Hawaii is an island state in the Pacific Ocean comprised of over 100 islands. It was discovered by British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778 and became a US state in 1959. Hawaii has a tropical climate with mild temperatures year-round and two seasons of winter and summer. Some of Hawaii's most notable features include volcanic landscapes, beaches, surfing, and the traditional Hawaiian practices of hula dancing, poi, and ukulele music.

1. Hawaii

2. Hawaii is in the middle of the pacific ocean

3. Hawaiian flag
The Union Jack
(the flag of Great
Britain)
is in the upper left
corner of Hawaii's
flag,
honoring Hawaii's
long relationship
with the British. The eight stripes of white,
red and blue represent the
eight main islands of Hawaii.

4. Hawaii is the 50th State of the USA.
It is a long chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean
Capital: Honolulu
Size: 28.000 square km
Population: 1.3 Million
Highest Point: Mauna Kea
(4,205 m high)
Climate: The air
temperature is between
22-27°C.The water
temperature is always
22°C.

5. Hawaii Volcanoes-National park
Hawaii is famous for its volcanic
eruptions during the past 10,000
years. It is the home of the world’s
most active volcano: Kilauea, on
Mauna Loa on the Hawaii Big Island.
People like snorkeling over the
Molokini crater (a sunken volcano)
because there are a lot of fish
there.

6. What is the weather like in Hawaii?
Hawaii’s climate is approximately mild and tropical wet all year long.
Hawaii has two seasons: Winter and Summer.
Winter runs through mid- October to April and Summer runs through May to mid-October.

7. English and Hawaiian are the official languages

8. The currency used in Hawaii is the American dollar

9. Native people: Polynesian
Hawaii was
discovered in 1778
by the Englishman
Captain James Cook

11. Explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in
the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of
Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to
the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the
first recorded European contact with the
eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian
Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation
of New Zealand.
In three voyages Cook sailed thousands of miles
across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He
mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the
Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not
previously achieved.
Cook was killed in Hawaii in a fight with
Hawaiians during his third exploratory voyage in
the Pacific in 1779.

12. The most practised sports are: surf,
windsurf, scuba diving and trekking

13. Orlando Duque was born in
September 10th, 1974 in Cali,
Colombia. He is a Colombian high diver
that lives in Hawaii. He won the first
ever Gold medal in the sport at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
in Barcelona.

14. Watch the following
video about high
diving and Orlando
Duque, from Hawaii

15. Traditional Hawaiian food
Poi
Poi is a thick paste
made from taro root
(similar to a yam or
potato) that is either
steamed or baked
and pounded. While
pounding, water is
added to the mixture
to create a pudding
like consistency.

16. Traditional Hawaiian food
Poke
Poke is the Hawaiian
version of
Japanese sashimi (raw
fish)
Instead of slicing the
fish thin like the
Japanese, Hawaiian poke
is served in bite sized
hearty cubes. The most
common type of fish is
ahi (tuna), but a number
of other kinds of fresh
saltwater fish are used.

17. Traditional Hawaiian food
Laulau
Traditionally laulau is
made with pork wrapped
in layers of taro leaves
and cooked in an
underground hot rock
oven for hours until it
turns soft and smoky
flavored. The meat is
tender and juicy while
the leaves turn to a
spinach like consistency.

18. Traditional dances
The hula is a dance accompanied by chant (oli) or song (mele). It was
developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally
settled there.
Watch the following video

19. He is Israel , known as Brother Iz.
He is a Hawaiian musician and his most famous song is: “Somewhere over the rainbow”

20. Let’s listen to a Hawaiian song
Somewhere over the ________________
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a____________
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find__________.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds _________.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

21. Games
PASS THE COCONUT
Like the popular game of “hot potato,” but using a coconut, have everyone
sit in a circle. Play Hawaiian music or strum an ukulele while participants
pass a coconut around. Stop the music and whoever is holding the coconut
is “out.” Continue until there is one person left.
ʻULU MAIKA
Similar to lawn bowling, ʻulu maika is a traditional ancient Hawaiian game that
requires concentration and coordination. Place two wooden or metal stakes in
the ground, 6 inches apart and about 15 feet away from where the players are
standing. The goal is to roll your stone smoothly between the two stakes.

22. Games
HULA HOOP ʻTIL YOU DROP
Line everyone up and see who can go the longest or do the most hoops in a
timed contest. For an even more challenging competition, double or triple up
hula-hoops on the final two participants.
STOP THE DANCERS
A player sits in the center of a circle with a drum and a drumstick. All the
other players stand around the drummer. The drummer begins to beat the
drum and the players begin to dance. The minute the drummer stops, the
dancers freeze. They may be in awkward positions, but they must not move an
inch after the drumming stops. If the dancers do move, they must leave the
group. The drummer beats slowly as each game starts and gets faster and
faster. When the players are all out but one, that final dancer becomes the
drummer and the game begins again.