Wai or Water
It is said that water is a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. Water is a day to day bases that everyone needs in order to live. Our own bodies are even made up of water too. It is said that our bodies are made up of 50-65% of water. All the green in Hawaii is because of water. Water helps everything flourish and thrive to its max beauty. Water is what keeps us alive and healthy. Its what keeps us going.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau
Here is a little story how "Water" came about.
Kane looked about and saw that there was no water for mixing their refreshment of 'awa drink . He struck the earth with his staff and water gushed forth. When the two had eaten, they started on again along the highway. They had not gone far when Kanaloa wanted to eat again. The country through which they were passing had no water. As he had done before, Kane again struck the earth with his staff and water gushed forth. Wherever they stopped to rest, Kanaloa asked for food, and many were the waterholes made by Kane between Hanauma and Laeahi .
Kane looked about and saw that there was no water for mixing their refreshment of 'awa drink . He struck the earth with his staff and water gushed forth. When the two had eaten, they started on again along the highway. They had not gone far when Kanaloa wanted to eat again. The country through which they were passing had no water. As he had done before, Kane again struck the earth with his staff and water gushed forth. Wherever they stopped to rest, Kanaloa asked for food, and many were the waterholes made by Kane between Hanauma and Laeahi .
Water Cycle
Definition:
Steps of the Water Cycle
Step 1:
The sun happens to be the driving force of the water cycle. It heats up the water in seas, rivers, lakes and glaciers. Which it then evaporates and rises up in to our atmosphere. Water is also evaporated through plants and soil through a process called transpiration. This evaporated water is in the form of water vapor, which cannot be seen with our own eyes.
Step 2:
This water vapor then comes in contact with air currents, which take it higher into our atmosphere. After reaching cooler temperatures, the water vapor condenses to form clouds, which contain millions of tiny droplets of water.
Step 3:
These clouds move all round the globe and grow in size, collecting more water vapor on their way. When it becomes too heavy for the clouds to hold all those water vapors, they burst and the droplets of water fall back on to earth in the form of rain. If the atmosphere is cold enough, the form of precipitation changes from rain to snow.
Step 4:
In the last step, rain or melted snow flows back into water bodies like rivers, lakes, and streams. Rainwater is also soaked up by the soil, through a process called infiltration. Some of the water also runs off the surface or seeps into the ground, which may later be seen as groundwater or freshwater springs. Eventually the water reaches the oceans, which are the largest water bodies and the biggest source of our water vapor.
- The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
Steps of the Water Cycle
Step 1:
The sun happens to be the driving force of the water cycle. It heats up the water in seas, rivers, lakes and glaciers. Which it then evaporates and rises up in to our atmosphere. Water is also evaporated through plants and soil through a process called transpiration. This evaporated water is in the form of water vapor, which cannot be seen with our own eyes.
Step 2:
This water vapor then comes in contact with air currents, which take it higher into our atmosphere. After reaching cooler temperatures, the water vapor condenses to form clouds, which contain millions of tiny droplets of water.
Step 3:
These clouds move all round the globe and grow in size, collecting more water vapor on their way. When it becomes too heavy for the clouds to hold all those water vapors, they burst and the droplets of water fall back on to earth in the form of rain. If the atmosphere is cold enough, the form of precipitation changes from rain to snow.
Step 4:
In the last step, rain or melted snow flows back into water bodies like rivers, lakes, and streams. Rainwater is also soaked up by the soil, through a process called infiltration. Some of the water also runs off the surface or seeps into the ground, which may later be seen as groundwater or freshwater springs. Eventually the water reaches the oceans, which are the largest water bodies and the biggest source of our water vapor.
Waihe‘e Lerning Trip
What We Did:
We went to the Moku of Ko‘olau Poko in the Ahupua‘a of Waihe‘e. We went on this learning trip to learn where our water comes from. We learned how we get most of our drinking water and how our water is used in our state. We also learned how water is a limited resource and how we should conserve our water for our future generations, so that they can have water for them and their families. We hiked up to one of the main water falls call Hamama Falls where we saw this beautiful waterfall. Waihee is also located where the Board of Water Supply resigns and this is where almost all of East side gets there water from. We went into a pitch black tunnel leading us to where they take the water out of the ground for the people of Kaneohe. This tunnel is what you call a Dike Tunnel. This tunnel went 1300 feet into the mount. The deeper we went the colder and more natural the mountain got. Every where we walked in the tunnel we walked in 2 inches of water. Going on this field trip helped me see that us as people should conserve water because we are gonna need it in the future.
We went to the Moku of Ko‘olau Poko in the Ahupua‘a of Waihe‘e. We went on this learning trip to learn where our water comes from. We learned how we get most of our drinking water and how our water is used in our state. We also learned how water is a limited resource and how we should conserve our water for our future generations, so that they can have water for them and their families. We hiked up to one of the main water falls call Hamama Falls where we saw this beautiful waterfall. Waihee is also located where the Board of Water Supply resigns and this is where almost all of East side gets there water from. We went into a pitch black tunnel leading us to where they take the water out of the ground for the people of Kaneohe. This tunnel is what you call a Dike Tunnel. This tunnel went 1300 feet into the mount. The deeper we went the colder and more natural the mountain got. Every where we walked in the tunnel we walked in 2 inches of water. Going on this field trip helped me see that us as people should conserve water because we are gonna need it in the future.