We returned back to the classroom after our tour at Oceanic and feasted on a Hawaiian lunch prepared by Mark Ka'aha'aina. It was so 'ono! (No pictures again, shucks!)
Then we heard from Mr. Howard Killian of the U.S. Army and the Ordnance Reef Hawaii project spoke to us about the disposed munitions from World War II that are in the ocean waters all over the Hawaiian Islands, including along the Wai'anae Coast. While they aren't as dangerous as unexploded ordnance, they still should be handled with care, especially because they are more than 60 years old and deteriorating in the water. He showed us some cool videos showing robots picking up ordnance from hundreds of feet deep. Several marine scientists are working on this project along with the robot, who makes their job safer.
Then we all got to fill out a post-survey (yippee!) as well as complete our journal assignments. The reward was having cupcakes and singing "happy birthday" to several of our classmates. Hau'oli la hanau!
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