Hoʻolei ka leʻaleʻa o ka lā hope loa!

Paipai Friday

Prince Nicholas

Mahalo e nā ʻanakala!

E hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka ʻūpena...

E au ʻia ka ʻūpena...

E hei ʻia ka iʻa...

E lawe ʻia ka iʻa...

E Mahalo ʻia ka ʻūpena a ola!!!

Uhu wahine

Uhu kāne

Laʻakea Waipā

Legal size = 1 Hoʻomalu head

Tick eater!

Kahuli Iwikuamoʻo ʻole

Invertebrate Time!

Mahalo Laehala!

ʻIna

ʻŌpeʻapeʻa

Unauna

Friday at O Ka ʻĀina

"Today Uncle Dan taught us what animals in the tide pool eat and what eat them. He also taught us that the animals in the tide pools (kāheka) were all invertebrates. We had to get our own invertebrates for example ʻŌpeʻapeʻa Brittle Stars or a Loli Sea Cucumbers. After we got our animals we had to section them off into groups like crustaceans and the crustaceans were Papaʻi and ʻŌpae." - ʻImiloa Waipā

Uncle Dan

"We went with Uncle Dan to look for creatures in the ocean. We looked in the water right by the bridge. Then we had to organized the creatures in their features. There was mollusks, crustaceans, Echinoderms, and more. We got ʻŌpeʻapeʻa, Hermit crabs, ʻIna, sponges, and Anemones. We asked what they ate and most of them were bottom feeders. Then we learned what ate them!" - Keahiloa Kanahele

Uncle Dan's visit to O Ka ʻĀina

"This morning Uncle Dan came to visit and we went and searched for Invertebrates. Me and my partner found ʻŌpeʻapeʻa, Wana, ʻŌpae, Crabs, Sponges, Hermit crabs, and a Anemone."

The different invertebrates are:
Crustacea - Papaʻi, ʻŌpae ( Crabs / Shrimp )
Enchinodermata - ʻŌpeʻapeʻa, Wana, Loli (Brittle Stars / Sea Urchins / Sea Cucumbers)
Mollusca - Pūpū, Kamaloli ( Snails / Slugs )
Annelida - ʻAha, Huluhulu ( Worms )
Cnidaria - Koʻa, ʻŌkole ( Coral / Anemones )

- Thomas Decoito

Our visit with Uncle Teh Chu

"Today we got to visit Uncle Teh Chu to Paipai. First we got the net ready by taking out all the knots. Then Uncle Teh Chu and his friends Uncle Sam Warren, Uncle Oli, and Uncle Ikaika got in the waʻa and started paddling out to lay the net. They laid the net at Small Channels. When we were getting ready a lot of kids had to move to different places on the rocks depending wether they swim good or donʻt swim good. After they were done laying the net they gave a waving signal with their paddle in the air and saying "Ready". Even though my mask was all foggy and I could not see I still went. I went as fast as I can slapping the water. I didn't really care as long as I got to the net. On the way to the net I was fixing my mask 3-4 times because it was all foggy. Once I got there I was not very impressed because we caught like nothing just 7 ʻuhu, a couple manini, and other fish I don't know the name of. That is why we had Paipai again with only the big kids including me, Haʻe, and Aliʻiloa. I swam all the way till the end of the net and all the fish were at the bottom of the net. I was thinking in my head "Poor fish I wish I could help you." But I could not because I knew I would get in trouble even though no one was watching me. I didn't do it. It was really fun but I forgot to thank the Uncles for doing it with us and for helping us." - Noeʻula Lindsey

ʻAnaehoʻomalu

"Yesterday Aunty Kehau told us about the anchialine ponds. She said that Hawaiʻi has the most anchialine ponds. Today we went to ʻAnaehoʻomalu and we had to hike from the beach to the anchialine pond named ʻAkahi Kaimu pond. We walked south from ʻAnaehoʻomalu and we were at the pond for two and half hours. The hike was very long and was hurting my neck. We saw lots of fish in this pond. We also saw fish at ʻAnaehoʻomalu beach. It was super fun!" - Hiʻilei Waipā

ʻAnaehoʻomalu ā i ʻAkahi Kaimu

Anchialine Ponds

"Aunty Kehau talked to us about anchialine ponds. Some are big ponds and small ponds, she said that some times you can see the ʻōpaeʻula. She also said that the ponds are not conected to each   other from the top but conected from the bottom. Our kūpuna used the small ponds as refrigerators for their fish." - Nāhuluwena Carvalho

ʻAkahi Kaimu

"Today we went to ʻAnaehoʻomalu and swam in an Anchialine  pond called ʻAkahi Kaimu. We walked for at least 45 minutes to the pond and 45 minutes back to the ʻAnaehoʻomalu. In the old days they used this pond as a refrigerator or a storage for the fish that are still alive.  The thinking was that when you need the fish you can go to the pond and catch them very easily. There were two ʻŌmilu right where we were swimming. On the way back we were allowed to swim at ʻAnaehoʻomalu beach, and that was just as fun." - Tuhi Keliʻikanakaʻole

Swimming at ʻAkahi Kaimu

Today we went to ʻAnaehoʻomalu. We went to this pond in the back of a lot of ʻaʻā rocks and other kinds of rocks. There was this coconut tree in the middle of no where and that is where we swam in the pond called ʻAkahi Kaimu. We looked under the water with goggles to look for stuff like fish. I saw two ʻōmilu in the pond but Braddah and Cabe was trying to catch the them." - Hiʻilei Hauanio

Waiʻuli Wednesday!

Nā pana holoholo o Keaukaha...O KA ʻĀINA!

O KA...SPECIAL

GO.HELE.GO!

"Oppa Tandem style"