Events
6th Annual Hawaii Robofest Regional
Hawai‘i Robofest celebrated its 6th annual Regional Qualifier on Saturday, April 27th, at the beautiful University of Hawaii West O‘ahu campus. Over 230 students (48 teams) participated, including 4 new schools from West O‘ahu (Nanakuli, Wai‘anae) and Kalihi. Tournament results are, as follows: SRCC Game Category (Jr Division – 17 entries): 1st place: 783-1 Team [...]
KULA: Nanakuli Science Lab
isisHawaii’s second outdoor science lab was just completed at Nanakuli Intermediate School. The Ipu Waiwai Kula – ‘AE “Aquaponics in Education” project (funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education Native Hawaiian Education Program) provides the resources and specialists for Wai‘anae and Nanakuli Intermediate Schools to develop multidisciplinary culture-based lesson plans to engage youth in 21st [...]
MAHALO!!!
On Wednesday, December 5th, 2012, isisHawaii celebrated a special milestone — 10 years in Hawaii! The event was attended by community partners, educators, administrators, students and many others who shared the decade-long journey with us. A big “MAHALO!” to Silver Sponsor CH2M Hill, Bronze Sponsors 3D Academy and Crystal Mills and to all attendees [...]
Ipu Waiwai Kula – ‘AE: Wai‘anae
Our first outdoor science lab at Wai‘anae Intermediate School is finished! On Saturday, Nov 17, 2012, Hapa Farms facilitated an installation and maintenance workshop for teachers from Wai‘anae and Nanakuli Intermediate Schools to prepare for the launch of their “Aquaponics in Education” projects next semester. The workshop began with a solemn ceremony by Kahu “Uncle” [...]
Design Thinking at WindwardCC
On Saturday, October 13th, 2012, the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), in collaboration with isisHawaii, hosted its first “Aquaponics in the Classroom” Conference. Dr. Clyde Tamaru (conference organizer) welcomed attendees followed by an opening address by Dean Maria Gallo (CTAHR). The featured activity was an interactive session facilitated by [...]
CTAHR & isisHawaii Co-host Aquaponics Event!
On Saturday, October 13th, 2012, the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), in collaboration with isisHawaii, will host an inaugural event — “Aquaponics in the Classroom” — bringing researchers and industry professionals together with K-12 educators and students with a common interest in aquaponics. Aquaponics — an emerging technology that [...]
Hawaii Robofest: Preview on Sat Oct. 20th
Robofest is a fun, engaging robotics program for students encouraging creativity and innovation through relevant, challenging 21st century learning experiences. Since 2000, the Robofest has grown rapidly with teams from all over the United States, England, Canada, China, France, South Korea, Mexico and Singapore. In 2012, Hawai‘i hosted the largest Robofest regional worldwide! The 6th [...]
Call for Volunteers: Hawaii FLL Championship
The Hawaii FIRST LEGO® League (HFLL) is the local chapter of a national scholastic robotics program (US FIRST) for students (ages 9-14, including a jr. division ages 6-9). Students design, build and program autonomous LEGO® robots for game play and do research projects based on global challenges. This year’s theme is “Senior Solutions” and students [...]
isisHawaii at 2012 Design Thinking Boot Camp
“Human Centered” summed up the second annual Design Thinking Boot Camp this year. Hosted by Design Thinking Hawaii and facilitated by Design Thinking Fellows from Stanford University, over 150 industry professionals, community organizations, educators, administrators and corporate executives joined forces at Sheraton Waikiki to explore this dynamic protocol for change. Boot Camp highlight was a [...]
2012 Hawaii Robofest Award Winners
The 5th Annual Hawaii Robofest Qualifying Competition was held on Saturday, March 31st, 2012, at Leeward Community College. Robofest was founded in 2000 by Dr. CJ Chung (Professor of Mathematics) at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan. Robofest is a math-based international scholastic robotics program for students in grades 5-12. Hawaii is one of 25 [...]