Hawaiian Fishponds: Sustainability Lesson

In this lesson, students learn the connection between sustainability and survival, and the importance of Native Hawaiian sustainability practices.
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Lesson Plan

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Grade Levels: 6-8

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes

Concepts/Skills: Aquatic ecosystems, Overfishing, Native Hawaiian fishponds, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Sustainability

Objectives:

  • Explain the importance of collaboration in sustainability for a community to survive.
  • Define sustainability and explain how Native Hawaiians use sustainable practices for survival.
  • Identify and explain the importance of Native Hawaiian fishponds.
  • Create their own solutions to overfishing based on their new knowledge of Native Hawaiian fishponds.