Summer Fun Tree Coloring & Activity Book | City and County of Honolulu
Summer Fun Tree Coloring & Activity Book is a printable educational resource that helps young learners explore Hawaiʻi trees through coloring, storytelling, and simple hands-on activities. It combines tree facts, cultural connections, and place-based lessons about ahupuaʻa, canoe plants, and caring for ʻāina. The book is especially well suited for elementary learners and informal tree-based education.
Biocultural Talk Series | Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative
The Waikōloa Biocultural Talk Series is a recurring public education series at the Waikōloa Dry Forest Preserve that began in 2020. It features local experts, practitioners, scientists, and community leaders sharing knowledge about Hawaiʻi’s species, ecosystems, cultural practices, and stewardship across multiple annual themes and archived talks. The series supports community-based, place-based learning through live presentations and recorded talks.
ʻĀina Explorers Summer Camp | Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative
ʻĀina Explorers Summer Camp is a free, place-based summer program from the Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative for upper elementary students on Hawaiʻi Island. Through hands-on outdoor learning, campers explore geology, native birds, cultural stories, and important places while building deeper connections to ʻāina. The program supports environmental stewardship and lifelong learning through immersive, multi-day experiences.
Interactive and Downloadable Maps | East Maui Watershed Partnership
Interactive and Downloadable Maps is a Maui-based learning resource that helps users explore ahupuaʻa and watershed units through an interactive map. It introduces traditional Hawaiian land divisions and explains how they often align with natural watershed boundaries from mauka to makai. The resource supports place-based education about water systems, geography, and stewardship in Hawaiʻi.
Educators & Students Website | Hawaiʻi Kāhuli
Educational materials on kāhuli (tree snails) and their habitat.
PD Course Announcement – Growing Together with Hawai‘i’s Native and Canoe Plants
Art Activities | Three Mountain Alliance
This collection from Three Mountain Alliance’s ʻImi Pono no ka ʻĀina program offers Hawaiʻi-focused art-based educational activities. Featuring two main modules—Lau Kāpala (Plant Stamping) and Native Species Masks—these resources use native plant materials and cultural heritage to teach communities about native ecosystems and Lōkahi (balance) within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes watershed areas.
Online Activities | Hō‘ike o Haleakalā
H??ike o Haleakal?
In-Person Field Trip Request Form | Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
general field trip request form
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum | Natural and Cultural History
The Bishop Museum, founded in 1889 in Honolulu, is Hawaiʻi’s premier institution for natural and cultural history. It houses the world’s largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and over 24 million natural specimens—including 13.5 million insects and extensive botanical archives—with a mission to preserve and share Hawaiʻi and Pacific heritage. The museum campus spans 15 acres and includes signature galleries (Hawaiian Hall, Pacific Hall, Kahili Room), the Science Adventure Center (complete with erupting volcano simulations), the planetarium, a native Hawaiian garden, and educational buildings.
