KeaoaLo‘e REMS Lab

KeaoaLo‘e can be interpreted as ‘the enlightenment provided by Lo‘e’ or ‘the world of Lo‘e’. The capital “L” is intentional, to honor Lo‘e, who in mo‘olelo (stories) came to He‘eia from the ‘Ewa side of O‘ahu along with her three brothers. Lo‘e took up residence on this small basaltic island in the south of Kāne‘ohe Bay, lending to the name Moku o Lo‘e. REMS stands for Research Experiences in Marine Science.

Our mission is to understand how our students best learn science, and using this information, along with evidence-based pedagogies, create educational pathways for the next generation of Hawai‘i’s ocean scientists, managers, and stewards. Our programs support high school level students and classes, recent graduates and early undergraduates interested in marine related STEM degrees, while also training graduate students and postdocs working at the intersection of marine science and education research.