{"id":137348,"date":"2021-03-17T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T01:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=137348"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:28:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:28:19","slug":"keiki-solar-system-fast-facts-hawaiian-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/17\/keiki-solar-system-fast-facts-hawaiian-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiki learn solar system fast facts in Hawaiian and English"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_28145\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NFiYYtw3r1Q?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"2021 Solar System Walk: Mercury\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Ukalialii\">Ukaliali&#699;i<\/span> and H\u014dk\u016bloa are the Hawaiian words for Mercury and Venus and just two of many <span aria-label=\"olelo\">&#699;&#333;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (Hawaiian language) terms related to astronomy that keiki on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island are busy learning. <a href=\"https:\/\/imiloahawaii.org\/\">&#699;Imiloa Astronomy Center<\/a>, an educational outreach organization at <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> has co-sponsored the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfht.hawaii.edu\/en\/outreach\/solarsystemwalk\">Waimea Solar System Walk<\/a>, where children learn about the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Through April 15, participants can take a stroll in Waimea town and scan <abbr>QR<\/abbr> codes on decals that link to informational videos about planets. This year, people can watch videos in English or Hawaiian&#8212;an option that aligns with &#699;Imiloa\u2019s mission of merging science and Hawaiian culture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137354\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk-decal-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Venus decal\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk-decal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk-decal-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk-decal.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Information on the walk is featured in English and <span aria-label=\"olelo\">&#699;&#333;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;&#699;Imiloa is excited to support this year&#8217;s Solar System Walk&#8212;especially with the dual language options available for those who want to study the solar system ma ka <span aria-label=\"olelo\">&#699;&#333;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8212;through the Hawaiian language.&rdquo; said Executive Director <strong><span aria-label=\"Kaiu\">Ka&#699;iu<\/span> Kimura<\/strong>. &ldquo;We mahalo the Maunakea Observatories for creating this opportunity for our local Waimea &#699;ohana and look forward to seeing keiki explore the universe in ways that relate to them and their community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maunakea Observatories organized the free month-long event and adjusted it so &#699;ohana can go on self-guided tours due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some videos on the walk\u2019s route feature <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute for Astronomy<\/a> (<abbr>IfA<\/abbr>) faculty, including <abbr>IfA<\/abbr> Maui Outreach Astronomer <strong>J.D. Armstrong<\/strong> and <abbr>IfA<\/abbr> Hilo Education Specialist <strong>Carolyn Kaichi<\/strong>, who breaks down facts about Mercury or <span aria-label=\"Ukalialii\">Ukaliali&#699;i<\/span>, the closest planet to the Sun. &ldquo;Our hope is to ignite or stimulate interest in space science for all age groups on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island,&rdquo; Kaichi said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/06\/maunakea-observatories-at-home\/\">Explore the universe from home with Maunakea Observatories<\/a>, April 6, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The socially distanced popup event launched on March 15 in Waimea, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfht.hawaii.edu\/\">Canada-France-<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope<\/a> (<abbr>CFHT<\/abbr>) has materials available online for anyone interested in hosting a solar walk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our Maunakea Observatories staff continue to find new ways throughout the pandemic to meet students\u2019 need for fun, engaging activities that we normally get to present in-person,&rdquo; said <abbr>CFHT<\/abbr> Outreach Manager Mary Beth Laychak, who organized the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfht.hawaii.edu\/en\/outreach\/solarsystemwalk\">Visit the <abbr>CFHT<\/abbr> website for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137355\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk.jpg\" alt=\"Parent and keki at a decal\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imiloa-solar-system-walk-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids scan decals at the socially-distanced event to access interactive videos about each planet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants scan <abbr>QR<\/abbr> codes on sidewalk decals in Waimea that link to brief informational videos about planets in the solar system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,33,1057,292,35,14,56],"class_list":["post-137348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-astronomy","tag-hawaiian","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-imiloa-astronomy-center","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-uh-hilo","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137348"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155477,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137348\/revisions\/155477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}