{"id":129509,"date":"2020-10-27T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T01:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=129509"},"modified":"2020-10-27T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T01:09:58","slug":"30-years-of-discovery-fair-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/27\/30-years-of-discovery-fair-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> celebrates 30 years of Discovery Fair online"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-online-discovery-fair.jpg\" alt=\"30th discovery fair logo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-129536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-online-discovery-fair.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-online-discovery-fair-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-online-discovery-fair-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> will be holding its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/fair\">30th annual Discovery Fair<\/a> online this year, from November 1 through 8, due to gathering restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of more than 20 activities will be accessible online, at no charge, during the fair. Leeward faculty members designed these activities to be fun, educational, affordable, safe and easy to do at home. Families with children of all ages are encouraged to participate together in returning crowd favorites and brand new activities:<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_129519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129519\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-3.jpg\" alt=\"man holding petri dish\" width=\"338\" height=\"189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-3.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-3-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helmut Kae shares why sugar is bad for teeth.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_129520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129520\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-2.jpg\" alt=\"paper hat\" width=\"338\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-2.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Make your own newspaper hat at home!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_129518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129518\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-4.jpg\" alt=\"woman making volcano\" width=\"338\" height=\"189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-4.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/leeward-discovery-fair-online-4-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Create your own homemade volcano!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooking with Keiki<\/li>\n<li>Egyptian Gods and Spells<\/li>\n<li>Explore the World with Google Earth<\/li>\n<li>Focus with Box Breathing<\/li>\n<li>Gonggi (Korean game)<\/li>\n<li>Homemade Lung Model<\/li>\n<li>Homemade Volcano<\/li>\n<li>Keiki Encryption<\/li>\n<li>Kiwi <abbr title=\"deoxyribonucleic acid\">DNA<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Make Yogurt at Home<\/li>\n<li>Making Pi Art<\/li>\n<li>Neuron Art<\/li>\n<li>Newspaper Hats<\/li>\n<li>Paper Fun: Making an Origami Paper Balloon<\/li>\n<li>Physics Phun: Paper Helicopter<\/li>\n<li>Physics Phun: Paper Poppers<\/li>\n<li>Plant Propagation<\/li>\n<li>Ready, Set, LEGO!<\/li>\n<li>Sensory Illusions<\/li>\n<li>Slime Time<\/li>\n<li>(Create) Spoon People<\/li>\n<li>Sugar is bad for your teeth!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;For three decades, Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> has offered a day of promoting education, imagination, and fun for the families in our community,&rdquo; said Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Carlos Pe&#241;aloza<\/strong>. &ldquo;While the coronavirus prevents us from our usual gathering on campus, our faculty and staff have put together an impressive set of activities that will foster the knowledge and creativity of our keiki. Now, more than ever, Leeward is committed to our traditions and our community. We hope that many will join us in our first ever online Discovery Fair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>All videos will be available online starting November 1, from 8 a.m., until 8 p.m. on November 8. ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/fair\">30th annual Discovery Fair<\/a> for a description and details of every video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun, educational family activities at virtual fair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65,313,71],"class_list":["post-129509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-stem","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129509","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=129509"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129537,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129509\/revisions\/129537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}