We are the Ocean: STEM Rooted in Culture Winter 2024/25 Series
NHMU's STEM Rooted in Culture series brings together community experts and educators to deepen understanding in K-12 social studies and STEM classrooms.
This fall and winter series focuses on the connections between whales, water, and people with a specific focus on pacific island cultures. These workshops are presented in partnership with community leaders and story tellers from the pacific island community including Laufou Jake Fitisemanu Jr., Associate Instructor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah, Kaiako Mitchell Rudolph, Instructor, Mana Academy, and Kumu Tina Cabiles-Carden, Instructor.
You can attend both workshops and do a short homework assignment to earn 0.5 USBE credit OR earn 4 relicensure hours per workshop attended.
Keep reading for all of the details!
Whales, Waves, and Worldview in the Pacific
Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 10:30am to 2:00pm
Hear perspectives on water ways and ocean connections through Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan Community experts. Enjoy this opportunity to have a discussion of Indigenous cultural themes with STEM integration. We will be exploring topics related to environmental guardianship, the recognition of ocean and whale rights, as well as legends, narratives, and traditions that are culturally relevant to the Pacific Islander community. Walk away with greater understanding of our ocean connections and how to weave these into the K-12 social studies and STEM classrooms to better support all students and their lived experiences.
Registration for November 2nd has ended, but you can still register below for January 18th!
Waterways
Saturday, January 18, 2024 from 10:30am - 2:00pm
Join our community experts to further explore the link between Pacific Island cultures, oceans, and whales. Join other educators to explore topics such as the cultural conception of whales as a bridge between realms or whales as navigators of the Pacific and symbols of migration. Walk away with greater understanding of our ocean connections and how to weave these into K-12 social studies and STEM classrooms.
This workshop series ties with NHMU's upcoming special exhibit Orcas: Our Shared Future, open now!
supporting partner: Asia Center at the University of Utah.
