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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Unicolony

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a large colony of ants in which it is often impossible to distinguish between individual nests (A4)

Zooxanthellae

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

single-celled organisms that live in the tissue of corals and provide energy to the corals (M2)

Zooplankton

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

plankton composed of tiny animals (M2)

Zonation

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the distribution of plants and animals according to environmental conditions, generally in a pattern of vertical banding (M3)

Windward ability

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the capacity of a sailing vessel to sail into the wind (M1)

Wayfinder

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

in traditional Polynesian voyaging, the person who navigates the canoe using no instruments (M1)

Water budget

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a model that estimates how much water enters and leaves a particular area, and through which mechanisms (R1)

Volcano

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a place where magma (molten rock) and/or gas comes to the surface from within the earth’s core (A1)

Volcanic ejecta

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

fragments of lava or already solidified rock that is thrown into the air (or ‘ejected’) by a volcanic explosion (A1)

Volcanic ash

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

volcanic ejecta that is less than .5 centimeters (.2 inch) in diameter comprised of already solid rock, crystals from solid rock, or particles of lava that were thrown up as liquid spray (A1)

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