Propagating Native Plants: Introduction | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Propagating Native Plants: Introduction is a restoration-focused guide to growing native Hawaiian plants for conservation and outplanting projects. It covers seed and cutting collection, nursery construction, sowing, transplanting, field nurseries, pest management, and phytosanitation, and includes practical appendices for production scheduling and common mesic native species. The resource is especially useful for restoration planning, propagation training, and conservation education.
Native Hawaiian Plants for Landscaping, Conservation, and Reforestation | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Native Hawaiian Plants for Landscaping, Conservation, and Reforestation is a CTAHR guide to selecting, propagating, and using native Hawaiian plants in gardens, restoration projects, and reforestation. It combines plant culture guidance with illustrated profiles of native groundcovers, shrubs, and trees, including propagation methods, landscape uses, pests, and cultural notes. The resource is especially useful for educator planning, native plant research, and conservation-focused planting projects.
Kamehameha Butterfly and the Pulelehua Project | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The Kamehameha Butterfly and the Pulelehua Project is a UH CTAHR educational article about Hawaiʻi’s native state insect and the citizen-science effort to map and protect it. It introduces the butterfly’s life cycle, host plants, threats, and habitat needs while encouraging learners to submit observations and support recovery through native planting. The resource is especially useful for classroom learning, conservation education, and community science projects.
Insectary Plants for Hawaii | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Insectary Plants for Hawaii is a CTAHR Cooperative Extension guide that helps learners understand how plants can support pollinators and other beneficial insects in Hawaiʻi. It combines species profiles, habitat guidance, and native Hawaiian plant examples to support pollination, biological pest control, and insectary garden planning. The resource works well for classroom learning, educator planning, and garden-based projects.
Insectary Plants for Hawaii | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Insectary Plants for Hawaii is a CTAHR Cooperative Extension guide that helps learners understand how plants can support beneficial insects in Hawaiʻi. It combines species profiles, pollinator and predator information, and examples of native Hawaiian plants with insectary value to support habitat planning and biological pest control. The resource is especially useful for garden, farm, and classroom learning about pollination and agroecology.
Hawaiʻi’s Native Bees (Nalo Meli Maoli) | University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Hawaiʻi’s Native Bees (Nalo Meli Maoli) is an illustrated educational article about Hawaiʻi’s endemic yellow-faced bees and their role as native pollinators. It introduces bee evolution, plant relationships, habitat range, and major conservation threats such as invasive ants, habitat loss, and introduced species. The resource is especially useful for classroom reading and discussion about pollination, biodiversity, and conservation in Hawaiʻi.
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.
