Each participant will receive a free hydroponic kit.

March 28, 2015—Facilitated by Krista Donaldson & Megan Dehning Learned. Open to all K-12 teachers. This workshop will provide teachers with three simple, hands-on, soil studies that can be replicated in their classrooms. We will learn to model successful science and garden teacher collaboration, demonstrate scientific investigations in the garden, and engage and interest teachers in composting and soil science.

View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).

For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.

April 25, 2015—Facilitated by Kamuela Naihe. Open to all K-12 teachers. Discover how we can deepen our relationships to place, using the ahupua‘a of Kealakekua and the gardens as the foundation. We will expand our understanding and appreciation of native plants through mo‘olelo, variety names, characteristics and uses. Kamuela will lead us on a walking tour of the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden through different growing zones and share how to incorporate native plants into school gardens. We will harvest from the garden and prepare a lunch together.

View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).

For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.