Hawaii Marine Biology

ALOHA!!!  The 2009 camp dates are June 23-July 1.

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In the summer of 2009, we will be hosting an 9 day Marine Biology Camp at the University of Hawaii, Hilo for high school students.  

Daily activities will include volcano study & visit; snorkeling on both sides of the island; coral reef and fish mapping and many other marine biology studies.  We will view Sea Turtle protected sites.  Each camper will create a "sand map" with samples of the various sands found on Hawaii.  Each student will be given a personalized curriculum binder that will be used throughout the camp.  Depending on volcano conditions, the students will make a nightime viewing trip at a lava ocean entry site.  Various snorkling sites will be utilized by the campers; both on the Hilo side and the Kona side.

Students will leave from Oakland or San Francisco Airport, California; fly to Hilo for the camp's first 4-5 days. 

After Hilo, the camp will proceed to the "Kona" side of the Big Island for the final 3-4 days.  The camp will conclude with a snorkel cruise to beautiful Kealakekua Bay, "pathway to the Gods", aboard a 55' catamaran.   That night the camp concludes and the students fly back to the mainland.
 

What to Expect

Roberta Chisam is a renowned Marine Biololy teacher at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California.  She will lead these tours through the University of Hawaii's EcoAdventures Program in Hilo on the Big Island.  Students will stay in a Hilo hotel for the first 5 days.  The Royal Kona resort will house the students the last 3 nights.  The camp content will include lectures, field studies and the study of marine science through the university instuctors and Ms. Chisam.  Scott Chisam will be the camp manager.  This husband & wife team have led camps & tours for over 25 years.  

• 1 camp in 2009
• University of Hawaii, Hilo campus, and Kona
  
• emphasis on Marine Biology/Science
• extensive cultural and  environmental study
• local culture experiences.
  
• visits to the top marine biology sites on Hawaii
• day visit to the Kilauea active volcano caldera and a night viewing of the lava as it enters the seas....a truely spectacular site last year.
  
• Fairwinds catamaran trip on the last day