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.
Future Foresters | Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative
Future Foresters is a place-based after-school stewardship program from the Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative for elementary students in Waikōloa. Through hiking, restoration work, nursery care, and community service, students learn about dry forest ecology, native species, and conservation within a biocultural context. The program builds long-term relationships to place and encourages keiki to become active stewards of the ʻāina.
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.
Mālama Wao Akua for the Classroom | East Maui Watershed Partnership
Mālama Wao Akua for the Classroom is an art-integrated environmental education resource from the East Maui Watershed Partnership in collaboration with Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center. It encourages students to learn about Hawaiian island formation, species arrival, rainforest ecology, and Maui’s native species while creating artwork for a juried exhibit. The resource supports classroom participation with teacher guidance, contest rules, and student entry information for elementary, middle, and high school levels.
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.
Educators & Students Website | Hawaiʻi Kāhuli
Educational materials on kāhuli (tree snails) and their habitat.
4th Grade Resources | Lyon Arboretum
Lyon Arboretum offers a multimedia educational resources on various watershed and water cycle resources.
Plant Adaptations | Lyon Arboretum
Lyon Arboretum offers a video that shows how adaptations allow different plants to survive in different habitats.
Why is it important for seeds to disperse? | Lyon Arboretum
Lyon Arboretum offers a video explaining the interdependence between plants and animals through seed dispersal.
Pollination | Lyon Arboretum
Lyon Arboretum offers a video explaining the interdependence between plants and animals through pollinator interactions.
