1999 SOEST Open House

1999 SOEST Open House Program

Under the Big Top (especially recommended for grades K-6)

Tent A Information and Open House Programs
Tent B Gyotaku Fish Printing and Make-Your-Own Rock Magnets
Tent C Exploring Oahu Beach Sands, Pressure, Rheology, Fossil Rubbing
Tent D Jurassic Park Dinosaurs
 Outdoor Activities (recommended for all grades, but especially K-6) 1. Jedi Knight Science: Laser instrumentation in ocean & earth science. Watch out, Darth Maul!
2. Surf's Up: Demos on what controls wave formation and breaker style. Hang ten, dude!
3. Machines Making Machines: Precision fabrication of scientific instrumentation.
4. Earthquake Country: Shake, rattle & roll -- what magnitude quake can you cause?
5. Islands of the Future: Submersible dives to Loihi Seamount.
6. Creatures from Inner Space: Slimy marine creatures in a touch tank!
7. Sky King: Remote control plane for tracking atmospheric pollution. Zoom!
8. Pele's Place: Journey to the center of volcanoes.
9. Sound Science: Get to the bottom of things with sonar systems!
10. Working Under Pressure: Crush styrofoam cups under water! 11. Science as Art: Decorate the sidewalk with planets, dinosaurs & fish!
12. Deep Sea Explorers: Picture yourself exploring the marine environment!
13. Rock Wizard: Bring your favorite specimen for the experts to identify!
T. SOEST Tattoo Parlors

HIG Building (recommended for grades 6-12)

Energized! [outside 421]: Will we fuel our future with renewable energy?
Mining the Surface [420]: Thin film technologies for studying natural energy.
Something in the Air [outside 304]: Taking the atmosphere's temperature!
Windward & Mauka Showers [310]: Weather in the age of satellites and computers!
Trash Talk [outside 210]: Play a game to help fish escape marine debris and ghost nets.
Everyday People [214-215]: Explore an aquarium, scuba equipment and tide predictions.
Hurricanes on Parade [250]: The National Weather Service Forecast Office.

Marine Science Building (recommended for grades 6-12)
** please use elevators to 5th floor and stairs to get to lower floors

Salty Stories [501]: Fun with seawater chemistry.
Mucking Around [301]: What deep-sea sediment cores tell us about Earth's evolution.
Sea Food [305-306]: Life at the bottom of the marine food chain.
That's Swell! [317]: The UH Sea Level Center hunts that big south swell!
Avast Ye Lubbers! [315]: Modern oceanographic instrumentation.
The Ocean Planet [113]: Find out what 60% of Earth's surface is all about!
Through the Lens [108]: Imaging tiny particles with a scanning electron microscope!

POST Building (recommended for grades 6-12)
** please use elevators to 8th floor and stairs to get to lower floors

Finding Fault [outside 802]: Breaking up is hard to do, when you are a rock or crustal plate.
Web Surfer [834]: Ride the web of Earth science computer demonstrations!
Where in the World? [842]: Mapping deformation with the Global Positioning System.
Life's a Beach! [702]: What's in a sand castle? Rock & Roll [702-703]: Awesome rocks and minerals from around the world!
To Boldly Go... [706]: How much do YOU know about our Solar System?
Outer Limits [708]: Out-of-this world science, including future planetary missions!
Clean Water Act [710]: Modeling contamination in groundwater sources.
Sudden Impact [733]: Meteorites, predicting volcanic eruptions from space, Mars exploration and more!
More than the Eye Can See [732]: Marine sediments and microfossils under microscopes.
Your Magnetic Charm [715]: Getting to know rocks with very magnetic personalities!
Climate Historians [726]: What stable isotopes in marine organisms tell us about our past.
The Coast is Toast [723]: 15-minute sea-level presentations given hourly on the hour, followed by...
Film Fest [723]: Continuous cool videos related to the Earth, marine, air & space sciences.
Go with the Flow [613]: Real-time stream-gauging of Hawaii's streams.
Probing the Interior [621]: Analyzing the micro-chemistry of rocks.
Eruption! [623]: Simulations of submarine lava flows.
The Fluid Earth [622]: Simulations of convection in Earth's hot interior.
Jello-land [629]: Simulations of dike injections into shield volcanoes.

Special Lecture on Friday October 15 only!

"Polynesian Voyaging: Past, Present, and Future"

Dr. Bernie Kilonsky

10:30 -11:15 am
12:30 - 1:15 pm: HIG 110

Kuykendal 101 (just ewa of HIG).
Seating is very limited, and so is offered only for visiting school groups. Sorry!

Plus, many other posters, videos, and displays throughout!

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Last update on Thu 14 Oct 99.