{"id":58184,"date":"2017-03-31T09:31:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T19:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58184"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:23:34","slug":"omkm-brings-fun-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/31\/omkm-brings-fun-science\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"Office\">OMKM<\/abbr> brings fun science to Kealakehe Elementary School"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_58193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58193\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-1.jpg\" alt=\"two children look at bugs in a case\" width=\"620\" height=\"395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-1-260x166.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learning about the bugs and insects on Maunakea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malamamaunakea.org\/\">Office of Maunakea Management<\/a> (OMKM) brought fun interactive learning activities showcasing the science going on at Maunakea to Kealakehe Elementary&#8217;s School Science Day. This is the third year that <abbr>OMKM<\/abbr> has participated in the school&#8217;s science discovery event for students and parents.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_58195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58195\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-2-260x166.jpg\" alt=\"children coloring\" width=\"260\" height=\"166\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-2-260x166.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-2.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Native plants and animals coloring station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_58192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58192\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-3-260x166.jpg\" alt=\"two adults talking to students\" width=\"260\" height=\"166\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-3-260x166.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/omkm-science-day-3.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listening observatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Activities included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning about native plants and animals at a coloring station.<\/li>\n<li>Getting an up-close look at the bugs and insects that call Maunakea home.<\/li>\n<li>Experiencing the motion of mass in space with a fun hands-on demonstration by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imiloahawaii.org\/\">&#699;Imiloa Astronomy Center<\/a> outreach team.<\/li>\n<li>Working the joystick of a simulator for drones (unmanned aerial system) with the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo <a href=\"http:\/\/spatial.uhh.hawaii.edu\/index.htm\">Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization Lab<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Creating telescope bases out of marshmallows and toothpicks that needed to pass the &ldquo;shake&rdquo; test at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmt.org\/\">Thirty Meter Telescope<\/a> display.<\/li>\n<li>Viewing at interactive thermal (heat) imaging demonstration by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keckobservatory.org\/\">W.M. Keck Observatory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Watching a early sky viewings demonstration with an interactive light box by Tom Chun of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malamamaunakea.org\/management\/kahu-ku-mauna\">Kahu K&#363; Mauna<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hearing recorded sounds of Native Hawaiian birds with Listening Observatory for Hawaiian Ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute for Astronomy<\/a> also handed out stickers and solar system information. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Kealakehe-Science-Day.html?soid=1101336625199&#038;aid=jV9HjU1FC8k\"><em>An Office of Maunakea Management story<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kealakehe Elementary School students and parents learned about the science going on at Maunakea through interactive activities and demonstrations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[659,305],"class_list":["post-58184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-maunakea","tag-office-of-mauna-kea-management","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58184","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=58184"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91739,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58184\/revisions\/91739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}