Beautiful Hawaii By: Brooklyn and Isabella Top Ten Hawaiian Foods • • • • • • • • • • Saimin is a noodle soup. Spam is canned meat. Manapua fist-sized dough balls. Fresh 'Ahi or Tako is octopus basically cut into little chunks. Tropical Fruits are fruits from Hawaii. Plate Lunch has two scoops of white rice, some macaroni, and sometimes salted cabbage. Bento Box is a lunch box with steamed rice, pickled plum to preserve the rice and meats such as chicken or fish. Malasadas is hot, deep- fried doughnuts covered in sugar. Shaved Ice is ice in a cone with flavoring. Crack Seed are salty hard candies. How They Found Hawaii After a long travel (2,000 miles) the sailors discovered a cluster of islands. The islands had beautiful views and stunning beaches.They called the land Hawaiki. About 600 years ago, more groups of them came to Hawaii from the island of Tahiti. Hawaiian Language • aloha (ah-LOH-hah) • alohaaina (ah-LOH-hah-ahEE-nah) • kupuna (koo-POO-nah) • mahalo (mah-HAH-loh) • ohana (oh-HAHN-nah) • pau (PAH-oo) • hello or good-bye • love of the land • grandparents • thank you • family • finished or over Things to know about Hawaii • Capital: Honolulu • State Flag: Adopted in 1959 • State Flower: Yellow Hibiscus • State Bird: Nene (Hawaiian Goose) • State Tree: Kukui (Candlenut) • State Mammal: Humpback Whale • Major Islands: Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Kauai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Niihau • Active Volcanoes: Mauna Loa, Kilauea Hawaiian Fun Facts • Surfing was invented thousands of years ago • Hawaii is the only state made up of islands • Mauna Loa, on Hawaii, is the world's biggest volcano. • Every year more than 1.5 million people view the remains of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor!! Bibliography Books: • Hawaii by Dennis Fradin • Hawaii by Joyce Johnston websites: http://www.fodors.com/news/story_4105.html pictures; • the snow cone is from http://www.fodors.com/news/story_4105.html • the hawaii picture on slide 3 is from http://www.fodors.com/news/story_4105html • the picture from slide 1 is from http://www.budgettravel.com/slideshow/budget-travel-vacationideas-30-beautiful-photos-of-the-hawaiian-islands,2147/#pic=3