The Hawai‘i Science Olympiad is one of those programs that involves a lot of students, teachers and supporters, fosters a great learning environment and promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. But inspite of this the program gets very little media attention. I’d equate this program to the Science Fair or Robotics competitions but relatively [...]
Hawaii Science Olympiad
March 12th, 2011 · No Comments · education, science
PaCES
July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · education, genomics, science
Maybe I would have been a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon if summer sessions like this were available back in my day. Pacific Center for Environmental Studies (PaCES) is a six-week intensive course for high school juniors and seniors held at Windward Community College. This past Tuesday, I had a chance to spend an [...]
