Online Learning Center | Bishop Museum
Bishop Museum’s Online Learning Center is a digital resource hub featuring multimedia learning materials about the history, culture, and natural sciences of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. It includes lesson plans, activities, podcasts, blog posts, photos, and videos organized by theme for classroom and home use. The site serves as a broad educational library for learners of all ages.
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.
Coastal Ecosystems Activities | Hōʻike o Haleakalā
Hōʻike o Haleakalā: Unit 2 – Coastal Connections is a classroom curriculum unit about Hawaiian coastal ecosystems. It helps students explore native and introduced coastal species, habitat zonation, ecosystem change since human settlement, and the origins of coastal plants and animals through visual modeling and game-based learning. The unit is part of the Hōʻike o Haleakalā curriculum and is currently maintained by the Maui Invasive Species Committee.
Alpine Ecosystems Activities | Hōʻike o Haleakalā
Hōʻike o Haleakalā: Alpine / Aeolian is a place-based science curriculum module about Haleakalā’s summit ecosystem, now hosted by the Maui Invasive Species Committee. Through five units, students explore alpine geology, climate, native and invasive species, ecological relationships, cultural significance, and summit resource issues using classroom-ready activities grounded in Maui’s environment.
Waters to the Sea Kauaʻi Adventure | Center for Global Environmental Education
Waters to the Sea Kauaʻi Adventure is an interactive educational website that uses maps, videos, and multimedia activities to help learners explore Kauaʻi’s land, water, ecology, and culture. The resource connects science, geography, history, and place-based learning through themed digital modules. It works well for classroom instruction, enrichment, and self-guided exploration.
Hawaiʻi’s Forest Birds | A Learning Resource Maui – Kauaʻi Edition
The Hawaiʻi’s Forest Birds Learning Resource celebrates some of the rarest Hawaiian birds and their habitats.
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.
Watershed Education Tools | East Maui Watershed Partnership
Watershed Education Tools is a Maui-focused environmental education resource created by the East Maui Watershed Partnership. It includes videos, virtual activities, assessments, and games that teach students about watersheds, native species, conservation, and environmental threats in Hawaiʻi. The materials support place-based learning for a range of grade levels.
Lyon Arboretum School Tours: Grades K-12 | Lyon Arboretum
These field trips are offered by Lyon Arboretum, connecting students to Hawai‘i’s native plant species.
Environmental History & Debate Lesson Plan – Lyon’s Dilemma | Lyon Arboretum
Lyon’s Dilemma is a two-day, role-playing debate activity that immerses students in a historical environmental crisis facing Honolulu in the early 20th century. Using archival context and primary source excerpts, students examine real-world conservation decisions surrounding water scarcity, forest degradation, and the introduction of non-native species.
