Manu, the Boy Who Loved Birds | University of Hawaiʻi Press
Manu, the Boy Who Loved Birds is an author-read children’s story exploring extinction, Hawaiian forest birds, cultural identity, and conservation. Through Manu’s curiosity about the extinct ʻōʻō bird for which he was named, young learners discover connections among native wildlife, healthy forests, Hawaiian heritage, and the actions people can take to protect Hawaiʻi’s remaining species.
Laukaʻieʻie | Kamehameha Publishing
Laukaʻieʻie is an animated retelling of a traditional Hawaiian moʻolelo set in Waipiʻo Valley, where the childless couple Pōkahi and Kaukini receive a special gift from Hina. Produced by Kamehameha Publishing for ʻŌiwi TV’s Lau Nehenehe series, the story introduces young learners to Hawaiian storytelling, ʻohana, place, and the preservation of traditional cultural knowledge.
Mohala Mai ʻO Hau, How Hau Became Hauʻula | Kamehameha Publishing
Mohala Mai ʻO Hau, How Hau Became Hauʻula is an animated Hawaiian-language story about Hau, a young girl from Koʻolauloa who feels overshadowed by her talented older sisters. Through the guidance of her kūpuna, Hau discovers her own strengths and contributions, providing young learners with opportunities to engage with ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻohana, identity, and intergenerational learning.
Talk Story on the Land | Hawaiʻi Land Trust (HILT)
Talk Story on the Land is Hawaiʻi Land Trust’s series of free guided hikes that connect participants with conservation, history, culture, and biology at protected wahi pana across Hawaiʻi. Participants explore preserves with knowledgeable guides, observe native ecosystems and cultural landscapes, and at some sites take part in stewardship activities such as planting, invasive-species removal, seed collection, and kilo.
Makalawena Virtual Huakaʻi | Kamehameha Schools
Makalawena Virtual Huakaʻi is an interactive Kamehameha Schools learning experience that gives students virtual access to the cultural, historical, and environmental resources of Makalawena in North Kona, Hawaiʻi Island. Through 360-degree video, photographs, interviews, and moʻolelo, learners explore coastal ecosystems, anchialine pools, traditional land and resource use, native wildlife, and stewardship while developing a deeper connection to this wahi pana.
Mālama ʻĀina Daily Challenge 2 | Kamehameha Schools
Mālama ʻĀina Daily Challenge 2 is a Kamehameha Schools home-learning activity that encourages students to practice mālama, aloha, and kōkua through daily environmental stewardship. Learners spend time improving the ʻāina around their home through gardening, weeding, composting, planting, or cleanup, then journal about what they did, how the place changed, and why caring for ʻāina matters to themselves and their ʻohana.
Mālama ʻĀina Daily Challenge 1 | Kamehameha Schools
Mālama ʻĀina Daily Challenge 1 is a home-learning activity that encourages students to practice mālama, aloha, and kōkua by spending time each day caring for the land around their home. Learners may garden, weed, compost, plant food, clean up litter, or complete another stewardship action, then reflect in a journal on how their work changed the ʻāina and how caring for place affects them and their ʻohana.
ʻĀina Scavenger (Hunt 2) | Kamehameha Schools
ʻĀina Scavenger Hunt 2 is the hands-on worksheet. Students explore their yard or nearby ʻāina through kilo, searching for native and invasive plants, erosion, sensory evidence, and igneous rock while drawing, photographing, making inferences, and completing an action to mālama ʻāina.
‘Āina Scavenger (Hunt 1) | Kamehameha Schools
ʻĀina Scavenger Hunt 1 prepares students to explore their backyard through kilo by reviewing mālama ʻāina, native and invasive species, the Three W’s and Three M’s, Earth Day, and water erosion. Students then use that knowledge in the scavenger-hunt portion to observe, draw, write, and share discoveries about the ʻāina around their home.
Science Enrichment (Week 8) | Kamehameha Schools
Science Enrichment is a culminating science review and reflection packet that asks students to look back on their learning about Hawaiian plants and animals, invasive species, adaptations, life cycles, weather, the water cycle, engineering, and mālama ʻāina. Learners reflect on their progress, explore inheritance by creating a new bird breed, and use creative writing and visual activities to demonstrate what they understand.
