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Kīlauea summit on December 24, 2020. The water lake has been replaced by a lava lake; fissures in the wall of Halemaʻumaʻu feed a lava lake that continues to fill the crater.
- Hawaiian Islands

“The Mysteries of Kīlauea and the Hawaiian Islands”: PI-CASC’s interactive geonarrative

PI-CASC Education Hub launched an interactive Kīlauea visual educational tool that incorporates four Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned lessons that weave Hawaiian moʻolelo (story) and art.
Carlsmith Beach Park
- Hawaiian Islands

A long term, multi-student project leads to recent publication

Research by a former Manager Climate Corps student leads to another study that analyzed the levels of pathogens entering Hilo Bay under varying weather conditions. This study was recently published in Water Environmental Research.
Children sit in front of a computer learning about climate.
- Virtual

Innovation and Climate Education: The Journey of PI-CASC’s Education Hub

Launched in 2021, the Climate Education Hub offers teachers a rich collection of place-based lesson plans, tools, and data sets focusing on climate science in Hawaiʻi and the US- Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI).
View across barren laval flows, dropping to a sunken caldera floor, with white cumulus clouds on the horizon
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

Fostering collaboration: An Earth to Sky workshop for Hawaiʻi climate science educators

PI-CASC collaborated with partners to host an immersive, three-day climate communication course for educators, equipping them with knowledge and tools for place-based climate curriculum development.
Individuals sit at tables and watch a presenter standing in front of a projector screen.
- Hawaiian Islands, Oʻahu

PI-CASC to host the 2023 EARTH teacher workshop

PI-CASC will host the 2023 annual EARTH teacher workshop in Honolulu, July 10-14.
A group of people are gathered for a photo
- Oʻahu

PI-CASC represented at annual EARTH workshop

USGS PI-CASC contractor Cherryle Heu represented the center at the 2022 EARTH workshop.
A screenshot of PI-CASC's K-12 Education Hub website
- Virtual

PI-CASC launches climate science education website

The PI-CASC K-12 Education Hub provides climate science resources for students, teachers, and researchers in Hawaiʻi and the USAPI.
Collage photo of Hawaii places (forest, blooming red ohia tree, NPS park ranger and youth pounding kalo/taro, and sea arch along the ocean). The picture has three logos for partners in the middle (PICASC, NPS, Volcano School) and a Hawaii Island inset.
- Hawai’i Island

New PI-CASC Partnerships with Parks for Every Classroom Pilot Program

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is partnering with the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences and PI CASC on a the national Parks for Every Classroom program pilot to develop climate education professional development workshops.
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