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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Windward ability

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the capacity of a sailing vessel to sail into the wind (M1)

Wayfinder

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

in traditional Polynesian voyaging, the person who navigates the canoe using no instruments (M1)

Target screen

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a destination area set in charting a navigational course in which the highest points of the destination islands will be visible (M1)

Swell

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a long, often massive and crestless wave or succession of waves generated by weather events such as storms, and often continuing beyond or after the initial cause (M1)

Reference course

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

an ideal course based on average wind and current conditions, charted before beginning a voyage in a traditional Hawaiian canoe or another vessels (M1)

Polyp

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

characteristic shape of coral and other animals in the phylum Coelenterata, somewhat flower-shaped with a cylindrical body attached at one end and opening at the other through a central mouth (M1, M4)

Pelagic

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

living in the open ocean (M1)

Nautical mile

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a distance of 1852 meters (6076.115 feet), the length of a minute of arc of a great circle of the earth (M1)

Larva

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the early, free-living form of any animal that changes structurally when it becomes an adult or undergoes metamorphosis (A4, M1)

Knot

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

one nautical mile per hour (M1)

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