HONOLULU - Part of Bishop Museum's mission is to tell the stories of Hawai‘i's natural and cultural history through outreach and education programs on the neighbor islands. The Holoholo science program offers exciting hands-on science exploration for Hawai‘i's schoolchildren.

In large assemblies and small classroom group sessions, students have the opportunity to connect what they are learning in the classroom to real life science explorations. Each session is designed to support student achievement of national and Hawai'i content and performance standards. Holoholo offers the following education programs:

Classroom Programs - Exciting science lessons in which students act like scientists - inquiring, investigating and testing while using real scientific specimens, artifacts, and state-of-the-art equipment. During each lesson, students learn about current scientific research. Students also get the opportunity to meet a real life Bishop Museum scientist (subject to availability).

Assemblies - Lively, interactive large-group programs serve as an introduction to science. Designed for a cafetorium, gymnasium, or other large multi-purpose room.

StarLab: The Portable Planetarium - Live presentations in an inflatable planetarium dome take students on an exciting learning journey to the stars of the night sky.

Family Science Night - An evening of fun, educational hands-on science activities held for students and their families. Program includes a self-directed exploration of science, with over 15 stations featuring activities in biology, Hawai‘i ecology, health/medical science, space science, and archaeology.

Presented by Bishop Museum’s dynamic science educators and scientists, the Holoholo Science Program encourages inquiry and exploration, and offer the rare chance to handle scientific specimens, cultural artifacts, and state-of-the-art equipment. In addition it allows students to interact with scientists who are actively involved in research in areas of biology, ecology, geology, archaeology and other fields.

Holoholo Science is scheduled to visit all of the Hawaiian Islands in the Fall of 2004 and Spring of 2005 as follows:

• Maui: December 6 - 10, 2004
• Big Island, Hawai‘i: – (Hilo) January 24 - 28, 2005 and (Kona) Jan 31 - February 4, 2005
• Kaua‘i: March 7 -11, 2005
• Lāna‘i: May 9 - 13, 2005