Nalo Farms

We had an interesting tour at Nalo Farms today. We got to sample the different kinds of baby greens that they are growing there. The greens tasted fresh and delicious! The students also got cuttings of a variety of herbs. The herbs are: Rosemary, sage, oregano, and lemon verbena. We learned that the cuttings can be grown by following these simple steps:
1. Remove the leaves on the bottom of the cutting, about 1-2 inches.
2. Mix a solution of 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 10 parts water in a paper or plastic cup. (I used 2 capfuls of hydrogen peroxide and 20 capfuls of water.)
3. Dip the ends of the cuttings in the solution for a few seconds.
4. Put the cutting into another cup or pot of potting soil.
5. Water daily or when the pot is dry.

If you would like to use the herbs in your cooking instead, wrap them in a damp paper towel and store in the refrigerator.


Here are a few pics of the farm...

We hope you enjoyed our blog this summer. Enjoy the rest of the break!

PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES

Hanauma Bay

Bishop Museum 

bishop museum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;]

The best part is all the artifacts in the museum. If I had to pick an artifact in the museum I would  pick a gun in hawaiian hall. If you are wondering why there is a gun in a hall with hawaiian artifacts.        The reason is because Caption Cook gave king Kalakaua and his men guns to protect them selves. In return they got shelter from the hawaiians. After all that looking our class went to the fun part of the museum where when you go into a tunnel and have white it glows in the dark! Then we saw fish and moray eels dead. After that we went to the next floor then played on the slide then went to the      planterium and it was about the hokulea. Then we went back to school.

Hanauma Bay by William Harris

                                                                    Hanauma Bay
                                                                     By William Harris

At Hanauma bay we got there and we saw a little show of the history of it and the rules.Then we got to the beach with my buddy Kyle.We were halfway to the middle ... But I noticed that he wasn't catching up! I went over there and he told me his goggles were broken but they weren't.So anyways we were going to the deep.Suddenly I saw a fish eating something in the sand. I forgot about it because Kyle and me saw a huge rainbow fish. It was awesome then we saw a huge fat fish wow we ended by seeing a turtle.

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MAD, MAD, MAD , MAD SCIENCE!!!!

                                                  Mad Science with ELECTRIC ED!!!!!!

                                                                   By: Cable Kronen

     Today we did a Mad Science session with ELECTRIC ED!!! He taught us about decomposing, styrofoam vs ecofoam, landfills and other very interesting information. We couldn't believe the stuff that Electric Ed taught us and told us about; it was crazy!!!! For example, he made styrofoam basically disappear with nail polish remover!!!!  

Some other cool things we did and learned: 

• How landfills are made: we made a mini landfill in a cup with sand, clay, gravel, water, and food coloring 

• We also estimated how long it would take for an object to decompose

       Everyone from our class hopes that Electric Ed or any other GENIUSES from Mad Science will come again. Today, everybody got to see things that they have never seen before and experience thing they have never experienced in their entire life! It was truly amazing from my point of view at least.

   

Gyotaku

Gyotaku Fish Printing
By Mia Nakagawa

        On Monday July 7, 2014, we did Gyotaku fish printing. It was very fun! When Mrs. Tamashiro cut the fish's eye out with scissors, it almost ruined the fun time. She said the eye came out clearer on the paper I might have been the only one who did every single fish. Some people only did the same fish every time. I think that fish printing is also very educational because it shows how my ancestors from Okinawa showed they caught the fish. My favorite part was brushing the fish with ink.

He'eia Fishpond

He'eia Fishpond

By Ashley Murakami

On Wednesday, we went to He'eia Fishpond. When we were there, we had to put on gloves and walk though a stream and it was all the way up to my knees! On the other side, there was a lot of mangrove trees, seedlings, and stalks. The older kids had to cut the stalks and our class had to pull out the seedlings. After we pulled out some mangrove, we went to the fishpond. We learned the ancient Hawaiian way of raising and catching fish. Their way to raise and catch fish was to have a special gate that has small square holes. There is another gate made of bamboo and the space between was small. The plankton that lives in brackish water floats in the holes and the little fish chase it and go through the holes into the fishpond. When the fish grow, they can't escape. A worker lifts up the gate and the fish gets stuck in the other gate and the worker grabs the fish that look good to eat. If the fish is really big, they throw it back into the ocean. They throw the biggest one because those make the most babies. I learned so much on this trip; it was so fun!