Kamehameha Schools Summer Science Institutes are designed to take a small number of motivated students interested in science as a possible career through a concentrated six-week course. If accepted you will earn two honors credits for participating in this program. You may earn additional honors credit during the school year by enrolling in Honors Science Research as an elective and working with a teacher/mentor who will help you continue your project and support your entry in the school, district, state and national science fairs. Other benefits include being more competitive for admission to selective colleges and universities, scholarships and national awards. Tuition is $400 for accepted students; morning country bus may be added for $50.

Students will be selected based on factors such as academic ability, grades, teacher recommendations, laboratory skills, critical thinking skills, and interest in science research. Courses are not available in KS Connect, contact individual instructors for their application forms.

MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE #9679
Tuition: $400.00

Monday, June 15 – Friday, July 24 (7:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.)
*Classes will not be held on Friday, July 3.

Prerequisites: Marine Biology and Aquaculture Science Application, teacher recommendation and transcripts.

Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2009
*Please submit applications directly to Ms. Duffy in Konia 206 or Smith Office.

This Honors course will change your perspective of our ocean planet. Twelve students will be selected to explore the frontiers of marine biology, biotechnology and aquaculture science. Students will learn experimental design, research methods, and statistical analyses as they maintain and culture freshwater and marine species. Biotechnology has become a valuable tool for aquaculturists and students will learn and apply cutting edge methods to their projects. Building on the basics of water chemistry and energy inputs, students will analyze the obstacles facing aquaculturists today.

Students will learn about the history and methods of farming finfish for ornamental purposes, human consumption, and enhancement of wild and recreational stocks. Time will be devoted to studying the life history and ecology of different finfish species, their anatomy, morphology and physiology. We will cover extensive and intensive culture methods, water quality management, bio-remediation, pathology, aquaculture and the environment, as well as commercial operations.

Students in this course will receive hands-on experience operating a demonstration scale hatchery. Organisms to be cultured will include microalgae, crustaceans, and finfish. Students will gain experience in maintaining water quality, theory and operation of re-circulating culture systems, the biology of common culture organisms, nutrition and principles of bio-security.

Students will also engage in field studies and learn marine transecting methods to monitor a reef and a traditional Hawaiian fishpond throughout the course. A coastal voyage aboard a research vessel will be part of the program, as weather permits.

Excursions may include, but are not limited to, tours of research laboratories at the University of Hawai’i, Oceanic Institute and aquaculture facilities on Oahu and the island of Hawai’i.

Finally students will develop a proposal for an individual research project investigating any area of marine biological research in which they are interested utilizing the basic and advanced techniques they have learned in the previous weeks. Students will present their projects in the summer and may continue to pursue the objectives of that proposal in the Honors Science Research Program during the regular school year.

For more information please contact Laura Duffy, 842-8312 or laduffy@ksbe.edu.

ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY #0918
Tuition: $400.00

Monday, June 15 – Friday, July 24 (7:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.)
*Classes will not be held on Friday, July 3.

Prerequisites: Completion of courses in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2009
*Please submit applications directly to Mr. Kamalu in Konia 212 or Smith Office.

Power! Learn to create electrical power. In this class, we will generate electricity through hands on experience. All of us will learn to manage large, complicated projects with deadlines. Starting with fully operational small-scale wind and solar generators, we will also learn about the predominant energy production systems from nuclear to hydroelectric and to coal and oil fired plants. We will learn what Hawaii depends on the most, the intent being to take students into the field as much as practical to understand firsthand what we depend on now. Additionally, we will research the feasibility of existing alternative technologies including deep ocean, geothermal, biomass, tidal, and others.

Using our experience with wind and solar as a guide, we will research the practicality of the various options and how to best implement and distribute these systems taking into consideration all of the impacts these options have from financial/political to environmental/cultural.

Finally, we will revisit the concept of “energy” and look at the existing limitations on power generation and distribution and probe for ways to overcome them. We will search for what might be.

For more information please contact Mr. Kamalu, 842-3431 or dakamalu@ksbe.edu.

MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY: RECOMBINANT DNA AND CELL CULTURE TECHNOLOGY #9678
Tuition: $400.00

Wednesday, June 10 – Wednesday, July 29 (7:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.)
*Please note: Thursday, June 11 is a regular class day. Bus service will not be available until June 15 and ends July 24. Classes will not be held on Friday, July 3.

Prerequisites: Molecular and Cell Biology Application, teacher recommendation and transcripts. Open to students entering grade 10-12.

Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2009
*Please submit applications directly to Ms. Ishimoto in Paki 308 or Paki Office.

Twelve students will be selected to explore the frontiers of biological, biomedical and biotechnical science. Students will learn to isolate and analyze DNA from bacteria, plants, and mammalian cells and to create, clone and characterize recombinant DNA molecules. Students will also learn how to interpret DNA fingerprints commonly used in forensics, to analyze complex mixtures of proteins by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and to evaluate the activity of enzymes and other important biomolecules by spectrometry and fluorescence microscopy.

The theory and practice of mammalian cell culture will be studied and applied to the evaluation of cell growth and morphology, to determine the cytotoxicity of common and exotic natural chemicals, and to investigate the chromosomes of normal and cancer cells. These basic techniques will then be applied to more advanced topics in biotechnology such as sequencing of human genes, gene expression and regulation, gene silencing through RNA interference, and the use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect specific genes like those responsible for many inherited diseases. Students will sequence part of their own DNA and will explore the genomes of plants and humans using bioinformatics tools.

Regularly scheduled excursions will include tours of basic, applied and clinical research laboratories at the University of Hawai’i, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and private laboratories.

Finally students will develop a proposal for an individual research project investigating any area of biological research in which they are interested utilizing the basic and advanced techniques they have learned in the previous weeks. Students will begin their projects in the summer and may continue to pursue the objectives of that proposal in the Honors Science Research Program during the regular school year.

For more information please contact Gail Ishimoto, 843-3392 or 843-3413.