Updated at 2:43 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2007
HPU to host ocean field work program for top students
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i Pacific University will host a youth summer program starting this week that focuses on oceanography and geology.The Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth will integrate ocean field work through two courses introduced in 2006. The courses include Oceanography: The Hawaiian Pacific and The Life Cycle of An Island: Hawai'i, according to a news release.
About 200 academically-gifted students, ages 12-16, were invited to take part. The program invites students who score at or above the 95th percentile on standardized tests.
The first of two three-week summer sessions at the Windward Hawai'i Loa Campus is scheduled to start Sunday and end July 13. The second session happens July 15 to Aug. 3.
Students will have hands-on experience collecting data in Kane'ohe Bay on the HPU/OI research vessel, RV Kaholo. They will also work at the Oceanic Institute laboratories, analyzing NASA satellite observations and field samples.
The oceanography class offers opportunities to investigate the biochemical cycles affecting seawater as well as ocean-atmosphere interactions.
Students enrolled in the life cycle class will take field trips to various O'ahu locations and study the geologic formation of the island chain.
The Center for Talented Youth has provided challenging educational programs for more than 100,000 students during the past 20 years.
