Department of Water hosts 17th Make A Splash event

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A fifth grade student focuses while counting out how many drops of water can fit onto the head of a penny before it overflows, Thursday during the H20 Olympics station at the Department of Water’s Make A Splash water education event at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.

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O‘opu, symbolized by fifth grade students, protect their egg while negotiating obstacles to the open ocean, Thursday during the Department of Water’s Make A Splash water education event at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.

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Elsie Wilcox Elementary School fifth grade student Kylie Tippetts unloads a bucket of water, Thursday during the Department of Water’s Make A Splash water education event at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.

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King Kaumuali‘i Elementary School fifth grade students try to restore the ecosystem by reassembling clay pots that were smashed in the Humpty Dumpty station, Thursday during the Department of Water’s Make A Splash water education event at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.

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An Elsie Wilcox Elementary School fifth grade student tries not to splash water out of the bucket on The Long Haul, Thursday during the Department of Water’s Make A Splash water education event at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.

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A team of King Kaumuali‘i Elementary School fifth grade students demonstrate the teamwork involved in getting a container of water successfully through a series of obstacles at the 5-8-4-1 One For All station, Thursday during the Department of Water’s Make A Splash water education event at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.

LIHU‘E — The O‘opu — there are five different kinds, said Aaron Swink of the Division of Aquatic Resources — have a difficult time negotiating its way up freshwater streams, laying its eggs, and returning back to the open ocean.

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