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Material culture artifacts of Micronesia

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Geneva presented her mehn koapir, a decorative paddle used for dancing on Pohnpei. Mehn koapir, reportedly made of Hibiscus tiliaceus. Grace holding and presenting a breadfruit splitting stick known on Pohnpei as a pwai. A mwaramwar. Breilon brought in a Pohnpeian ahk en kod mwangas: a coconut husking stick made of mangrove wood. Keanu presented a Woleaian purse known as a geigash, made from pandanus. Anastasia presented the Pohnpeian local broom called a kepenok. She brought a coconut leaflet rather than the broom. Carmegarose displaying the Pohnpeian traditional foods basket known as a kiam. Joseph of Woleai showing the class the local fan known as galibeo. Burt, Allen Ray, Jinisha, Austin, and Shirleven all brought in a ngarangar, the coconut shell used to serve sakau en Pohnpei. When sakau is in the ngarangar the ngarangar is referred to as a kohwa. ...
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Speed of sound across the Palikir campus

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The weather decided whether this lab would be inside or outside. The morning dawned sunny with blue skies. Outside it was. Class opened with a look at the vernal equinox sun shadow at 08:23. The noon lecture prevents a morning look at the shadow. McGievens was assigned board clapping duty Demonstrating the clapping technique Darla and Jaysleen  Leona and Jemira Alisha I noted that measuring wheel appeared to not always flip a digit on a click. And the third digit appeared to be getting stuck halfway between two digits. I didn't think much of the issue. The first stop at 246 meters was too close to get accurate times. The "flash-to-bang" time was too short. Heading west on a sunny day. Clear day conditions  Timing at the gym driveway  Then, out around 925, the clicker fell off. Restoring the clicker did not flip digits. I realized...
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Waves day two

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This term a ten foot length of light chain had been acquired at Ace Hardware. This worked better than hoped for. This produced a 58 cm wavelength and a period of close to 3.5 seconds. Amplitude, period, frequency, and wave velocity were also determined. A quick transition to sound was done using the science music molecular nature of sound site . animation. The new speakers really expanded both the low and high end. The result was a shorter, tighter session. 
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RipStik wave student union

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This is the term in which the new and not yet inhabited student union has been the gift that keeps giving. The view from the mezzanine was unmatched. The unshielded stairs were something to be mindful of. This orientation kept me from either starting too close to the top of the stairs, or ending with flying off the main stairs. Getting lined up properly required a clockwise pattern with a right-hand downwind. No run was ever completely stable on the centerline when I hit the pad - that requires a longer final approach. A left-hand downwind and counterclockwise circle into the poster pad paper was not an option - the turn was too tight. This term a 300 cm tape measure was used. Easier to carry around. This term I did not pre-tape the poster pad sheets. I went straight from lunch to the student union and did all set up there.  The mezzanine was known to be cleaner than the first floor. And dirt on my wheels leaves the faint trace of the...
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