Waʻa

Period 4 click here to vote for your favorite poster. DO NOT vote for your own.

Period 6 click here to vote for your favorite poster. DO NOT vote for your own.

Read Introduction to Seabirds then answer the following questions in your JW. 1. What % of the earths surface is covered by ocean? 2. Why is the ocean called earths “final frontier” in terms of scientific exploration? 3. What are microbes? 4. What is phytoplankton? 5. What is zooplankton? 6. What is a food chain? 7. What is a food web?

Click here to watch The Plastic Age, a video about the Pacific Ocean garbage patch. After watching the video, Answer the following question for your JW: 1. Using your knowledge about currents, how does ocean trash and plastics end up on the south beaches of the Big Island.

Click here to do the Ocean Explorer Activity (Currents).

Click here for directions to DESIGN A SAIL1

Click here to read about the Evolution of the Hawaiian Canoe. The article is about the changes in the primary power mode of Hawaiian canoes (from sail to paddling, followed by a return to sail).

Click here to read about Traditional Canoe Building Tools.

Click here to read about the Hawaiian Canoe Club Waʻa Names.