Complete an ʻĀina Backyard Scavenger Hunt

Students go outside and work through as many scavenger-hunt boxes as possible. Tasks include:

• Find an invasive plant and explain why it might be invasive.
• Look for uluhe fern and consider what plant structures allow it to grow as it does.
• Find another native plant, draw or photograph it, and infer how it arrived in Hawaiʻi.
• Find something in nature that feels soft.
• Find something that smells sweet.
• Look for signs of erosion.
• Examine waiwī / strawberry guava and think about traits that may help it spread rapidly.
• Complete one action to mālama ʻāina and record what was done.
• Look for Koster’s Curse and, when present, remove it.
• Propose a way to reduce erosion.
• Practice listening through kilo and document a sound.
• Find an igneous rock formed from cooled lava.