  {"id":51760,"date":"2016-10-31T14:54:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T00:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=51760"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T00:26:38","slug":"exhibits-games-and-food-booths-at-leeward-cc-discovery-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/31\/exhibits-games-and-food-booths-at-leeward-cc-discovery-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibits, games and food booths at Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Discovery Fair"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_51768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51768\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoveryfair-bubbles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoveryfair-bubbles.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoveryfair-bubbles-260x206.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keiki bursting bubbles at Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>&#8217;s Discovers Fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">The annual Discovery Fair at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> offers a family-oriented day of engaging educational interactive exhibits, carnival games, food booths and a variety of &ldquo;Safe Communities&rdquo; activities and information. The fair is presented on Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Pearl City campus. Admission and parking are free.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the fair are the more than 50 bustling hands-on learning activities for the entire family. This year, all educational activities are offered free of charge!<\/p>\n<p>For the fifth year in a row, the fair also features Weed and Seed Hawai\u02bbi and Safe Communities Day, offering fun and informative activities. Meeting Honolulu Police Department&#8217;s trained dogs, fighting virtual fires and exploring a variety of emergency vehicles add to the day&#8217;s excitement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-hi\/weed-and-seed\">Weed and Seed <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a> showcases a number of federal, state and local law enforcement exhibits including Keiki <abbr title=\"identification\">ID<\/abbr>s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgruff.org\/#\/Main\">McGruff, the Crime Dog<\/a>, how to prepare for emergencies and fraud awareness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51770\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoversfair-facepaint.jpg\" alt=\"children with facepaint\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoversfair-facepaint.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoversfair-facepaint-260x172.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keiki enjoying arts and crafts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Discovery Fair activities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Quicksand Goo\u2014a mysterious substance that\u2019s both solid and liquid<\/li>\n<li>Polymer Worms and Instant Snow\u2014the magic of polymers<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on clay sculpting, including the opportunity to dive into pottery wheels<\/li>\n<li>Interactive Fire Station<\/li>\n<li>Used Book Fair<\/li>\n<li>Tours of the Fossil and Mineral and Natural History exhibits<\/li>\n<li>Bug City\u2014a close up look and feel of the creepy, crawly insect world<\/li>\n<li>Old to New Papermaking\u2014create artisan paper from recycled materials<\/li>\n<li>Rockets!\u2014create and launch your personalized rocket<\/li>\n<li>Meet McGruff, the Crime Dog<\/li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51767\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoversfair-goo.jpg\" alt=\"children playing with quicksand goo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoversfair-goo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leeward-discoversfair-goo-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quicksand Goo fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<li>Learn the ancient art of gyotaku, the traditional Japanese method of creating an artistic print of a fish<\/li>\n<li>Decode an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic message and win a prize<\/li>\n<li>Take a stand inside a giant bubble\u2026or create some awesome bubbles in a variety of shapes and sizes<\/li>\n<li>Help trap the coconut rhinoceros beetle<\/li>\n<li>Food booths<\/li>\n<li>Galactic Games carnival games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This is our 26th year in presenting our annual Fair. We&#8217;ve always placed family at the center and I am so proud of the event&#8217;s growth. There really is something for everyone. We&#8217;re happy to continue our partnership with Weed and Seed, as we work together to make education fun for the youth and their families,&rdquo; said <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\">Manny Cabral<\/a><\/strong>, Chancellor of Leeward Community College.<\/p>\n<p>Fair entry, parking and all educational activities are free. Food and community vendors offer a variety of items for purchase. Student clubs and community vendors complete the offerings.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/Fair\">Discovery Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kathleen Cabral<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family-oriented event includes educational interactive exhibits, carnival games, food booths and a variety of &ldquo;Safe Communities&rdquo; activities and information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-51760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51760","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=51760"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112765,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51760\/revisions\/112765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}