New Learning Objectives and Scientific Questions

Today we revised out Learning Objectives and Scientific Questions. We worked to narrow down our Scientific Questions on focus on more specific topics.

Student Learning Objectives:

1) Identify pre-Contact Hawaiian spices and foodstuffs and their uses.

2) Identify post-contact spices and foodstuffs and their uses in contemporary Hawaiian food.

3) Explore positive and negative aspects of introduced food and medicine.

Scientific Questions:

1)  What are 9 plant foods used as medicines in pre-contact Hawaii. How are these plants used today in Hawaii, as based on the acquired literature?  

2) Focusing on post-contact introduced spices and foodstuffs, How have they impacted traditional Hawaiian medical practices?

3)  What is the role of diet as preventative medicine and treatment in Hawaiʻi today?