Project Name: |
Waters of Kawainui Marsh: An Educational/Interactive
Web site |
Start/End Date: |
April 2000 through December 2001 |
Contractor: |
Lauren Apiki
Learning Education Technology (LET) Academy
2810 Oahu Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Phone: 808-988-1952
Fax: 808-988-1953
Email: let@hawaii.rr.com |
Background/
Overview: |
Kawai Nui Marsh is a prime example of the long-term impact of
non-point source pollution. Large amounts of rainwater flow through
the residential
and urban areas via storm drains and streams prior to entering
the Marsh. Individual actions of residential and urban residents
have a huge cumulative impact on water pollution. |
Objectives/Goals: |
To increase student awareness regarding polluted runoff and to
increase knowledge of what may contribute to polluted runoff going
into the marsh by having Lanikai Elementary School 6th grade students
research and gather information to produce an interactive website. <http://www2.lanikai.k12.hi.us/waters.htm> |
Methods Employed: |
The website was successful in getting students excited to learn
about their watershed and to teach others about the impacts human
activities have on the water quality within the watershed. The
website has been receiving outstanding reviews and won a Gold Award
at the 2001 International CyberFair. The website contains information
regarding Kawainui Marsh and its watershed. Information ranges
from data collected in the field, to the history of the area, to
the causes of nonpoint source pollution in the watershed. |
Pollutants of Concern: |
Metals, nitrates, phosphates, turbidity, cyanide, dissolved oxygen
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Watershed: |
Kawainui Watershed, island of Oahu |
Deliverables: |
CD-ROM of the web site “The Waters of Kawai Nui Marsh”
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