2nd Grade Reef Walk Field Trip to Maili Beach

  

With the help of a $1,000 grant from the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, students in 2nd grade went on their annual parent-child reef walk field trip to Maili Beach in April 2011.  The purposes of the field trip were to:

• observe marine life in its natural environment
• identify different body parts of the animals
• examine the different zones of the environment
• identify ways natural resources can be conserved and protected

For the past four years, Mililani Mauka Elementary formed a partnership with the University of Hawaii.  The graduate students who volunteered their time helped make this field trip an enjoyable learning experience for everyone.  After the field trip, students developed a better understanding of how plants depend on animals (interdependent relationship) and the different kinds of organisms each environment supports.  Parents enjoyed the quality time they spent with their child, and were impressed with the amount of learning that took place.