Koke

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By Jeremy Randolph- Flagg, Sarah James, Brooke
Wilner, Jenna Burns and Kelly Culliney
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Our Tools

• GPS (Global positioning System)
• Hula Hoop
• String (for transect)
• Digital Camera

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Berry Flats

• Why we Hiked Berry Flats?
• To examine plant species
• To cut down invasive species like Kahili Ginger
• To learn about Native Plants and animals

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The HikeWhat We Did on Berry Flats

• We looked for Native Plants and animals
• We cut down invasive plants
• We learned about the plants and animals

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GPS? What is that?!

• A GPS is an electronical device that tracts
  satellites and will
• Tell you where you are
• And what the elevation is.

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Heres some pictures?!
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-Transects ?!-

• A transect is an area of land that we surveyed.
• This is how it works you put a string down and
  you pick a spot to survey.

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Even MORE pictures ?!
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Quadrants

• A Quadrant is a section of land measured by a
  hula hoop.
• We looked at the plants inside the quadrant and
  also looked up into the canopy.

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Pictures of The Canopy
Different quadrants had different amounts of
canopies.
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Digital Photography

• What did we take pictures of with the digital
  camera???
• We took pictures of the canopy.
• We also took pictures of the quadrants and
  transects.

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Clip Art Related To The Project
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Why this information is important

• 1. This information is important because now
  people will know a lot about Kokee nature and
  the wildlife.
• 2. This information is important to us because
  now my class and I know a lot about Kokee and
  about the plants and animals.
• 3. This information is important to
  scientists because they can learn about the
  plants and wild life, transects, quadrants.

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Data collection

• We collected data by taking pictures and writing
  down what was over a hula hoop that we threw to
  see which plant was there. We wrote down the
  plant and what percent of sky there was above the
  hula hoop, for instance, 73 was trees and 27
  was sky.

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PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES!!

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The Forest!
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What We Learned

• There are invasive species like banana poka and
  strawberry guava that we should try to get rid
  of.
• There are many native plants like the Ohia Lehua
  and Koa Tree.
• We used a hula hoop (quadrant) , a GPS, and some
  rope to learn about the habitat.

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What We Learned (continued)

• We learned to work together.
• We learned about the plants and animals that live
  in Kokee.

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What If?

• What if we didnt have this information?
• We wouldnt know anything about the nature in
  Kokee, so we couldnt help the native plants.
• What if we didnt pull Kahili Ginger on the
  trail?
• It would take over the native plants and they
  would go extinct.

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What If (continued)

• What if forest managers were able to use this
  information and what would they know?
• They would know to be more aware of invasive
  species.
• What if visitors had this information?
• They would know not to kill native plants and
  animals.

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Credits

• By Jenna
  Burns, Brooke Wilner, Kelly Culliney,
  Sarah James, Jeremy Randolph-Flagg.
• Also thanks to Hector Perez, Jennifer Hoof,
  Tyme Ventura, and Ms.Chao.