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Objectives
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Demonstrate some of the
basic aspects of environmental monitoring particularly as they relate to
studies of traditional societies.
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Illustrate broad
applications of environmental monitoring
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Develop avenues for
students to continue to learn about environmental monitoring that lead
directly out of the segue experience.
Learning Structure
Learning Outcomes
(1 = Most Desired
Outcome, 3 = A Desirable Outcome, 5 = Least Desired Outcome)
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Students seek more
information about studies in environmental monitoring, register to take a
course in environmental monitoring, and become a degree seeking major in
environmental monitoring.
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Students seek more
information about studies in environmental monitoring and register to take
a course in environmental monitoring as part of an effort to broaden their
education.
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Students develop a
sufficient (but minimal) understanding of environmental monitoring to be
able to make decisions about their own career (and inclusion or not of
this science). These students are probably better citizens/voters.
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Students do not learn
anything about environmental monitoring.
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Students develop a
negative perspective about environmental monitoring because of the
information received through this project.
Ethnobotany Segue Experience
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class, students will go on the Internet and obtain the current temperature
information at Hilo airport. They will use the temperature and
elevation at Hilo airport to predict the temperature at the summit of
Mauna Kea near one of the observatories. Class discussion will
address the relationship between temperature and elevation.
- As a follow up, students will be
asked to search the Internet for photos of high mountains to identify
apparent vegetation bands. Students will be asked to think about how
the bands relate to temperature gradients and how temperature bands may
affect the utilization of resources like plants.
Other Science
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Environmental
Monitoring
evaluates environmental exposure and
possible damage to living organisms by
continuous or repeated measurement of agents in the environment.
Measurements obtained are compared with appropriate reference values based
on knowledge of the probable relationships between ambient exposure and
resultant adverse effects.
- Conservation and Restoration Biology
- Ecology
- Hydrology
- Climatology
- Forestry
- Agriculture
Other Science Practitioners
- Students interested in learning
more about environmental monitoring may want to contact Dr. Edoardo
Biagioni,
esb@hawaii.edu, Department of Information and
Computer Sciences, POST 311B, (808) 956-389.
Other Science Courses
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Students interested in learning more about environmental
monitoring should consider taking one of the following introductory
courses: Biology
123 Hawaiian Environment Science
or
Biology 124
Environment and Ecology.
- Students who have taken an
introductory biology course may instead want to take
Biology 310 Environmental Issues
or
Botany 350
Resource Management and Conservation in Hawai‘i.
Resources
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For career
information, students may want to view the
occupational outlook for potential careers in
environmental monitoring at the U.S. Department of Labor:
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Here are some websites that discuss
issues of
environmental monitoring:
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