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.
Collecting Endangered Plants on Hawaiian Cliffs With Drone | National Tropical Botanical Garden
Collecting Endangered Plants on Hawaiian Cliffs With Drone is a short Outreach Robotics video that shows the Mamba drone system being used to collect rare native plants from steep Hawaiian cliffs. It offers a strong example of how engineering and aerial robotics can support conservation science in places that are dangerous or impossible for people to reach directly. The resource works well as a brief classroom video on conservation technology and environmental problem-solving.
Cliff Dwellers of Kauaʻi and the People Who Hang with Them! | Department of Land & Natural Resources
Cliff Dwellers of Kauai and the People Who Hang with Them! is a DLNR conservation documentary about the botanists and plant protection teams who rappel into the cliffs of Waimea Canyon to find and protect rare native plants. It highlights the science, risk, and dedication involved in Hawaiʻi plant conservation and works well as a classroom video for environmental science and stewardship discussions.
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.
