Interactive and Downloadable Maps | East Maui Watershed Partnership

Resource Title: Interactive and Downloadable Maps | East Maui Watershed Partnership

Organization: East Maui Watershed Partnership

Description:

This resource helps users explore Maui’s ahupuaʻa and watershed units through an interactive map. It explains how traditional Hawaiian land divisions and natural watershed boundaries are connected from mauka to makai. The map supports place-based learning about land, water, and resource stewardship on Maui.

Target Audience: All

Instructional Roles: Enrichment, Hook activity, Main lesson

Environment: Classroom, Online only (e.g. interactive map), Self-guided

Content Type: Cultural practice, Interactive (Online), STEM investigation

Type Of Engagement: Investigate, Observe, Play / Explore, Reflect

Format: Webpage

Activity:

Ahupuaʻa & Watershed Mapping Investigation

Use the interactive map to locate their own ahupuaʻa and watershed unit on Maui and compare how cultural land divisions align with natural watershed boundaries.
Then discuss how geography, water flow, and resource access shaped land stewardship from mauka to makai.

Topics Covered:

Ahupuaʻa land divisions in Hawaiʻi
Watershed units and boundaries on Maui
Mauka-to-makai resource systems
Water flow, surface water, and groundwater
Hawaiian land stewardship and sustainability
Connections between cultural and ecological geography

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