vocabulary
What is Kūpuna?
ancestor or grandparent
What part of the bird helps it to fly?
wings
Name one reason that wetlands are important
They filter (clean) our water!
they are home to plants and animals!
prevent flooding!
Name one thing you do to help the aina
pick up trash, take shorter showers, recycle, turn off the lights, grow a garden.
5+3
8
What is hale
What is one way that webbed feet help birds?
Webbed feet help birds to SWIM and DIVE
What makes wetlands like a sponge?
They can soak up and hold water
name one way humans have changed the aina
littering (trash), building cities, cutting down trees
3+8
11
what is kuleana
responsibility, calling
What shape is a bird's beak?
BONUS: What are the 3 types of triangles?
triangle
equilateral, isosceles, scalene
List 3 animals or plants that live in the wetlands
Ducks, egret, hawaiin stilt bird, fish, lily pads, tadpoles, crabs, and more!
what does aina mean?
land, earth, that which feeds
10
what is kōkua
work
Do birds with short and FLAT BEAKS eat mostly FISH or mostly PLANTS
plants
what experiment did we do to understand wetlands?
We created a model mauna (mountain) out of clay, and a wetland out of sponges to show how wetlands impact water's movement toward the ocean during rain storms.
True or false? In our story, Kahinihini'ula decided to STOP helping the 'āina because he didn't get a reward.
FALSE - He continued to clean the pond without reward.
11+4
15
what is mauna
mountain
Do birds with SHARP BEAKS eat mostly FISH or mostly PLANTS
fish!
What is a hypothesis
an education guess about what will happen
Who/what is Mr. Trash Wheel?
An invention that cleans the water in Ms. Anna's hometown, Baltimore Maryland.
6+3
9