WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:14.680 - [Andy] okay, aloha and welcome to the Office of National Marine Sanctuary's webinar series. 00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:17.720 We're very excited to have you today. 00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:31.039 Today we'll have a special presentation from Christian Wong of the... sorry hold on for a second... 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:32.400 - [Malia] There we go. 00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:36.940 - [Andy] Christian, yep, Christian Wong from the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum in Hilo, 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:39.860 who we will introduce a little later. 00:00:39.860 --> 00:00:50.540 And if you are unable to connect via video, there is on this slide, if your audio is having problems 00:00:50.540 --> 00:00:58.800 you can connect via the number there below with the access code, and if you have any questions or issues 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:04.559 or problems while during the broadcast, please remember to enter them into the 00:01:04.559 --> 00:01:08.720 questions box down below on the GoToWebinar panel, 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:12.080 control panel on the right side of your screen. 00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:16.800 But we're very uh very happy to have you here with us today. 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:24.460 So I was...to give you a short introduction of the National Marine Sanctuary System, 00:01:24.460 --> 00:01:32.000 so we are a system of underwater parks that stretch across the United States on both coasts, 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:37.780 in the Pacific, we have sites on the east coast such as Stellwagen Bank, 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:42.300 the newest ones are the Mallows Bay and the Potomac River, 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:47.240 and another site in Lake Ontario in Wisconsin. 00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:52.240 We have sites down in Florida Keys, Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico, 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:54.620 and on the west coast we have five different sites. 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:58.960 We have Olympic Coast up in Washington and four sites in California. 00:01:59.180 --> 00:02:05.111 Out here in the Pacific where Malia, myself and Christian are, we have two sites in Hawai'i . 00:02:05.111 --> 00:02:09.100 The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 00:02:09.100 --> 00:02:15.740 and a marine national monument, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, and that's who I work for. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:19.880 Down south of us we have another site in American Samoa. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:25.080 The site that Malia and I work for is Papahānaumokuākea. 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.420 We're the largest fully protected conservation area in the United States. 00:02:29.420 --> 00:02:34.560 It's the part of Hawaiʻi that most people still don't know about. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:45.760 And it stretches for 1200 miles across the Pacific past Kauaʻi, and covers 582,000 square miles. 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:49.519 So here we are, Malia and myself, we are your hosts today. 00:02:49.519 --> 00:02:57.200 Malia is our Education and Native Hawaiian Outreach Specialist at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center in Hilo. 00:02:57.200 --> 00:03:04.500 And I am Andy Collins. I'm the Education Coordinator for Papahāhanumokuākea 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:07.920 and also work in Hilo at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center. 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:16.000 And if you do get to Hilo, which right now we're closed unfortunately because of Covid and other things, 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:21.440 but usually we're a very active center. We get about 70,000 visitors a year, 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:25.920 and we have a beautiful aquarium that features some rare and endemic fish from 00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:30.879 the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. We have amazing exhibits and displays. 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.080 Everything is in Hawaiian and English. 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:39.760 And we have also art exhibits, and we have a beautiful facility right on Bay Front in Hilo, 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:43.500 so we hope to, when we reopen we hope to see you there. 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:46.799 And if you travel to Hilo, please make sure to come in for a visit. 00:03:46.799 --> 00:03:50.560 And also the project that Christian's going to talk about, we recently welcomed 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:56.159 them to establish a robotic center within the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center. 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:02.280 So we're very excited to have Christian and his team as part of our ongoing education efforts. 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:06.840 But a little bit of background about the National Marine Sanctuary System, 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:12.640 so we have these sites all across the country and in the Pacific to protect biodiversity. 00:04:12.640 --> 00:04:17.040 You know we protect these very special areas just like national parks do. 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.840 We work a lot on documenting and rediscovering the maritime heritage of 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:26.720 these sites, such as shipwrecks. And out here in the Pacific 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:30.160 some of the voyaging canoes and voyages of 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:35.300 the Polynesians across the Pacific and Native Hawaiians across the whole archipelago. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:42.320 We do a lot to protect the cultural heritage of these places, and in Hawaiʻi in particular we have very 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:49.840 strong cultural heritage, a living culture, living Hawaiian culture, and with strong ties to these islands 00:04:49.840 --> 00:04:56.440 to the northwest of us even though they aren't populated now. They're populated by birds. 00:04:56.440 --> 00:05:04.280 But we do a lot of cultural heritage, we are a world heritage site protected for both natural and cultural features. 00:05:04.280 --> 00:05:10.080 And other sites across the program also do have ties and integration with their Native American 00:05:10.080 --> 00:05:17.340 first people's communities -in Florida Keys and in the Chumash on the West Coast 00:05:17.340 --> 00:05:21.680 and also Snohomish and some other tribes up in Washington. 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.780 But these places provide amazing shelter for animals such as this green sea turtle 00:05:26.780 --> 00:05:29.440 kicking it with the Hawaiian monk seal. 00:05:29.440 --> 00:05:36.320 and there's some places, these are the only places they have left, they can go to have pups or to lay their eggs 00:05:36.320 --> 00:05:40.000 and that's true in Hawaiian archipelago. Most of our green sea turtles, 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:43.919 95 percent travel up to French Frigate Shoals to lay their eggs. 00:05:43.919 --> 00:05:49.680 We also do a lot of education such as this program that you're participating in. 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:54.940 And when we can get back together again we do a lot with school groups and welcoming school groups 00:05:54.940 --> 00:05:59.840 and enjoying sharing the amazing places with them. 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:04.780 We have a lot of volunteers that help us to do outreach programs, 00:06:04.780 --> 00:06:10.540 we do research on humpback whales, on coral reefs, on a whole range of different things 00:06:10.540 --> 00:06:17.420 that are specific to each different site, but here in the Pacific the humpback whales come down from Alaska 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:23.520 to visit us during the winter, and we're finding that we didn't know how many of them came to visit 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:28.291 the northwestern part of our chain and there's some really neat research that's been going on now 00:06:28.291 --> 00:06:32.880 to discover how many of these humpback whales visit the northwestern part of the chain. 00:06:32.880 --> 00:06:37.780 We do monitoring for things like climate change, for human impacts to the sites, 00:06:37.780 --> 00:06:43.940 and see how they're doing see if our our activities are improving or enhancing those sites. 00:06:43.940 --> 00:06:50.639 We also do things such as coral out planting and resource protection. If there's a shipwreck we, you know, 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:55.760 can go out and can monitor it and find out what kind of damage how can we restore that site 00:06:55.760 --> 00:06:58.720 if something like that unfortunately occurs. 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.680 And they're just amazing places for us to reconnect with our souls, 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.400 to reconnect with special places around the planet 00:07:06.400 --> 00:07:15.599 and restore us. And, you know, in this time of Covid we all need that more and more, to find solace in nature. 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.180 They could do things like kayak on the West Coast, 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:22.540 diving in a number of sites. Not in Papahānaumokuākea because it's unaccessible, 00:07:22.540 --> 00:07:28.160 but many other sites do offer recreations - diving 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:33.680 and surfing and wildlife viewing... and of course we love our volunteers. 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:37.300 We have hundreds of volunteers across the program that help us do things 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:42.880 like marine debris removals and other things. So if you want to volunteer, and depending upon where you are, 00:07:42.880 --> 00:07:46.560 I see from our registration that we have people from across the country and a few 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.100 international participants that are watching this broadcast, 00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:54.800 so if you want to volunteer just connect with your local site and we would love to have you. 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:57.280 So i'm going to turn it over to Malia 00:07:57.280 --> 00:08:01.240 who is going to introduce our presenter today, Christian Wong. 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:08.160 - [Malia] Aloha kākou and welcome to today's webinar, "Unleash the Innovator in Every Child," 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:13.800 presented by Christian Wong. Christian is a happily married father of two young boys 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:22.140 and has worn many hats over his career. He has worked for over two decades as a firefighter and first responder, 00:08:22.140 --> 00:08:28.680 and is a Captain in the Hawaii County Fire Department. He has served in numerous leadership positions 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:34.800 for the Hawaii County Incident Management Team during critical natural disasters 00:08:34.800 --> 00:08:41.760 including the 2018 Kīlauea eruption. In addition he is the Executive Director 00:08:41.760 --> 00:08:45.480 of the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:51.440 and an active member of the Big Island Community Coronavirus Response Initiative. 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:59.440 His work towards improving access to STEM education and technology has encouraged and supported 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.800 an upcoming generation of student innovators, 00:09:02.800 --> 00:09:06.240 which will be the topic of today's presentation. 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:13.500 Mokupāpapa Discovery Center's Third Thursday by the Bay Lecture Series warmly welcomes Christian Wong. 00:09:14.180 --> 00:09:23.840 - [Andy] And this time I'm going to turn the presentation over to Christian. Hold on for one second. 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:30.320 Okay Christian you have control. 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:38.760 - [Christian] Okay thank you very much. Thank you so much. You know we're so so happy so honored 00:09:38.760 --> 00:09:46.180 to be a part of the National Marine Sanctuary Webinar Series. And I can't thank our friends enough 00:09:46.180 --> 00:09:50.240 over at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center and Papahānaumokuākea 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:57.440 for always being such a wonderful partner with us in our community, in promoting STEM education 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:02.980 and helping our kids reach their goals reach for the stars. We really really appreciate it, 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:05.940 and appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this talk. 00:10:05.940 --> 00:10:13.900 So our organization, the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum, we're a 501(c)3 nonprofit 00:10:13.900 --> 00:10:21.060 dedicated to STEM education on the island of Hawaiʻi. We've served thousands of our keiki. 00:10:21.060 --> 00:10:28.840 Keiki is children in Hawaiian. Served thousands of keiki across the island for with our different programs. 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:34.720 We do science camps and after school programs, student research, research and development, 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:40.800 a whole bunch of things, you know, it's well, we'll get into talk a little bit because 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:46.060 there's some things that I really want to communicate, especially with this wonderful partnership 00:10:46.060 --> 00:10:52.000 that we've been able to develop with our friends at, with Mokupāpapa. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:55.580 Can everyone, can you see my screen okay? 00:10:56.400 --> 00:10:58.660 - [Andy] Yes we can it's good. 00:10:58.660 --> 00:11:03.840 - [Christian] Okay, terrific. So we were founded in 2015, 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:10.600 we do all kinds of things, we participate in special events, like this event here was Astro Day. 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:17.580 Here on on the island of Hawaiʻi there's so many different science disciplines that are happening. 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:24.080 You know of course everyone knows about our active volcanoes. We have amazing marine biology, 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:33.100 we have cutting edge astronomy, all kinds of, you know we have multiple areas, 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:36.160 different types of climate all throughout, in fact if I remember correctly, 00:11:36.160 --> 00:11:39.960 I think we have just about every type of climate you can have, except for one. 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:47.580 So just amazing science education and research being done here, and so we're so happy to be a part of it. 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:54.720 It's kind of the focus of our talk today. We're a very small museum, we typically 00:11:54.720 --> 00:12:00.840 we use a different model than most museums, rather than having one large central location, 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:07.660 what we do is we essentially bring our museum to the schools or to the location where the kids are gonna be. 00:12:07.660 --> 00:12:14.980 So like for example, this here is one of our displays, and this would be at our local public library. 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:20.240 But our goal is to give direct access to the students here on our island. 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:27.180 Our island is very large, itʻs very diverse, and we have a lot of rural areas. 00:12:27.180 --> 00:12:31.120 And so we have many children that have never even 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.160 been able to go to a, what would, you know a typical museum. 00:12:35.160 --> 00:12:39.540 So we try to bring that experience to them. And all the outreach programs that go along with it. 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:48.177 Science camps are are probably what we're best known for, and so I'm going to talk a lot about partnerships 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:51.540 and developing partnerships and developing your network, 00:12:51.880 --> 00:12:57.820 and you know like I said, Mokupāpapa has been one of our most valued partners throughout the years, 00:12:57.820 --> 00:13:03.340 they've helped us with many science camps along with many other of the other STEM organizations 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:05.279 here in our community so 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.639 even though we're the ones producing the science camp 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:12.639 and offering it to the kids in our community, it's a team effort you know 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:17.600 we couldn't do it without people like Mokupāpapa and our other partners. 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:25.600 Itʻs so important, especially living here, you know, we're kind of isolated. We're out in the middle of the Pacific. 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:35.839 Andy if you would be able to show off one of our science camp videos if that's available? 00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:47.020 So as he loads it up, I think if I remember correctly this first video is from one of our fall break camps 00:13:47.020 --> 00:13:52.560 and so, oh here we go. Perfect. 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:12.640 Well, not sure if the video is going to be able to play, we've have been having some issues with it, 00:14:12.640 --> 00:14:16.920 but if it doesn't play, I mean obviously you can see those girls having a great time. 00:14:16.920 --> 00:14:22.440 For us, the the big thing is we try to make, not to make science fun 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:28.020 but to show the kids how much fun science is and kind of convey some of that magic 00:14:28.020 --> 00:14:34.399 and that wonder about it to them. And our big thing is it always has to be hands-on. 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:38.880 So that's really the most important thing for us is 00:14:38.880 --> 00:14:43.519 for them not to just hear about science or read about it in a book 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:47.680 but to actually experience what it's like to be a scientist. 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:51.600 And that's a big part of what we try to do 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.839 is that, you know, I want them to feel like they're an actual scientist, that 00:14:55.839 --> 00:15:00.320 they're making a discovery, that they're doing research they're coming up with their own hypothesis. 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:06.520 It's really important to us. And the, Andy, any chance the stars video would be able to play here? 00:15:07.760 --> 00:15:14.580 - [Andy] Let me uh let me try it. So that one, it just froze, it didn't move. I see it. I see it on my end 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:20.320 but let me try the other one. 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.920 I think... 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:32.580 - [Christian] So this next video that Andy's bringing up, it's the stars program. 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:35.560 Oh this one is one of the science nights. This one is good too. 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:37.360 - [Andy] Oh, okay. 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:52.940 - [Christian] Looks like the audio is not really coming through, so i'll just kind of talk you through it. 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.860 You know of course, 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:55.420 - [Andy] Is that better? 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:59.440 - [Christian] Yeah I can see it, definitely. There's, so there's our partners 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:06.700 at Papahānaumokuākea showing off some underwater robotics and some cool VR technology. 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:15.780 But the science camps and the science nights again, the goal for us is to make it a really fun magical experience, 00:16:15.780 --> 00:16:22.160 like in this case the science camp, science night, excuse me, we essentially turn it into a big party. 00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:26.600 I's a big science party and the kids have a blast, the teachers and parents have a good time too. 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:34.560 Play lots of loud music... so again just trying to to share that part of it with them, 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:37.660 not making it just something out of a book 00:16:37.660 --> 00:16:45.360 but something that they can experience... oh i seem to have lost my screen... 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.760 - [Andy] I can see your video. I can see your PowerPoint. 00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:55.440 - [Christian] Oh okay, I can't see it. 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:03.020 Sorry about this folks. I can't seem to see my presentation. 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:07.920 - [Malia] Do you need to make him presenter Andy? 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:11.240 - [Christian] Here we go. Okay got it. So you're gonna see after school programs? 00:17:13.520 --> 00:17:14.800 - [Andy] Yep I do. 00:17:14.800 --> 00:17:20.000 - [Christian] Okay perfect. So another thing that we do, you know as I was saying 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:25.460 the outreach to the the students that, that many of them they don't have access to this stuff so 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:31.100 so like this example right here, we partnered with the Big Island Invasive Species Committee 00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:37.200 and did a citizen science project with the students out in Hāmākua . 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:42.320 So that's about 40 miles from where Mokupāpapa Discovery Center is located. 00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:46.400 And so these students were actually part of the research, 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:50.799 we were trying to get some information about the extent of 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:54.840 an invasive species that was in the area, and we wanted more information 00:17:54.840 --> 00:18:00.799 and it was the perfect opportunity for our students to collect that data, help us collect that data. 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:06.040 And so here they are building some traps, but here on the Big Island on the island of Hawaiʻi, 00:18:06.040 --> 00:18:11.919 invasive species are really a big deal on our econ, our our environment is really fragile 00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:19.600 and we have many different species that are highly endangered. And so it's really important to us. 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:23.900 And these folks are a Big Islands Invasive Species Committee. They're also a wonderful partner 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:26.760 and always willing to help spread the word. 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:35.120 So why don't we send out this poll Malia? So I just wanted to know like for 00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:38.480 those of you out there who are joining us for this presentation, 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:44.880 how much of a role does networking play in your organization's operations? 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:49.700 Because for us it is a big deal, and as we go through this 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:55.100 Iʻll explain a little more just how important it is and has become for us 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:58.660 because of the different things that have been happening in our community. 00:18:59.020 --> 00:19:03.960 - [Malia] All right, so go ahead and register your answer. 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:08.140 If you're in the full screen mode you can pop out of that full screen mode 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:11.440 and use your control panel to answer the question. 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:18.000 "Do you feel educational organizations should actively participate in research and development? 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:22.160 So go ahead and select one of the following, yes or no. 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:30.300 All right, so looks like we have... 00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:37.200 let's see what our results are... oh yeah so 100 percent 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:40.320 should actively participate in research and development. 00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:41.640 That is amazing. 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:44.400 - [Christian] Wow, excellent, excellent, great to hear that. 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:47.360 That's wonderful to hear. Andy are you able to pull up 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:49.848 eruption video number one? 00:19:49.848 --> 00:20:04.560 - [Andy] Yeah let me, let me try...ok...eruption video...number one... 00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:10.000 Okay. 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.120 Hold on for a second. Eruption One. 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:23.940 Do you see that? 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:25.600 - [Christian] Perfect 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:36.640 So a little bit of background about this. So as Malia mentioned at the beginning in 2018 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:44.600 We, and I'm sure many of you saw it on the news, we had a huge huge eruption here on our island 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:50.159 that had a big effect on our community and 00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:53.679 you know it was devastating, we lost 700 homes 00:20:53.679 --> 00:20:57.360 and many more people were displaced because of that and so 00:20:57.360 --> 00:21:00.720 it was a very challenging time and our community is still 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.400 actually recovering from that even in the midst of Covid. 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:10.200 Many many of our community members are still recovering from the devastating effects of that. 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:17.679 And so for us at that time thankfully we we had a really really strong network uh 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:24.200 as an organization, with many partners from lots of different disciplines 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:30.940 and so because of that we were able to kind of bring all of us together and offer a lot of different programs 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:38.159 for the keiki especially the ones that were you know directly affected. So like one of our partners TMT 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:43.340 International Observatory, they partnered with us to provide a week-long science, 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:46.260 actually two-week long science camp for the kids that were displaced. 00:21:46.260 --> 00:21:53.820 So they were, the children were living in shelters basically and it was a great way for them to get out and 00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:57.360 have a good time and learn some science too at the same time. 00:21:57.360 --> 00:22:01.680 This picture here is a couple of kids that were learning how to be volcanologists. 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:08.900 And so this was during one of the science nights that we did during our Kīlauea eruption recovery project 00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:15.740 in that area in the area where the eruption was affecting. So one thing I do want to pass on, you know, 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:24.400 for us as an organization and to those of you in your organizations, just I feel the responsibility 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:28.480 to always be able to provide services to the public 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:33.160 no matter what's going on. And even more so you know when you're facing a disaster like that. 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:38.640 Like right now with everything happening with Covid, I know you know we're all feeling the effects of that 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:45.740 and so what we did with our organization is fortunately for us we're small and we're pretty agile, 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:50.480 so we just decided, you know, we're going to do whatever we can, you know no matter how small 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:54.860 no matter how big ,we're going to do what we can to support our community through that, 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:58.500 just as we did during the eruption recovery project. 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.700 Saw the science night video already. 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:06.080 Another partner of ours, National Informal STEM Education Network. These guys are great 00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:10.799 for those of you who are STEM education organizations 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:15.860 or somehow in that category. I highly suggest you reach out to them too. 00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:20.320 These are, this is a great partner to have too. They do a lot of great stuff around the country. 00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:25.120 And now getting to our, what we're really here to talk about, 00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:28.640 we're so so happy to be able to partner 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:33.679 with our friends at MDC [Mokupāpapa Discovery Center] to offer the Kenyan K Beals Community Robotics Center. 00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:38.080 And so what this is is that, to the best of my knowledge, 00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:44.940 one of the only, if not the only community robotics centers across the country. 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:51.620 and so for us here in Hawaiʻi, robotics is huge. The kids absolutely love robotics 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:56.880 and in a moment, if heʻs here, I was gonna pass it on to Hawi Stecher, who's one 00:23:56.880 --> 00:24:01.860 of our board members and has been coaching robotics for many years. 00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:10.660 But I love, I just so love the hands-on aspect of robotics you know and all the soft skills that the kids pick up too. 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:14.780 You know, and that's why I really wanted to talk about, you know, innovation and education is 00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:21.360 focusing not only on the typical STEM subjects but also developing the soft skills too because 00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:26.440 as an engineer, as a scientist, you need to be able to communicate your ideas 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:31.240 and your findings to your peers and to the general public. 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:34.480 And so robotics is a great way to do that and then there's also the 00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:37.580 the wonderful hands-on aspect of it too. 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:41.840 You know, I'll use for an example one of the students I worked with a few years back 00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:48.960 out at Hāmākua Youth Center. He didn't do well in school. He disliked school quite a bit actually 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:54.159 to be honest and we brought all our robotic stuff out there one day and and worked with the 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:59.120 kids and he just took to it I mean within three hours he went from having a 00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:04.900 bin full of parts to having an actual functioning robot that he was driving around 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:11.600 and it was so awesome to see that because then he went around and we and had him 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:15.600 mentor the other students and he was so proud to do that because 00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:20.389 he was the smart kid for once. Like in his mind all these years like he felt like, well you know, 00:25:20.389 --> 00:25:27.240 I can't do this, I'm not good at that. He was so proud to be the one to go and mentor his other classmates. 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:35.080 So that was really really something special and that's kind of what really started my drive to really push for 00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:37.120 eventually having a place like this. 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:41.760 And now, thank you, thanks so much to our partnership with Papahānaumokuākea 00:25:41.760 --> 00:25:43.920 it is something that we can offer to the community. 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:49.520 So what it is is basically students that want to come learn about robotics, we have a whole 00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:56.000 bunch of different platforms from VEXS, VRC, IQ and then because of our friends at MDC 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.520 their specialty in underwater robotics and ROVs, 00:25:59.520 --> 00:26:03.960 we have that aspect to it too. We want to get more into research and development 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:07.039 once we can reopen again after Covid. 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:13.260 So many possibilities to have a centrally located robotic center for the entire community. 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:20.559 We also use it as a practice center for students that want to start a robotics team but 00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:25.660 don't have the resources to buy the equipment or buy the kits or even a practice area, 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:30.480 so it served as a wonderful place for that. We had one first year team, went all the way to the state 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:34.340 championships this year and they wouldn't have had a place to practice otherwise. 00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:39.120 So Hawi, are you there? Or Andy, do you guys see him there? 00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:42.559 I would like to turn it over to him for a moment to speak about robotics. 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:46.100 - [Andy] I don't see him. Do you see him Malia? 00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:48.559 - [Malia] Yep he's there. There he is. 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.585 - [Andy] All right 00:26:49.585 --> 00:26:54.820 - [Hawi] Hey I think my video might not be working but if you guys can hear me that should be good enough. 00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:58.080 - [Andy] I just sent you a request to, if that helps. 00:26:58.080 --> 00:27:00.920 but okay, well the audio would work fine. 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:05.600 - [Hawi] If you guys can hear me then yeah, I just, I don't have too much to present. I just wanted to add a little bit 00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:14.320 to what Christian talked about. So my name is Hawi Stecher. I'm a engineer at on the Gemini Observatory 00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:20.040 up on Mauna Kea, and I've done a lot with robotics over the years. I've had many teams 00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:26.680 and at a few different schools. And as Christian said, robotics is is a really good way to expose kids 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:33.680 to a lot of engineering concepts. And one of the areas where robotics is really helpful is getting the engineers 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:42.700 and some of the technical areas and industries on the Big Island involved with kids 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:45.360 where they might not otherwise 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:49.360 share some of that knowledge and some of that experience with the community. 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:54.640 And just as an example, a couple of the robotics tournaments that we've hosted 00:27:54.640 --> 00:28:00.980 we've had over 10 engineers from the observatories alone as judges on a few of those. 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:06.799 So that's a lot of engineers that wouldn't normally even get a chance to interact with kids. 00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:13.360 But in thanks to robotics, they're able to talk to hundreds of kids and share some of their experiences 00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:19.440 and give them some feedback, so it's a really nice venue for us engineers that aren't necessarily 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:24.120 plugged into the teaching community as closely as the teachers themselves. 00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:33.440 The robotics center that you guys and Christian have got together is really important and I think it's 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:41.160 really beneficial, especially now because a lot of the robotics teams are losing their locations. 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:49.760 And my team is one of those. I coach at a team for Starbase, which is a facility in Keaʻau. 00:28:49.760 --> 00:28:53.919 But because of Covid, a lot of things are up in the air 00:28:53.919 --> 00:29:02.080 including the facility that I usually use. And I know a few of the other schools have lost their coaching 00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:05.679 facilities because of social distancing and they had to use that space 00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:12.320 for other matters that have to do with direct, with the classrooms themselves. 00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:17.600 So having a community space I think is going to allow a lot of teams to keep going that ordinarily 00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:22.480 might have had to shut down. So it's a very good resource to have here in Hilo and it's gonna 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:28.340 I think be able to keep our our league strong and going, right Christian? We will be able to have 00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:33.080 I don't know if weʻll be able to have the same number of teams but definitely a lot more teams 00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:41.279 thanks to that resource than we did before. I guess that was about all I wanted to say 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:46.280 about the robotics. I would like to chime in a little bit on the R&D [Research & Development] survey 00:29:46.280 --> 00:29:49.520 that you guys put out, and I know that the Hawaiʻi Science and Technology Museum 00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:55.279 there's a lot with that. We just finished up, or well kind of finished up a CubeSat project 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:59.760 that was a really cool one for the kids where it really was R&D. They were 00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:03.960 working on a CubeSat that is pretty cutting edge for kids 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:08.840 and the reason I kind of waffled on finishing up is because we're waiting for the launch. 00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:13.560 It's kind of, it's done but we're, the kids at least they're done, but we're waiting for the rocket to launch. 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:18.159 So there's a few little odds and ends that that still have to happen for for that to take off. 00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:22.559 but I really thank you guys for getting that robotic center together and Christian 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.680 I know has put a lot of work into that so thank you too. Very nice work you guys. 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:29.820 and we are definitely going to make use of that in the coming season. 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:36.140 - [Christian] Thank you very much Hawi, I really appreciate it. I really appreciate your perspective 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:40.180 as a long time coach and judge and organizer. 00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:46.920 Yeah you know so definitely for those of you out there on this call, you know robotics is a great way 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:53.540 to reach many of your students. It is a little challenging this year because of Covid no doubt, 00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:56.040 but there's still a lot that you can do 00:30:56.080 --> 00:31:03.340 even if it's just to build a foundation not necessarily to compete but just, you know, building those skills 00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:07.020 and the kids just love it. They, you know, kids are just drawn naturally to this kind of stuff. 00:31:07.020 --> 00:31:09.760 A lot of the kids that we get they're ones that grew up building Legos 00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:11.919 and they're really into doing that kind of stuff 00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:16.080 and so for them to be able to build their own creation and then power it, and 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:20.120 then control it, and then program it, and it's just, they absolutely love it. 00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:27.199 So it's a great way to get kids into STEM. Definitely. So let's see... 00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:33.840 Did we do this poll already Malia, the research and development? We did yeah? 00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:42.480 - [Malia] Not, not yet. We're gonna... Iʻll launch that second poll for you. 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:50.320 - [Christian] Thank you. Thank you very much. So yeah, as Hawi said, we place a lot of 00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:54.420 emphasis on research and development. Let this let's go through... 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:58.399 - [Malia] So how much emphasis is placed on research and development 00:31:58.399 --> 00:32:05.260 in your organization's operations? Is it not much at all, somewhat of a role, 00:32:05.260 --> 00:32:09.679 and then there's actually another answer that's not showing up there 00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:17.400 but the third one is a large role. So the first is not much at all, second is somewhat of a role 00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:22.980 and the third is a large role. So go ahead and submit your responses. 00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:31.120 And we'll give it just a few... oh yeah we got a really good good responses, let's see... 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:36.399 All right, so Christian here are the results: 00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:44.399 Not much at all 19 percent, somewhat of a role 57 percent, and a large role 24 percent. 00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:46.260 Those are encouraging numbers. 00:32:46.260 --> 00:32:51.360 - [Christian] Very very encouraging numbers. Terrific. It's wonderful. 00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:58.159 Okay. I'm sorry to have lost my screen again 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:03.120 - [Malia] Okay. 00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:04.580 - [Christian] Okay, here we go. 00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:06.240 - [Malia] There you are. 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.799 - [Christian] Okay so yeah research and development, 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:13.120 for us this is a really big deal and 00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:20.120 it, for me, as the director of Hawaii Science and Tech Museum, I've always felt that research and development\ 00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:26.159 it's ultimately is one of what's going to drive our growth as an organization. 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:33.940 And I know it's, you know, maybe not necessarily typical for an educational institution which is more focused 00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:42.240 on educating younger students, you know, like for us, our primary outreach area is K through eighth grade, 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:48.860 but I still feel that's really important and and a lot of opportunities have come about for us because of that. 00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:57.380 Yeah [indistinct] of our CubeSat project for example, Hiapo. So Hiapo means firstborn in Hawaiian 00:33:57.380 --> 00:34:04.640 and so this is our very first CubeSat that we're building. So for those of you who are not familiar a CubeSat 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:13.900 is a small 10 centimeter cube satellite. And so these are kind of like all the rage now 00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:20.000 within the small sat community because for relatively not a lot of money, 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:24.079 I do say relatively because we are still going into space, but for relatively not 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:28.639 a lot of money you can get into space and actually do your own research. 00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:35.839 So for us Hiapo is going to be going on the Firefly alpha launch vehicle 00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:41.919 later on this year and Hiapo will be going about 300 kilometres into the 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:46.720 thermosphere and taking some magnetic readings for us so we can gain a better understanding. 00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:53.599 So that that area of the atmosphere is not really well explored because it's a 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:57.119 somewhat of a lower orbit and so typically in the past if 00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:59.680 you develop a satellite it's going to cost you 00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:07.040 tens of millions of dollars, if not more. Actually no, probably billions of dollars for for the full-size ones 00:35:07.040 --> 00:35:12.360 and so you wouldn't want to put a satellite like that into a lower earth orbit 00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:15.200 where the mission is not going to last too long 00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:17.839 because of it degrading and then ultimately burning up. 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:24.640 So it's a great space for us, tiny little CubeSat like this where maybe the instrumentation is not as complex 00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:29.740 but you still can get really good data and for relatively not much money. 00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:31.800 So we were very lucky to be able to do that 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:37.020 and again it was because of our commitment to research and development within our organization. 00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:44.720 Another one you see are little Rescue Raptors, logo there. So that is our unmanned 00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:51.900 aerial vehicle drone team that we're developing to do search and rescue and help with disaster recovery 00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:58.300 and disaster assessment here on our island because you know as I mentioned we face a lot of things, 00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:02.180 we have tsunamis and hurricanes and volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. 00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:08.220 You name it we've got we got it over here. So I thought it was a really important resource for us to have over here. 00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:15.839 We did have the Center for Robotics Assisted Search and Rescue actually came during the 2018 eruption 00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:20.780 and they were the ones who trained many of our team members to to be able to do this job, so 00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:25.760 again combining the networking, the strong commitment to networking, 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:28.420 as well as a strong commitment to research and development, 00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:31.200 as an organization you can do amazing things 00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:36.800 and ultimately all that filters down as opportunities as innovative ways to 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:43.260 provide education to your students that you're working with. I mean how many seventh graders do you know 00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.740 can say that they actually work on a satellite that is going into space? I mean it's just an amazing 00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:50.320 opportunity for these kids to be able to do that. 00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:53.700 And then our other logo is Sustaining Futures that's 00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:57.360 our research project that we're doing with the nice network that I mentioned earlier. 00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:04.560 So that is our sustainability project. We're going to be working with... trying, we're trying to build a tiny 00:37:04.560 --> 00:37:07.520 little coral nursery. I don't know how that's going to go but again that's the nature of R&D, 00:37:07.520 --> 00:37:15.280 and thankfully we have our very experienced friends at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center to help us with that. 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:22.460 Let's see, next slide...and then now, so we're in the in the era of Covid right? 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:25.599 So that's what's on everyone's minds 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:34.360 that's what is affecting everyone. We're all dealing with the implications and the results and the challenges 00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:37.520 of Covid-19 being prevalent in our country. 00:37:37.520 --> 00:37:43.700 Here in Hawaiʻi we've been fairly, fairly lucky although it has been picking up quite a bit lately. 00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:50.580 So as Malia mentioned earlier, I do serve on our county's Covid-19 task force 00:37:50.580 --> 00:37:59.720 so that has given me a different perspective on how to approach this. But again bringing back the networking, 00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:06.320 so what we did for us at Hawaii Science and Tech Museum, is we joined a consortium of STEM 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:12.880 industry organizations to form the Hawaiʻi STEM Community Care organization. 00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:18.720 And so our whole focus has been helping our community get past Covid-19. 00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:25.300 So we've been doing a lot of R&D in that area coming up with ways to disinfect mass ways to disinfect masks, 00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:31.359 ways to disinfect the back of ambulances, public service announcements like this. 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:34.520 This program that we rolled out just last week, Keiki Heroes, 00:38:34.520 --> 00:38:38.400 so again keiki meaning children or child in Hawaiian. 00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:47.200 So this is our way of addressing the age group that we were saying there was kind of a gap in the 00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:51.880 information that was available to them. So you know teaching them how to wear your masks, 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:55.359 how to wash your hands, and how to do your social distancing. 00:38:55.359 --> 00:39:00.800 Again, as I said for us as an organization we're committed to helping our community 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:05.620 and in any way we can. Just because we're a STEM education organization doesn't mean it stops 00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:09.599 because of Covid. We do everything we can to keep helping our community 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:14.240 and this is one of the ways that we're able to do it. And goes again back to because 00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:17.680 of the networking that we've done the past five years, building up this 00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:24.200 really strong foundation that we have with our partners in the community and because of our tradition 00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:28.180 of being involved in research and development, active research and development, 00:39:28.180 --> 00:39:33.060 that is what has helped us a lot to to face Covid-19 here in our community. 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:43.020 And that's about it. So, well I guess Malia would you typically open this up for questions? Is that how it goes? 00:39:43.020 --> 00:39:49.600 - [Malia] Sure. We still have a poll question if you wanted to ask that one, otherwise we can do a Q&A. 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:52.320 - [Christian] Yeah sounds good sounds good. 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.320 - [Malia] Okay, so I'm going to launch the poll. 00:39:55.240 --> 00:40:01.080 All right so how much of a role does networking play in your organization's operations? 00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:08.135 Is it not much at all, somewhat of a role, or a large role? So go ahead and respond. 00:40:08.135 --> 00:40:13.700 And let's see oh we've got... Wow almost 100 percent have responded, 00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:18.160 so I'm going to close a poll and see what our results are. 00:40:18.319 --> 00:40:23.040 Okay Christian, so here's our results: zero percent said not much at all, 00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:26.240 44 percent said somewhat of a role, 00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:30.400 and 56 a large role. That's pretty incredible. 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:33.640 - [Christian] Perfect that's great to hear. Yeah so important now. 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:40.560 - [Andy] Yeah we can also try to show that Stars video. I have it, have it up if you wanna... 00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:44.320 - [Chrisitan] Oh yeah great! Yeah I'd love to, I would love to see that that would be great. 00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:49.780 - [Andy] Okay hopefully this will, this will work. 00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:53.500 and 00:40:58.200 --> 00:41:10.280 [piano music playing] 00:41:10.560 --> 00:41:15.040 - [Christian] So this is the Stars Program. It is a science camp that we do to encourage 00:41:15.040 --> 00:41:18.380 young women to become scientists and engineers. 00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:24.480 We partner together with the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems 00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:31.960 to put on this camp each year. It's a wonderful experience for the young ladies, and you know for us, 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:38.080 again it's trying to provide opportunities for these students that really want to go into these types of fields 00:41:38.080 --> 00:41:45.060 or maybe they weren't sure but now after actually being, living like a scientist, living like an engineer for a week 00:41:45.060 --> 00:41:50.180 it's something that they end up deciding to do. And we're on the perfect island for it. 00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:54.800 These girls get to go all over the island to a whole bunch of different facilities 00:41:54.800 --> 00:42:02.480 from astronomy, marine biology, natural energy production... They do robotics to...Mimi right there... 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:08.080 Mimi is one of the astronomers that works for the program too, so it's a great opportunity for them. 00:42:08.080 --> 00:42:11.860 Something that we're very proud of to offer to the kids in our community. 00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:39.720 - [inaudible narration by Tulsi Gabbard] 00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:46.840 [piano music] 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:51.420 - [Tulsi Gabbard narration] Congratulations to each of you for giving the Stars this experience. Thank you... 00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:56.760 [inaudible] 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.760 - [Andy] [Chuckling] 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:02.380 - [Christian] Thanks a lot Andy, I appreciate that. 00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.880 - [Andy] Yeah. 00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:10.680 And I'll turn it back over to you. We did have, we did have one question I saw that came in earlier 00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:17.359 and you might be able to answer that. I'm pretty sure the tubs that we used for the...Clayton built those little demo 00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:22.806 ROV things. Those were like, just, they were just like horse waterers right? 00:43:22.806 --> 00:43:27.060 From like an ag [agricultural] store weren't they? The material? 00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:29.980 - [Christian] I believe so. Yeah, yeah. 00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:38.160 - [Malia] Yeah so Clayton said it was a pool, it was a pond feature. So that specific one that people were 00:43:38.160 --> 00:43:45.340 looking at holds about 80 gallons of water and worked perfectly for the ROVs that Clayton had built. 00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:47.240 - [Andy] Yeah. 00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:52.280 - [Malia] Okay we have a question. There's another question for you Christian. 00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:58.320 Do you build underwater robots? The animal robots on PBS Nature were amazing. 00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:04.840 - [Christian] Yeah we're getting into that thanks to our friends at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center. 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:11.760 So Clayton, who is kind of like their ROV guru over there, has helped our students build their own 00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:16.640 underwater robots as part of the MATE ROV competition. And as I was mentioning earlier you know 00:44:16.640 --> 00:44:23.420 with the research and development side of it, we definitely want to, through the Kenyan K. Beals 00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:28.400 Community Robotics Center, to build our own functioning research grade robots 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:31.400 there in the center as part of it. You know we want to go from 00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:35.520 the very low end of introducing robotics to the students all the way to the high end 00:44:35.520 --> 00:44:40.780 of actually building functioning robots that will do research in our community. 00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:51.359 - [Malia] Okay, I hope that answered our attendees questions. 00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:55.700 Anybody else have any other questions? You can put them right into the questions box. 00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:59.320 - [Andy] You got one more Malia 00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.480 - [Malia] Okay. 00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:05.260 So here we go. 00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:12.720 Where can educators look for grants for robotics, and can you give us an idea of the cost of different projects? 00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:13.860 Thank you. 00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:20.800 - [Christian] Oh sure okay sounds good. I guess it, as far as where you can go for the grants, 00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:30.040 I guess it would depend where you are. So for us, we primarily have looked to the STEM industry 00:45:30.040 --> 00:45:36.660 businesses that are here in our organization, I mean, excuse me, our community. 00:45:36.660 --> 00:45:42.600 Many of them are very very supportive of robotics because they see the value in it. 00:45:42.600 --> 00:45:47.600 You know so like for example here in our community, the two biggest funders of robotics 00:45:47.600 --> 00:45:54.560 is the TMT International Observatory as well as Hawaiian Electric. They put the full weight of their 00:45:54.560 --> 00:45:59.760 of their businesses behind it because they recognize the necessity of having a 00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:03.860 strong STEM workforce in our community as being able to drive our economy 00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:07.060 and you know, provide good jobs for the kids here. 00:46:07.060 --> 00:46:12.220 You know for us, you know like I said in Hawaiʻi we're really isolated and so when we lose our kids 00:46:12.220 --> 00:46:16.540 off to the mainland and they never come back, it's kind of a big brain drain that we experience. 00:46:16.540 --> 00:46:21.140 So a lot of these companies they recognize that and so they're very supportive of that. 00:46:21.140 --> 00:46:29.920 And as far as getting into the different systems it would depend what you want. So like for initial... 00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:36.520 For students that are just starting out in robotics, I would highly recommend VEX IQ. That's the system we use. 00:46:36.520 --> 00:46:39.760 And so it costs about three hundred dollars for a kit 00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:44.500 but with that kit you have pretty much everything you need to build a functioning robot. 00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:50.480 Either using their plans or having the students come up with their own plans. 00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:55.360 And then from there... so those are plastic pieces they kind of work like Legos. 00:46:55.500 --> 00:47:00.020 The next step up there from there, and they're geared towards K through eighth grade. 00:47:00.020 --> 00:47:02.800 The next step up there for middle school to high school 00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:05.520 is the VEX vrc platform, we use that as well. 00:47:05.520 --> 00:47:12.340 So those robots are built out of aluminum and steel and you know, you're doing the actual wiring 00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:16.160 and using wrenches and screwdrivers and doing the real thing. 00:47:16.160 --> 00:47:19.700 So those kits tend to be more expensive. 00:47:19.700 --> 00:47:23.560 Those are about, I think fourteen hundred dollars for one of those kits. 00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:30.620 And then from there, then you go to first... so First Robotics is, that's that's the real deal 00:47:30.620 --> 00:47:36.720 that's like super complicated and the kids are those would be typically for older high school students, 00:47:36.720 --> 00:47:43.599 and they would be doing like real, real wiring, real computer programming, 00:47:43.600 --> 00:47:47.600 I think in many cases they even learn welding and soldering and the whole deal 00:47:47.600 --> 00:47:52.700 so I don't have a lot of experience with First, but we do hope to get into that at some point. 00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:55.839 That platform is quite expensive. If I remember correctly I think it's about 00:47:55.839 --> 00:48:02.680 five thousand dollars for that platform, to get into it. So that's the primary reason we haven't gotten into it. 00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:07.640 And then MATE ROV, the MATE ROV platform... that one is actually not so bad. 00:48:07.640 --> 00:48:15.840 They're real functioning ROV robots but essentially you're just buying the motors, 00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:21.560 you know the propellers and then most of the robot is built out of things like pvc and zip ties 00:48:21.560 --> 00:48:26.840 and that sort of thing. You can be real creative. And that platform offers a lot more flexibility 00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:32.160 because you can use your own parts and fabricate, do your own fabrication. 00:48:32.160 --> 00:48:36.600 So that one doesn't take a lot, I would say probably about three to five hundred dollars 00:48:36.600 --> 00:48:40.860 you could be able to function. You make a ROV robot. Your students could do that. 00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:44.160 So there's a lot of there's a lot of options now you know. 00:48:44.160 --> 00:48:49.660 You can kind of pick and choose what you'd like to try. But it's a great way to get started. 00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:56.200 - [Malia] Okay, so we have another question. Maybe you can answer two questions. 00:48:56.200 --> 00:49:01.920 The center at Mokupāpapa is named after Kenyan K Beals and we have someone asking, 00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:05.960 who is Kenyan K Beals and does it offer internships? 00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:13.740 - [Christian] Okay so yeah. So Kenyan K Beals, he was a wonderful STEM educator in our community 00:49:13.740 --> 00:49:20.300 and you know he worked for the observatories. He worked for Hawaiian Electric. 00:49:20.300 --> 00:49:26.320 He did a lot of stuff on his own. He worked for University of Hawaiʻi. Wonderful stem educator. 00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:34.400 He got a lot of kids into robotics. He got a lot of kids into STEM fields. Got them excited and interested about it. 00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:40.760 Unfortunately Kenyan passed away. I guess it's been about three years... two or three years now. 00:49:41.120 --> 00:49:44.440 He fought a long battle with cancer. 00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:49.380 So you know, really sad, you know. He was very young. I think he was in his 40s. 00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:54.000 He had a young family, young kids, and so we just wanted to do something to 00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:58.320 honor his memory and and for all the stuff that he did in our community. 00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:04.560 So yeah, super great guy. I'm really happy too his daughter is on our robotics team. 00:50:04.560 --> 00:50:09.680 So that really makes me happy. I'm sorry what was the other question? 00:50:09.680 --> 00:50:13.839 - [Malia] And the other question is, does the center offer internships? 00:50:13.839 --> 00:50:17.060 - [Christian] Well yes, definitely. Yeah. Yes, definitely. The more the merrier. 00:50:17.060 --> 00:50:22.120 Yeah once we get up and running. You know, we do have some restrictions going now because of Covid, 00:50:22.120 --> 00:50:29.380 but yes definitely, we want docents or mentors, instructors, anybody who's interested in robotics. 00:50:29.380 --> 00:50:33.760 Even if you don't have a background in robotics we would welcome your help because you know, 00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:39.120 we want that place to grow. And we want to we want it to be something that the community can be 00:50:39.120 --> 00:50:42.400 really proud of and be a great resource for the students in our community. 00:50:42.580 --> 00:50:48.780 So definitely if you're interested in an internship over there please email me at 00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:52.720 hawaiisciencemuseum@gmail.com 00:50:52.840 --> 00:50:54.180 That will be all spelled out. 00:50:54.180 --> 00:50:57.280 hawaiisciencemuseum@gmail.com 00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:03.120 Or you can follow us on our social media. We're on Instagram as well as Twitter. You can find us there. 00:51:09.580 --> 00:51:13.360 - [Andy] Time for one more question then we're gonna wrap it up. 00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:20.079 - [Malia] Okay so here is my sincere congratulations for this great program. 00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:24.720 Have you explored with citizen science where children and young students 00:51:24.720 --> 00:51:30.240 participate by assembling low-cost buoys to record ocean variables like 00:51:30.240 --> 00:51:33.599 temperature, light in the sea, and then join these 00:51:33.600 --> 00:51:37.080 data into a network to process by other students? 00:51:38.720 --> 00:51:46.160 - [Christian] Oh that's a really good idea. I love that idea because it meshes perfectly with another... 00:51:46.160 --> 00:51:48.400 as part of our CubeSat project Kiapo, 00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:53.520 we didn't want it to be only you know, the reality of because of how small it is we only can have a few 00:51:53.520 --> 00:51:59.960 students that get to actually work on it. So what we're planning - had planned - to do before Covid anyway, 00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:10.220 and we'll still be doing is building non-aerospace grade CubeSats to be issued to each school around the island, 00:52:10.220 --> 00:52:15.839 K through eight, with functioning instrumentation. And with help from our partners at 00:52:15.839 --> 00:52:21.200 Hawaii Space Flight Laboratories, who by the way I don't know if I mentioned they're helping us a lot with our 00:52:21.200 --> 00:52:24.800 CubeSat. They have unbelievable expertise in that area. 00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:31.500 So those CubeSats are gonna go out to each school and then the kids are gonna use it exactly for that. 00:52:31.500 --> 00:52:36.840 To take weather readings and then we're gonna network it all together using Cosmos, 00:52:36.840 --> 00:52:42.280 the software package that the folks at Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory develop to have all those cubesats 00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:46.720 to be able to speak to each other around the island, so we can get a really good picture of what's happening. 00:52:46.720 --> 00:52:52.440 And I think that's a fantastic idea to use, to add buoys into that network. I'm sure we can do that that. 00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:55.920 That's a great idea. Thank you very much. We'll do it. Awesome. 00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:01.660 - [Andy] Great! All right, mahalo Christian. 00:53:01.660 --> 00:53:08.840 I did have one other comment on here that one of our partners in all this is the MATE Robotics Center 00:53:08.840 --> 00:53:13.820 [indistinguishable] Robotics Program and Jill Zande from that says aloha. 00:53:13.820 --> 00:53:22.800 And also Clayton reminded us to say that you can get $200 kits, ROV kits from MATE ROV. 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:29.560 Starting from $200. So if you're interested in that, just google m-a-t-e mate ROV 00:53:29.560 --> 00:53:34.440 and you should be able to see see that on there. 00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:49.200 And lastly I will thank you, mahalo, Christian. and let me close out with some of the upcoming...upcoming talks. 00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:51.000 So we have... 00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:54.900 - [Christian] Thank you for having me. It was great. I really appreciate it. 00:53:54.900 --> 00:53:56.940 - [Andy] Yeah, yeah. We appreciate you. 00:53:56.940 --> 00:54:00.320 So we do have, we do have... 00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:03.920 this webinar will be archived up on our site 00:54:03.920 --> 00:54:08.700 and you should be able to see the link to that within a week or two... 00:54:08.700 --> 00:54:14.780 a few weeks we'll get it up there so if you want to watch it again or some of the other great webinars 00:54:14.780 --> 00:54:19.680 we've done in the past. And if you have any questions you can contact our 00:54:19.680 --> 00:54:23.020 sanctuary.education@noaa.gov related to this. 00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:29.680 You will be receiving a certificate of attendance from one hour of professional development for this. 00:54:29.680 --> 00:54:34.180 It won't say what's on there. It will say the proper presentation. 00:54:34.180 --> 00:54:41.600 And coming up, our next presentation on the Office of National Marine Sanctuary Webinar Series 00:54:41.600 --> 00:54:48.640 is on September 3rd at 3 p.m Pacific Time, 12 p.m Hawaii Standard Time 00:54:48.640 --> 00:54:51.760 It's about using film to drive social change. 00:54:51.760 --> 00:54:59.480 and some of the great ways we've used film across the whole program to engage people and to immerse them 00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:03.686 in these special places that, for the most part, most people won't be able to see 00:55:03.686 --> 00:55:07.620 because they're beneath their waters and sometimes in very deep water. 00:55:07.620 --> 00:55:15.780 So please check that out if you have time. And if you, after this is done, you will see a little survey, 00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:22.600 so please complete that. We use this information is absolutely critical to us to justify these programs, 00:55:22.600 --> 00:55:27.040 to continue the programs. And we want to know how you're going to use it 00:55:27.040 --> 00:55:29.760 in your classroom or other environment. 00:55:29.760 --> 00:55:36.080 So please make sure to fill out the survey at the end of this program. 00:55:36.080 --> 00:55:41.520 And thank you so very much for attending and hope to see you again on another webinar, 00:55:41.520 --> 00:55:50.600 and mahalo again Christian, and Malia for facilitating, and have a wonderful day stay safe and take care. 00:55:50.600 --> 00:55:52.800 - [Malia] Aloha. Take care. 00:55:52.800 --> 00:55:54.280 - [Christian] Aloha, thank you everyone.