OCEANIA Marine Educators Association

04/14/2026

Oceania educators! You are invited to tonight’s Hawai‘i Blue Schools Hui teacher workshop presentation on Kona Lows from SOEST graduate students Carla Baizeau and Wyn Pauly!

Monday, April 18 at 4:30–5:15 pm.
Zoom link: https://coehawaii.zoom.us/j/89289077776

We are opening up this session to teachers beyond those involved in Blue Schools due to the extremely timely topic.

Bring your wonderings, questions, and come prepared to learn more about the oceanographic mechanisms behind this phenomenon!

We will post a link to the recording afterwards.

04/08/2026

SMMILE for Seniors is a three-week course designed for adults (55+) on Oʻahu that combines expert-led lectures with immersive field experiences focused on marine mammal science and conservation.

https://smmile.betterworld.org/events/smmile-seniors

03/16/2026

Ho’omaika’i! Congratulations to our Award-winning Oceania Educators 💦💙! And mahalo to everyone who attended our annual meeting at . We are so excited to be hosting the 2027 conference in July 2027! Stay tuned for details… and let us know if you want to join our Oceania organization (free t shirt with $25 membership while supplies last)

03/05/2026

Spring means we have daytime minus tides, and our researchers (teachers, middle and high school students, and university folks) are heading out to ID and monitor our local intertidal environments.

These supplies headed out Monday Mar 9 with ❤️❤️❤️

Learn more about the OPIHI program and intertidal limu and inverts in the episode at voiceofthesea.org S4 E3, https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/intertidal-algae-and-invertebrates/

02/10/2026

YouTube Premiere Thurs Feb 12 @ 12pm HST: https://youtu.be/bB42OWGj-Cg
National Marine Educators Association Hanauma Bay Education Program

YouTube Premiere Thurs Feb 12 @ 12pm HST! Aquaculture Interns – tune in to growing ‘ama’ama in Heʻeia loko iʻa, kanpachi at Blue Ocean Mariculture, tilapia at the American Samoa Community College, and more!

Thurs Feb 12 @ 12pm HST: https://youtu.be/bB42OWGj-Cg
Links + info: https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/aqua-interns/

Paepae o He'eia
Blue Ocean Mariculture
American Samoa Community College Marine Science Program
Kupu
NELHA Hawai'i Ocean Science and Technology - HOST Park
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST
University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program
OCEANIA Marine Educators Association
The Pacific American Foundation
University of Hawaii at Manoa
PacIOOS
NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands
National Sea Grant College Program

02/09/2026

Intertidal investigations looking 👀 a bit different today! When you can’t take teachers to the field, you bring the field to them! ❤️ mahalo OPIHI teachers for being so awesome!

01/10/2026

4 Spots Open in the Oʻahu OPIHI Teacher 2026 Cohort!
OPIHI trains teachers to teach their students (grades 6-12) to survey Hawai‘i’s rocky intertidal.

This 2026 workshop is for Oʻahu secondary teachers.
After a series of online and in-person workshops, you will implement the OPIHI curriculum and survey ‘Ewa Beach, Lēʻahi (Diamond Head), or Mauliola (Sand Island) with your students. You will receive supplies, a $400 stipend and funds for bus transportation to field site & substitute.

Applications accepted until January 22nd! (Apply and learn more: https://tinyurl.com/OPIHI-Teacher26).

Watch: OPIHI episode @ voiceofthesea.org (S4E3)

01/07/2026

Join us for the Oceania Educators Annual Meeting!
January 30, 4:30-7pm
Waikīkī Aquarium & over zoom (5-6pm)
Event is free & all are welcome (in person or virtual)!

Oceania is a regional chapter of the National Marine Educators Association

12/17/2025

Join our spring OPIHI cohort on Oʻahu!

Q&A Dec 17 at 5pm
https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/84252023230

applications are open for a professional learning opportunity called Our Project In Hawai‘i’s Intertidal (OPIHI).

APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/OPIHI-Teacher26

What? OPIHI trains teachers to teach their students to survey Hawai‘i’s rocky intertidal. You will implement the OPIHI curriculum and survey ‘Ewa Beach, Lēʻahi (Diamond Head), or Mauliola (Sand Island) with your students. Students do not get wet above their knees; no lifeguard is necessary.

Who? Secondary (grades 6-12) teachers on O‘ahu

When?
In-person workshops (9-5 pm): Jan 24, Jan 25, Feb 8
Online workshops (5-6:30 pm): Jan 14, Feb 4, Feb 18, April 29
Benefits: Join a program 100s of teachers and 1000s of students have participated in facilitated by experienced UH facilitators. Student-collected data has resulted in scientific publications!
Curriculum supplies
Bus transportation to field site & substitute
$400 stipend

12/16/2025

Applications are open for a professional learning opportunity called Our Project In Hawai‘i’s Intertidal (OPIHI)!

APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/OPIHI-Teacher26

What? OPIHI trains teachers to teach their students to survey Hawai‘i’s rocky intertidal. You will implement the OPIHI curriculum and survey ‘Ewa Beach, Lēʻahi (Diamond Head), or Mauliola (Sand Island) with your students. Students do not get wet above their knees; no lifeguard is necessary.

Who? Secondary (grades 6-12) teachers on O‘ahu

When?
In-person workshops (9-5 pm): Jan 24, Jan 25, Feb 8
Online workshops (5-6:30 pm): Jan 14, Feb 4, Feb 18, April 29
Benefits: Join a program 100s of teachers and 1000s of students have participated in facilitated by experienced UH facilitators. Student-collected data has resulted in scientific publications!
Curriculum supplies
Bus transportation to field site & substitute
$400 stipend
Interested?!
For more information see our flyer and the top of the application.
You can also join our virtual Q&A at 5 pm on Wednesday, Dec 17 (zoom link).

Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis starting Dec 22.
We are recruiting a cohort of just 10 teachers and anticipate this workshop filling up quickly—apply ASAP!

Your OPIHI facilitators:
Joanna Philippoff, Anuschka Faucci, Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, & Annie Rosa

Mahalo to our funder National Geographic for making this opportunity possible!