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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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