Reading time: < 1minuteLearning about the bugs and insects on Maunakea.
The (OMKM) brought fun interactive learning activities showcasing the science going on at Maunakea to Kealakehe Elementary’s School Science Day. This is the third year that OMKM has participated in the school’s science discovery event for students and parents.
Native plants and animals coloring station
Listening observatory
Activities included:
Learning about native plants and animals at a coloring station.
Getting an up-close look at the bugs and insects that call Maunakea home.
Experiencing the motion of mass in space with a fun hands-on demonstration by the outreach team.
Working the joystick of a simulator for drones (unmanned aerial system) with the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Hilo .
Creating telescope bases out of marshmallows and toothpicks that needed to pass the “shake” test at the display.
Viewing at interactive thermal (heat) imaging demonstration by the .
Watching a early sky viewings demonstration with an interactive light box by Tom Chun of .
Hearing recorded sounds of Native Hawaiian birds with Listening Observatory for Hawaiian Ecosystems.
The also handed out stickers and solar system information.
