Hawaiian Curriculum Materials | Ulukau Hawaiian Electronic Library
Hawaiian Curriculum Materials is a searchable Ulukau collection that provides access to culturally grounded lessons, teacher guides, and educational publications from multiple organizations. The collection supports teaching and learning about Hawaiian language, culture, history, science, civics, environmental stewardship, and place-based community issues.
School Visits | Healthy Climate Communities
School Visits from Healthy Climate Communities offers free, interactive climate and environmental education at schools and community locations. Activities are adapted to participants’ learning goals and can include native plant and bird studies, ecosystem restoration, climate science, Earth systems, traditional plant practices, and community-based climate solutions.
Field Trips | Healthy Climate Communities
Field Trips from Healthy Climate Communities offers free, place-based educational experiences at Hāmākua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary. Students, teachers, and community members explore climate science, native ecosystems, restoration, and community resilience through field activities, longer-term projects, and conservation-focused internships.
Programs | Mālama Learning Center
The Programs page from Mālama Learning Center introduces a range of collaborative programs focused on ʻāina-based education, native ecosystem restoration, service learning, volunteering, and community engagement. It serves as a directory for finding sustained educational and stewardship opportunities, including Ola Nā Kini, partner programs, volunteer activities, Outside Hawaiʻi TV, and legacy initiatives.
Kilo Sheet | Ke Kula ʻo Poʻowai Nui
A free downloadable Kilo Sheet for 1st to 4th grade that helps hāumana practice intentional observation outdoors. Learners use cut-out squares to locate ʻāhui hala or hīnano, making this a strong place-based activity for studying hala through kilo.
Pala Ka Hala Poster | Ke Kula ʻo Poʻowai Nui
Resources is a Ke Kula ʻo Poʻowai Nui webpage that gathers free downloadable classroom materials related to hala/pūhala, kilo observation, Hawaiian vocabulary, moʻolelo, and the water cycle. It is especially useful for educators looking for printable posters, sheets, coloring pages, and related place-based learning supports.
Māmaki Ola | Center for Getting Things Started
Māmaki Ola is a K–6 curriculum resource from the Center for Getting Things Started that uses māmaki to teach sustainability, healthy beverages, and agriculture-based entrepreneurship in Hawaiʻi. The page includes a full downloadable curriculum and free posters on topics like māmaki life cycle, pollinators, kilo, and plant arrival. It works well for classroom, garden, and place-based learning centered on a culturally important native plant.
Lāʻau & Holoholona | Kumukahi
Lāʻau & Holoholona is a Kumukahi online lesson about Hawaiian plants and animals across mountain, forest, shoreline, reef, and deep ocean environments. It combines ecology with Hawaiian cultural knowledge and works well for classroom or self-guided place-based learning.
Kuana Waipao | Papahana Kuaola
Kuana Waipao is a Papahana Kuaola online learning resource that explores Waipao through limahana perspectives and Hawaiian plant knowledge. It connects learners to ʻāina through food plants, medicinal plants, and place-based restoration while emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between kānaka and land. The resource works well for cultural, environmental, and plant-based learning in classroom or self-guided settings.
Invasive Species Activities | Hōʻike o Haleakalā
Invasive Species Activities | Hōʻike o Haleakalā is a place-based curriculum module about invasive species in Hawaiʻi, now maintained by the Maui Invasive Species Committee. Through 16 activities, students explore invasive species history, ecology, impacts, and management while connecting science with culture, public health, economics, and native ecosystem protection. The resource works well as a classroom lesson sequence or as individual activities within a broader environmental studies unit.
