The Lily Pond

 Pellets Only!

      Last week on a rainy day we went to the lily pond to sketch for art and to try to catch fish. The rules were that you could only feed the fish PELLETS! So, it was really hard to catch fish because fish pellets dissolved. Also, fish like bread more than they like fish pellets. Finally Caleb caught a fish with pellets. Caleb was really lucky! We could tell you a million times that it was almost impossible to catch a fish with pellets. The Lily Pond has many types of wonderful fish. Arowanas, Red Devils, Guppies, Catfish, Koi, and this big weird black fish.

      A really cool part about the lily pond is that you can catch-and-keep the Red Devils and Guppies because they are over populated in the pond. The koi are bad luck to catch and keep because they die when you keep them. To feed the red devils you must use bread or guppies.  


      After fishing at the Lily Pond, we went back to the classroom to do a final sketch for art class. In art, we made a watercolor painting of the Lily Pond. It took us a while, but finally we finished and everybody's looked amazing!

Making Clay Reef

We are Muku and Keiichiro

We made clay reef for our art project. To prepare for this project, we drew the pictures of the fish we saw and liked at the aquarium. Our sketches weren't as good as we would have liked it to be since the fish at the aquarium were moving, so it was hard to draw.

First, it was difficult making those shapes of the creatures, like the Nautilus & the Tiger Shark, but as we worked, it got easier and more fun!! Our project improved,. but we still had difficulties as we went through it. 

One thing I really liked about my project was the tiger shark I made; it was the biggest creature on my clay reef pot. It was hard, but it turned out great. I also made some plants and other sea creatures, like starfish and little fish. I used lot of sticks to make the shape of them. 

The project was fun and we can"t wait to see what our finished product looks like when we glaze it. 

Lo'i patches

    On Monday, June 30, 2014 we went to the Kanewai Lo'i. Then, we walked to the stream to clean the auwai. We also walked along the waterfall and picked up leaves. After that we walked down the path and went to pick up leaves off of the ground. Then we put in a wheel barrel and threw it in the lo'i. Next we spread out all of the leaves in the lo'i and pushed them down into the lo'i to make extra nutrients for the kalo. We went into two other lo'i patches to pull weeds and some people fixed mounds. At one lo'i patch there were many different kinds of kalo. Some had cupped leaves, some had baby kalos on the side, some were different colors, and some were different sizes although they were planted the same time. The first lo'i we went to had way more types of lo'i and it was way bigger. In the first lo'i we were able to loosen up the mud to make it easier to plant the kalo. Since some people had to wash off the mud in a spring. There was special water to wash off your face. We had lots of fun at both lo'is.

Ka Papa Lo'i O Kanewai

We visited two different lo'i: Ka Papa Lo'i O Kanewai and Papahana Kualoa!

   The similarities was that both rivers flow good or smoothly. Also that they both had mounds of mud around the kalo or taro. They both had at least one hala tree!  

  The differences between Ka Papa Lo'i O Kanewai and Papahana Kualoa was that the water was different temperatures. On Friday, at Papahana Kuaola, the water was colder. It was colder because Papahana Kualoa was closer to the mountains. Ka Papa Lo'i O Kanewai was a little farther from the mountains, so the water was a little warmer than Papahana Kualoa. Also Papa Lo'i O Kanewai had less land than Papahana Kualoa. Papahana Kualoa had a lot of land. So it had more lo'i patches. They both looked very different because Papahana Kualoa's lo'i patches were separated and Ka Papahana lo'i patches were together. We learned about two brothers. One brother had the power of salt water and the other brother the power of the fresh water. The brother who had the power of fresh water used an o'o stick and stuck it into the ground and the fresh water spring would come out. Our favorite thing was when we picked up different leaves and put it into a wheel barrow and took the wheel barrow to a lo'i and poured it into the lo'i for nutrients or fertilizer. :) ;)

Garden 7-7-14

Gardening by: Kendall, Caetlin and Noah   

Today we went to our garden. At the garden we had to pull out the weeds, it took forever! It was hard to pull out the nut grass. However, if we didn't pull out the nut grass today more nut grass would grow even faster. When we tried to pull out the nut grass the roots kept getting stuck inside the dirt. We found several snail shells and ants in the garden. We didn't have to water the plants when we went to the garden because it rained this morning. Some of us got to use shovels to dig up the weeds and some of us didn't. Using the shovels was much easier then using our hands. The weeds grow really fast because each week the nut grass came right back. Gardening is really fun and we enjoy it. We enjoy it because we get to grow all kinds of plants. Noah's favorite is the lettuce because I like to eat lettuce and I like the way it looks while it grows. Caetlin's favorite plant is also the lettuce because it looks cool when it grows. Kendall's favorite plant is the basil because I planted it.

Pinch Pot Reef Art

Why did we make pinch pots?  We made these to show our understanding of the coral reef. 

1. First, we used a cup to make the base. We covered it with newspaper. Then, we covered the

newspaper with clay. We cut off the extra clay at the base to use to sculpt animals and sea life for our reef.  

2. We had form the clay into fish. Before going to art, we sketched at least 10 fish and sea creatures

(including coral). 

3. We had to score our clay and use slip to "glue" our fishes and sea creatures to the base. In order to score, we made a tic tac toe with the stick. Then, we put water or slip on the clay. 

4. We could put some fish and coral on the top of the bowl or on the side of it. Then you have to check your work and put detail and texture on the fish and other reef life. For example, for the turtle, you could put lines on his shell. You could put details on your coral reef. If the clay was dry, we needed to put it in the bag and get new clay. This is because if it is not wet, it will not stick to your reef. When we were done, we checked to see if our clay animals stuck on good.

5. You remove your reef pot from the cup that is wrapped in the newspaper and then let your clay sit and dry. Then, we will have it fired and we can glaze it! 

At The Aquarium And The Beach With William

By William H. 

When we first got to Waikiki beach, we stood in front of 3 rocks of life. We were saying hello with our oli and a pigeon flew away from the rock. We walked across the beach, until we saw these straight little fish, and we watched them for a while. Then, we kept on walking to the beach to go swimming. I played Marco Polo. I was him twice! We were allowed to open our eyes only in the water, but it was hard. Kyle told me that Alex told him that he couldn't see under salt water. Kyle told me he could, and I trusted him. Then we ran into the shower...everybody was running like crazy because we were late to get to the aquarium!

We finally arrived at Waikiki Aquarium. There were big fish,little fish, sharks, coral, and jellyfish. The sharks and turtle were my favorite. We drew fish that we were going to use for our reef pinch pots. I had never been to the aquarium before and it was a cool experience!