HIMB Community Education Program

The Solar-Powered Sea-Slug

2019-07-19T14:28:00.000-10:00

P. ocellatus found during our dive. Credit: HIMB/L. Noonan While snorkeling off the sandbars of Moku O Loe I took a pause to defog my mask, giving a fellow intern (Rachel), the opportunity to take a moment and smell the seagrass. While waiting, she discovered a small patch of sand moving across the algae as if it were late to its walking tour. She then noticed two

The White-Spotted Pufferfish

2019-07-12T14:40:00.003-10:00

Pufferfish hiding in sediment, seen near bottom of the photo. Credit: HIMB/R. Nunley On our snorkel adventure this past week, LiAn and I came across what looked like to be a moving rock. As we got closer, we noticed it had eyes and fins. We then realized it wasn’t a rock at all and that it was a small pufferfish. This pufferfish you see hiding in the sediment to the right

Giant Snails: The Hawaiian Tiger Cowry

2018-11-26T11:31:00.002-10:00

If you have ever been to the observation tanks at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, you may have noticed the large ovoid shells along the walls or hiding under the coral heads. These majestic creatures are Tiger cowries, Cypraea tigris.1 a large sea snail under the phylum of Mollusca, and over the past two years I have been using them as

NOAA OE Teachers Workshop

2018-10-25T12:25:00.000-10:00

Aloha Everyone, This past weekend the Community Education Program hosted our 10th annual NOAA OE Teachers Workshop here at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology. We had 16 visiting educators join us Saturday October 13, in the Makers Lab. Kicking us off with on mysterious depths of the ocean, Mark Heckman explained "why we explore" and

See you soon!

2018-08-30T10:24:00.000-10:00

Aloha Everyone! 💥 Today is my last day here at HIMB for my internship this summer, as I will make my way back to Massachusetts and Smith College. I have had a fantastic time here over the past few months, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of our CEP team. Over my time here, I have met many wonderful people who have always been so caring, friendly and inviting to

Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War

2018-08-29T12:18:00.002-10:00

Aloha everyone! On a three-day-program with students from Beijing this past month, much of the Community Education Program team was snorkeling on the sand bar, when I had to bring one cold student back to our boat. On my way back to the other snorkelers, I got caught in the long tentacle of a Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia utriculus /pa'imalau)! A Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War

New Website

2018-07-13T13:18:00.001-10:00

Aloha! A new website has recently been created for HIMB. There, you can find resources needed to learn more about us, such as our contact information, the various visiting programs that we offer as well as their costs, and more. This site is still being updated and more from the old website will be available soon, so make sure to be on the lookout for updates. This blog will still be

New intern in the HIMB Community Education Program: Ginny

2018-07-12T12:55:00.000-10:00

Aloha everyone! Me in our office at HIMB In Leverett, Massachusetts with the Mt. Toby mudslide rock formation behind me My name is Ginny Svec and I'm a new intern here in the HIMB Community Education Program until the end of August. I'm from Westfield, Massachusetts near Springfield, and I'm going to be a junior at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts this upcoming fall. At

SOEST Open House at UH Mānoa

2017-11-08T15:16:00.001-10:00

Another successful Open House here in beautiful Hawai’i Nei. This year the Community Education Program had a very popular interactive booth with a splash pool with the theme – “Cool the Oceans!” Our table focused on how climate change is warming the oceans, how HIMB research is helping find solutions, and how the students

Newest Member to HIMB's Community Education Program

2017-11-08T15:09:00.001-10:00

The Hawaiian swimming clam Limaria keohea, is one of the most unique invertebrates found in Hawaiian waters. It can swim, it can drop its sticky tentacles like a lizard loosing its tail, and it lives in a tidy hidden nest it has made out of byssal threads.

CEP: Community Education Program Interview with Casey Ching

2016-05-02T08:13:00.000-10:00

Name: Casey Ching Title: Kupu Americorps Intern/CEP Program Lead What is the Community Education Program? Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology’s Community Education Program on Moku o Lo’e (Coconut Island). Its purpose is to bridge the gap between the science at HIMB and what it means for the community. The program allows the community insight and access to the facility through tours, outreach,

HIMB IN THE NEWS

2016-04-21T11:25:00.000-10:00