Keli‘imaika‘i is the learning center (today known as the LC) for the seventh and eighth
graders. This building is 4,763 square feet, for 71,952 dollars. In about the mid to late 1980’s, the
LC held roughly about 17,000 books including a collection of audiovisual materials. Inside, there are
chairs, carrels, reading tables, and more than a dozen computers, all for the students to use. There
is also a Hawaiian collection, periodicals and a storeroom.
On the outside of the learning center, there is a mosaic wall containing a few historical
incidents in Kamehameha’s life. The students who were directed by their art teacher, who created
the idea of a mosaic wall, created these walls in 1958. On the Waikïkï wall, Kamehameha is wearing a
Kiwala‘ö cloak, a helmet, and has a spear in his hand. This represents Kamehameha at practice with
the spears. He was known for being very talented with the ihe (short spear). He would ask ten of his
warriors to hurl their spear at him and would then grab the first spear thrown to fend the other
spears that were thrown at him. The second mural honors Mämalahoe Känäwai, “the law of the
splintered paddle.” The story behind this is that as Kamehameha was in his double canoe traveling
south from his encampment in Puna. He saw two fishermen and went ashore but ordered his men to
stay in the canoe. However, his foot got caught in a crevice in the lava, and he was stuck. One of the
fishermen saw Kamehameha and broke his canoe paddle over the helpless chief’s head. So one of
Kamehameha’s steersman came to his rescue, but was struck in his side with a spear. So
Kamehameha broke the spear and used it to drive the rest of the fishermen off. After uniting the
islands, Kamehameha went back to Puna, found the fishermen, and forgave them. In memory of his
loyal steersman and as a statement of forgiveness, Kamehameha issued the Mämalahoe (hoe~
paddle) Känäwai (law). The third mural contains a waterfall tumbling from a wooded cliff and two
women carrying wooden calabashes of water. However, this mural is now in the inside.
Keli‘imaika‘i was who this building was named after. He was the younger and only full brother
of Kamehameha I. For a while, Keali‘imaika‘i was the highly popular ruler of the district of Häna, Maui.
He was given the name “good-hearted chief.”
Problem #2:
A book in the library is 8 centimeters
thick, and each of its covers is ½ a
centimeter thick. The book contains
3,000 pages. If a bookworm started
at the front cover and ended at page
2,000. How many centimeters did
the bookworm eat through? Make an
equation and solve.
Math Standard:
*Measurement
Math Concepts:
* Demonstrate skills in problem-solving
* Learn to use metrics and the systems of measures including scientific
notation and exponents.
* Extend the use of operations to include variables
* Solve equations, inequalities, and systems of equations
* Use the law of exponents
* Learn the interrelationship between fractions, decimals, percents, and
how to apply them to problem solving
Equation:
9 (2) = c
3
To write your equation, you must divide 9 by 3 because the
book in all is 9 cm thick, and there are three sets 1,000
pages. You then have to multiply your answer by 2 because
the bookworm ate through 2,000 pages.
Work:
8+1/2+1/2=9
The entire book is 9 centimeters thick in all. The front and
back covers are each half an inch thick. In between the
covers, the pages are 8 centimeters thick. So you add
your numbers.
9÷3=3
So now you have to divide 9 by 3 because there are 3 sets of
1,000 pages. From the front of the cover, to page 1,000 the
bookworm ate through 3 centimeters. Now you have to
double it to find how many centimeters the bookworm ate
through to get to page 2,000.
3•2=6
Therefore, the bookworm at through 6
centimeters in all.