CREATOR SPACE
This week we made shrinky dink pendants for a necklace, assembled our small sculptures, and began planning our third shrinky dink mini-project.
CULINARY KIDS: COOKING ADVENTURE
This week in Culinary Kids, we began our trip around the world with dishes inspired by Mexican cuisine and snacks. We learned how to dice fruits and vegetables to use in our savories and sweets like Fresas con Crema and Corn Salsa. Closing out our week in Mexico, we made one of our favorites desserts of the program: Cheesecake Taquitos topped with strawberries and cinnamon sugar!
FULL STEAM AHEAD
We explored natural disasters with laboratory experiments to test how well our buildings held up. On Wednesday, we went on a walking field trip on the UH Manoa campus to study buildings, nature, and birds.
HNS: EXPLORERS
This week, Hawaiʻi Nature Study: Explorers explored the importance of plants in Hawaiʻi through hands-on investigations and cultural activities. Students conducted a fruit dissection to observe seeds of different shapes and sizes and learned how seeds travel through wind, water, animals, and gravity. They practiced scientific observation skills while exploring plants around campus and used traditional Hawaiian body measurements to estimate and measure plant sizes. Students also learned about the many uses of plants in Hawaiʻi through ti leaf lei making and visited Ka Papa Loʻi O Kānewai, where they explored a working kalo loʻi and how we can mālama ʻāina. Throughout the week, students strengthened their kilo skills and discovered the important connections between people, plants, and the environment.
HNS: OBSERVERS
This week we learned about plants, including the plant life cycle and what they need to thrive. We also learned about the kalo plant and went on a field trip to the Kanewai Lo’i. We also did a few art projects, such as a ladybug craft and watercolor Kalo About Me painting.
HNS: RESEARCHERS
This week the Researchers had amazing adventures. We were able to explore the ecology of Makiki stream, helping to count native species and remove invasive species of fish from the stream. We also got to visit the lo’i on the University of Hawai’i at Manoa campus. Students were able to see the origin of the lo’i water source and work in one of the lo’i patches. In class, the student continue to work on their end of summer research to share with their families. Too excited to wait to see what it is? Ask them about their specific research topic.
LET’S DANCE: BEGINNING CHOREOGRAPHY
This week students continued working on their original choreography. We are continuing to prepare for our end of program showcase.
LITTLE JOURNALISTS: MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Students had the opportunity to go on a studio tour of the PBS Hawai’i station. They learned about process it takes to plan, produce, and edit episodes that get shared locally and with the world.
Selected students had the opportunity to join the HNS Researchers class to learn about the native fish and animals in our streams. They visited the Makiki Stream to count and record the number of native fish in the stream. They conducted interviews to create a video to show what they learned and to talk about their experience.
Students also started to edit videos of their experiences throughout the summer. As a group they documented their field trips and are making it into a video to share.
MINECRAFT: CREATING AND CODING
This week, students finished working on their TimeCraft and The Show Must Go On hour of code lessons.
Students also solved the locker brain teaser. In order to solve this students needed to simplify the problem, discover the pattern, and develop an algorithm that can predict the next open locker.
SCIENCE OLYMPICS
In Science Olympics this week, the theme was “launchers.” We…
– Built a car track and jump launcher.
– Built a simple catapult with popsicle sticks, and a cup popper with cups and balloons.
– Built a more complex catapult with pencils.
– Built two slingshots, one with popsicle sticks and the other with cardboard tubes.
– Built an airplane launcher.
– Learned about Newton’s Third Law, momentum, elastic energy, and torsion.
Groups competed to see who’s launcher could launch the farthest!