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Work-based learning opportunities to give your students hands-on experience with natural resource careers and topics.
Search By Island
Search By Island
Kupu's Kōkua Camp Summer 2021 participants hanging out with Natural Area Reserves System (NARS) specialists at Pahole Reserve.
Educators from Oʻahu getting their hands dirty removing invasive water hyacinth at Kawainui Marsh.
State-Wide
State-Wide
We welcome community to mālama ʻāina, which grows into aloha ʻāina. To help people form reciprocal relationships with special places throughout our islands, we welcome residents and visitors to serve the land by putting their hands in the soil, removing invasive species and marine debris, and planting native plants or food crops.
Their team of site specific Educators have years of experience building and co creating curriculum with teachers.
Please see the website for island-specific field trip inquiries.
NTBG Gardens are classrooms of infinite possibility. Public and private school groups are invited to schedule field trips and learning opportunities for place-based, science-based, and culturally-based education sessions. The Garden as a Classroom Program provides students hands-on learning opportunities and engagement with the natural environment. Garden as a Classroom is a customized program that can accommodate any school group’s individual needs.
Please see the website for island/location-specific field trip inquiries.
For group leaders and teachers interested in bringing your hui or class into the field, your groups are also welcome to learn about Hawaiian forests, wetlands, or coastal ecology at one of our forest reserves, natural area reserves, or wildlife sanctuaries. Participants engage in native plant and wildlife identification, and habitat restoration where they assist foresters and wildlife biologists by removing terrestrial or aquatic invasives, and replacing them with native species via seed scatter and out-plantings. Water quality monitoring, wildlife surveying, hiking and camping may also be involved!
Please see the website for island-specific field trip inquiries.
Currently offering virtual field trip experiences: distance doesn’t need to be a barrier to learning about the cultural heritage and natural sciences of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Bishop Museum has educational programs tailored for grades Pre-K-12 including culture, science, and their planetarium.
Please see the website for session registration.
For more details, call 808-848-4168 or email schoolgroups@bishopmuseum.org.
To accommodate the changing circumstances of education in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Kona Historical Society has designed a series of virtual field trips, free of charge, to all Hawaiʻi schools. Topics include: Kona Coffee Living History Farm and Kalukalu.
Click here for field trip registration.
Oʻahu
Oʻahu
Island-Wide
Island-Wide
Fieldtrips with the Hawai’i State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of State Parks on O’ahu can take place at various sites across the island.
The scope of the fieldtrip can include: interpretive hikes, non-native plant control, out-planting native species, or trail maintenance within a State Park.
Please see the website for field trip registration. Or for more information contact Kekai Mar, Park Interpretive Program Specialist at (808) 587-0300 or kekai.k.mar@hawaii.gov
ʻEwa Moku
ʻEwa Moku
The educational programs at Camp Pālehua are focused on conservation education from a cultural and scientific perspective. They offer a number of experiential learning activities that are built around conservation of the natural environment close to Camp and in the extensive environment of Pālehua. Activities include: guided hike to Nānākuli Overlook, Pā tour, and Native Plant Scavenger Hunt/Mālama ʻĀina.
Email camppalehua@gmail.com to inquire about field trips.
Through partnership, planning, advocacy and stewardship, the Kupa’aina of Honouliuli accepts the kuleana to preserve and protect our kupuna, historical sites and mo‘olelo of Kalaeloa. We are also committed to assuring that cultural traditions and practices of na ‘oiwi o Kalaeloa are perpetuated.
KHLF’s mission for the Heritage Park is the stewardship and preservation of these Native Hawaiian cultural sites and the cultural landscape of Kalaeloa, to educate the community on cultural traditions and practices, advocate cultural awareness, implement and maintain an authentic Hawaiian presence in the Kalaeloa area.
To schedule a tour of the Park, find the site visit request form here and/or email info@khlfoundation.org.
KMWP maintains the health of the forested expanses of the Koʻolau range as a reliable source of high quality water for Oʻahu’s people in perpetuity. KMWP works to coordinate and perform critical forest management actions such as controlling the spread of invasive plants and animals across nearly 100,000 acres of partnership lands. The mitigation of threats to the integrity of our native forests is crucial to safeguard our precious fresh water resources into the future. These methods include the installation of ungulate-proof fencing, various weed removal techniques, restoration work, and long-term monitoring.
To schedule an interpretive hike or workday for your class, please call (808) 426-8071.
Kona Moku
Kona Moku
Parley for the Oceans is the global collaboration network where creators, thinkers and leaders come together to take action to protect our oceans. The AIR Strategy aims to end marine plastic pollution and other threats to our oceans through three pillars of action: Avoid, Intercept, Redesign. The brand new Parley AIR Station on Oʻahu brings this philosophy to life through hands-on learning sessions, activities and workshops led by Parley and partner organizations in Hawaiʻi.
School sessions are offered Wednesday through Friday from 9:30am to 12:30pm for groups up to 30 individuals including school staff. Sessions are free and reservations are required.
Please see the website for field trip registration.
Educational huki events are intended for grade school students. These fun and informational events are a great way for students to learn more about the impacts of invasive alien algae on our island environment, specifically at Maunalua Bay. Students will identify both invasive and native algae species and will learn the important role that healthy watersheds play in maintaining healthy oceans. Students will put their knowledge into practice by participating in a huki (pull) and will remove invasive algae from the nearshore waters.
Mālama Maunalua also has an "Adopt-a-Plot" program - 10 x 10 meter plots in the Paikō Restoration Area that can be adopted by community members. Adopters will be trained on how to steward the plot and maintain it free of invasive alien algae.
Call (808) 395-5050 (x1) to schedule a group for an educational huki or Adopt-a-Plot.
For the past four decades, MGF has pioneered environmental education programs that help students understand and appreciate the history and cultural significance of Kamananui Valley. Utilizing experiential and place based learning our goal is to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.
They offer a variety of education programming (K-12) utilizing Kamananui Valley as our outdoor classroom.
To learn more or book a reservation, contact: MalamaKamananui@gmail.com.
Waikīkī Aquarium's mission is to inspire and promote understanding, appreciation, and conservation of Pacific marine life.
The provide a 75-minute program led by staff and trained volunteer docents. It features a 30-minute interactive classroom presentation followed by a 45-minute guided tour of the Aquarium. Reservations are required at least two weeks in advance. Program fee $60.
Please call (808) 440-9011 to make a group reservation with the Education Department.
Hawai‘i Nature Center seeks to foster awareness, appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of Hawai‘i’s environment by educating children with an interactive and immersive approach.
Their school programs teach a range of topics from Introduction to Plants, Animals & Healthy Habitat to Understanding Climate Change Impact on the Ahupua‘a: Makai. These program are targeted for K-8 grades.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
Mānoa Heritage Center is a 3.5-acre living classroom dedicated to promoting an understanding of Hawaiʻi’s cultural and natural heritage. School, teacher and community programs are centered around Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau, the only reconstructed ancient Hawaiian temple in the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī, and its surrounding gardens of rare Native Hawaiian plants.
Complimentary school tours are held weekdays from 8:30am to 3:30pm by reservation only.
Tour experience lasts between 90-120 minutes, depending on group size. For groups of 60, tour activities are included in the experience. For groups of 30 or less, after tour activities are optional.
Please email contact@manoaheritagecenter.org for more information.
Students are welcome to visit and gain a deeper understanding of the Hawaiian monarchy and the rich cultural significance of Iolani Palace.
School tours are offered on Tuesday and Thursday and should be scheduled at least four weeks prior to the desired tour date.
Please contact palacetickets@iolanipalace.org or (808) 522-0832 to arrange a tour.
Lyon Arboretum serves as an outdoor classroom, laboratory and living museum. Lyon offers standards-based field trips for K-12 students.
Please contact: educationlyonarboretum@gmail.com or (808)988-0461 to inquire about a field trip.
he zoo provides conservation, education, and experiences to our community. It emphasizes the Pacific tropical island ecosystems broken down into three tropical ecological zones: the Pacific Islands, the Asian and American Tropical Forests, and the African Savanna. The zoo emphasizes traditional values of ecosystems and our traditional values of caring and hospitality.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
Through four interwoven program areas, Ho'oulu 'Āina seeks to provide peoples of our ahupuaʻa, and abroad, the freedom to make connections and build meaningful relationships with the ʻāina, each other and ourselves. Here the community comes together around forest, food, knowledge, spirituality, and health activity. As we restore this land to productivity, giving back the values of our ancestors, we learn that healing is reciprocal.
If your school, group or organization would like to schedule a visit, please call or email at 808-841-7504 or aina@kkv.net.
Hawai’i Mission Houses is especially committed to educating Hawai’i’s youth about the unique history of Hawai’i, and invites both elementary and high school-age students on fun, interactive tours of the houses. Through educational and other efforts such as these, HMH hopes to cultivate the relationship between Hawaii’s missionary past and its citizens today, building a lasting understanding of the complex history and heritage of the islands.
Please contact School Programs Coordinator Yvonne Manipon at ymanipon@missionhouses.org or (808) 447-3918 to schedule a tour or for more information.
Koʻolaupoko Moku
Koʻolaupoko Moku
`Ohe pau ka `ike I ka halau ho`okahi” - Not all knowledge is learned in one school.
From the old stone walls of the Waikalua Loko fishpond to the verdant walls of the magnificent pali, the Kāne’ohe ahupua’a holds clues to a rich cultural and natural heritage. As educators in this awe-inspiring place, we have opportunities to help students discover and embrace that heritage and carry forward the practices that will help us to live more in harmony with the land and sea today.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
Hui o Ko`olaupoko (HOK) is a 501(c)3 non-profit watershed management group established in 2007 to work with communities to improve water quality through ecosystem restoration and storm water management, focusing specifically in the Ko`olaupoko region – from Makapu`u to Kualoa. HOK implements innovative, on-the-ground projects that effectively manage and protect water quality and natural resources in Hawai`i.
In concert with proactively addressing water quality with restoration projects, HOK develops outreach and educational opportunities for multi-generational learning. This includes field trips, in-class room education, outreach presentations, volunteer water quality monitoring and partnerships with local higher educational institutions.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi implements Māhuahua ʻAi o Hoi (Regrowing the Fruit of Hoi), a long-range project to restore agricultural and ecological productivity to nearly 405-acres within the wetlands of Heʻeia. Through their cultural, educational and ecosystem restoration programs, Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi is promoting the social and economic advancement of the local community. Some of their key areas focused upon are:
Restore ecological function within the Heʻeia wetland and estuarine systems through the replacement of non-native vegetation with appropriate native and traditional plants;
Revitalize culturally important crops and perpetuate traditional cultivation practices;
Reconnect people and place through the provision of hands-on interaction with the natural systems that support ecological, agricultural, and human health.
Email info@kakoooiwi.org to inquire about field trips. Or click here to schedule a visit.
This program treats students to a walking tour of the pond, mālama `āina project, and a variety of educational lessons which can be tailored to a particular class subject or teacher interests. The mālama ‘āina projects give the students a feel for daily fishpond management and an opportunity to add their mana to this 800-year old pond thru restoration. The educational lessons can be tailored to different subject areas or standards depending on the focus of the class, i.e. Hawaiian history, biology, marine science, social science, and even math or geometry.
Field trips are scheduled Monday through Thursday for 3 hours. Scholarships are available for educational groups wishing to participate.
Please see the website for field trip registration.
The loʻi at Kapalai offers a unique outdoor learning environment where students can make a connection to ʻāina while practicing Hawaiian values, traditional agriculture, land stewardship, and resource management. Students of all grade levels are introduced to and practice important values such as malama ʻāina, laulima, lōkahi, aloha, hoʻomau, and ma ka hana ka ʻike.
School visits are regularly scheduled Tuesday-Friday between the hours of 8am-1pm. A $300 site visit fee applies to a maximum of 30 visitors. Let them know if there are budgetary constraints - they are happy to help find resources or make concessions.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
Walking tours focus on a broad overview of HIMB research, hands-on activities, and stops at the invertebrate tanks and shark enclosures. The Expedition to Moku o Loʻe utilizes the new dedicated education vessel Ka Noelo Kai. Students collect plankton on the way across Kāneʻohe Bay, then complete two hands-on lab programs at Moku o Loʻe. Marine Science Overnights feature students building their own night plankton light traps, making a hypothesis, and collecting data.
Email himned@hawaii.edu to inquire about field trips.
Papahana Kuaola is committed to creating a functional model of economic sustainability and environmental health in which Hawaiian knowledge is the means of decision-making to ensure that Hawaiian culture and native ecosystems are perpetuated. Educational opportunities offered: 6-hour interpretive place-based field trips include bus tours, walking tours, hikes, a stream investigation, and service learning, all of which involve students in hands-on experiences. During nā huaka‘i, education staff build on the cultural and scientific knowledge students gained from classroom presentations and resource materials included in Discovery Boxes.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
Koʻolauloa Moku
Koʻolauloa Moku
All groups are encouraged to participate in the normal work at either loʻi. Visiting groups are usually started by sharing stories of Kāne and Kanaloa, a lesson on the present ahupuaʻa, and the history of the site. Next, a short hike/walk to the poʻowai will be taken to explain the water system and how the water is diverted to the loʻi. A quick lesson on the water cycle is also covered. Then the work begins with picking leaves for fertilizer, hehihehi i ka loʻi, puʻepuʻe and clearing the ʻauwai system. Visitors will learn the parts of kalo, along with a few ʻōlelo noʻeau and ʻōlelo nane.
Find the site visit request form here.
With over 300 acres of conservation land from mauka to makai, Waimea Valley in Oʻahu’s idyllic North Shore is a wonderland for learning. By connecting young people to the ʻāina and moʻolelo of the Valley, empower and engage younger generations are empowered and engaged in not only deepening their understanding of Hawaiʻi’s rich history and traditions, but to also in becoming environmental and cultural stewards in our global community.
Waimea Valley’s K-12 educational programs are thoughtfully designed to perpetuate indigenous knowledge in meaningful ways that extend far beyond the classroom. From problem solving skills to building self-confidence, strengthening ancestral ties, and igniting a renewed curiosity about our world, Waimea Valley’s hands-on framework for learning can be customized to meet your educational needs and goals for any and all ages.
For any additional questions call (808) 638-5859 or email kdiamond@waimeavalley.net.
Waialua Moku
Waialua Moku
The Kupuohi Education program strives to teach students about sustainability, science, language arts, Hawaiian Culture, land-stewardship with exciting hands-on, experiential activities. The goal is to inspire students to learn about and to care for their environment while developing their sense of place.
Field trips generally begin at 9am and finish at 12:30pm (depending on bus availability).
Your day starts with a welcoming oli and an introduction to Loko ea and Hawaiian Fishponds. Each school group participates in a Mālama ʻĀina Lesson, where the group helps the restoration efforts at the pond, the learn how their actions benefit Loko ea and in turn enhance the sense of place and the importance of stewardship. Restoration projects includes anything from clearing invasive grasses from the pond, to removing sand and debris from the channels, to planting native plants. The remaining lessons can be tailored to the each group.
To inquire about a field trip, email sayo@lokoea.org.
Waiʻanae Moku
Waiʻanae Moku
The Farm 2 Fork (F2F) program provides a hands-on and minds-on experience at MAʻO Organic Farms. F2F visitors learn about MAʻO’s farm-to-fork and seed-to-spoon philosophy, experience their sustainable and organic farming practices, and even get to taste the food they grow! They work with you to tailor your visit to meet your learning objectives and health goals.
Farm-To-Fork visits are held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 9a-12pm.
Every visit includes:
A culturally-grounded visit to their farm in Lualualei Valley, Waianae Moku; hands-on, connective learning experience; and a taste of their fresh, nutritious and pono fruit and vegetables.
Please reach out to INFO@MAOORGANICFARMS.ORG to inquire about field trips.
Kaʻala Farm and Cultural Learning Center invites groups for an interactive, hands-on learning and cultural immersion experience. Your visit will consist of more than a walking tour; expect to walk through moderately rough terrain, prepare for physical activity, and wear appropriate clothing for light work.
The Children’s Education Program provides elementary school children a hands-on opportunity to experience Hawaiian culture by planting kalo, making poi, creating kapa (bark cloth) and learning from kūpuna in the ancient oral tradition. Waiʻanae High School students work with Kaʻala staff and volunteers to map pre-contact archeological sites and revegetate coastal and valley areas with native Hawaiian plants.
All school visits are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please email visit@kaala.org, to arrange a field trip.
The Ke Ala Program is a classroom without walls that has provided students from all over O’ahu, both private and public schools the opportunity to learn through hands-on activities to respect the land, and to become aware of the delicate relationship between humans and their environment. The Learning Center offers 2 curricula to visiting schools:
General Farm Tour – focuses on plant and animal life cycles.
Hawaiiana Tour – for upper grade level students. Explore the voyages of Polynesians, their traditions, the kinds of plants they brought with them and how they used them. Each tour is approximately 2 1/2 hours in duration.
For more information or to book a tour for your school, please call the Hoa Aina office @ 808-695-8978 or email lcocquio@hawaii.rr.com.
Hawaiʻi Island
Hawaiʻi Island
Kohala Moku
Kohala Moku
Nā Kālai Waʻa is dedicated to the maintenance of cultural values and customs through the teaching and applying of non-instrument navigation and open ocean voyaging. Programs, reflect the NKW vision statement, “He waʻa he moku, he moku he waʻa” (the canoe is an island, the island is a canoe). The curriculum is holistic and focuses on the relationship of all elements from the most fertile upland slopes to the deepest parts of our ocean. Through the years NKW has found that the canoe is the perfect educational platform to engage learners in basic academics, especially math and sciences. These STEM programs are perfectly married to the cultural aspects of voyaging so well that often students don’t even realize that they are performing tasks from simple measurements and conversions of units to complicated physics formulas that determine speed. Bring your school group or organization to visit the double-hulled canoe, Makaliʻi.
To inquire about a field trip, call 808-885-9500 or email nakalaiwaa@gmail.com.
The mission of Ulu Mau Puanui is to engage in hands-on, land-based learning and culturally-centered science with learners, educators, families and community in order to revitalize and better understand the Kohala Field System. At Ulu Mau Puanui, culturally-centered science is the integration of Hawaiian epistemology or Hawaiian ways of knowing that help inform and inspire scientific inquiry.
Their programs seek to encourage participants to "wonder about how...." and come up with solutions, "let's try...." and be able to articulate "why" they think something will work, and (in the case of repeat visitors or school-site experiments) articulate "why" it did or didn't work, and defend that understanding with measurements. Their intent for the inquiry-based framework is to have participants engage in a level of creativity while practicing cultural values (observation, having a relationship to the land & others, respect, kuleana, etc). By having participants engage in inquiry-based practices they will be innovative and problem-solving focused - something we are going to need in the future.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Kahua Pa‘a Mua’s focus has been ‘āina-based education for youth and adults, combining traditional methodologies with Korean Natural Farming. Kahua Pa’a Mua provides resources for families to grow their own food and nurtures agricultural entrepreneurship. Current programs teach multi-generational families to grow traditional Hawaiian crops and row crop; backyard chickens and pigs using Natural Farming, and; fish and vegetables with backyard aquaponics.
KPM also hosts numerous school, organizations and community groups providing hands-on experiences with crops and animals using Natural Farming.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Puna Moku
Puna Moku
Nā Kiaʻi hosts service learning experiences for both community and school groups through native plant propagation and reforestation on TMA member lands. Activities can include, but are not limited to: planting, seed collecting, seed cleaning, weeding, trail building, etc.
For close to a decade, tens of thousands of native seedlings have been planted by volunteers.
Call or email Emily Leucht at (808) 430-1994 or 3mountainalliance@gmail.com for questions. Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Ranger-led, grade level curriculum-based programs for school groups visiting Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park focus on geology, forest ecology, and Hawaiian culture. These programs are designed to help teachers meet State of Hawaiʻi curriculum requirements. Our goal is to provide students with field experience as a supplement to classroom learning through ranger-guided hikes and environmental programs.
Please see the website for field trip registration.
Hilo Moku
Hilo Moku
The Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance (MKWA) partnership boundaries spans over 500,000 acres across the upper elevation Mauna Kea landscape, with partnership lands representing around 2/3 of the total acreage.
Their vision is to protect and enhance watershed ecosystems, biodiversity and resources through responsible management while promoting economic sustainability and providing recreational, subsistence, educational and research opportunities.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Hāmākua Moku
Hāmākua Moku
Since 2013, huiMAU has been restoring ʻāina and community abundance in the ma kai region of the ahupuaʻa of Koholālele at our kīpuka aloha ʻāina, named Mālama ʻĀina Koholālele. Here we hold space for ʻohana in our community to (re)connect with ʻāina in ways that promote aloha ʻāina and the restoration of pono. Their community workdays engage people in Hawaiian Culture-based and ʻĀina Educational experiences that include environmental restoration, food cultivation, storytelling, and art.
Please contact KOHOLALELE.HAMAKUA@GMAIL.COM to inquire about a field trip.
KaHua HoAMa is a 5 acre ʻāina restoration and farm site located in the ʻili ʻāina of Waipunalau, in the ahupuaʻa of Paʻauilo, Hāmākua. The primary purpose of huiMAU's work at KaHua HoAMa is to create a safe community space for our youth and ʻohana to gather and learn together by cultivating healthy, organic, local food through mālama ʻāina (sustainable Hawaiian land stewardship practices), so as to rebuild strong community relationships across multiple generations, and reestablish food sovereignty in the ahupuaʻa of Paʻauilo and moku of Hāmākua.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Kona Moku
Kona Moku
With the mission to protect, perpetuate, and enhance the cultural and natural landscape of the Kīholo Bay area through collaborative management and active community stewardship, the foundation hosts school groups and provides information to educate individuals on the ways of being that allow Kīholo’s natural and cultural resources to thrive. Each interaction aims to build upon the community of Kiholoʻs stewards.
Please see the website for field trip registration.
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau is an important Hawaiian ceremonial site bounded by the Pā Puʻuhonua (Great Wall). Within the Puʻuhonua are several other important ceremonial structures including the Hale o Keawe, ʻĀleʻaleʻa Heiau, and the Ancient Heiau.
In ancient Hawai'i's system of laws, any fugitive who had broken kapu (sacred law) could seek refuge and forgiveness within the walls of the Puʻuhonua. Although many pu'uhonua existed in ancient Hawaiʻi, Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau is the best preserved and most dramatic given the extent of its monumental architecture.
A visit to Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park can provide students with the opportunity to learn first-hand about Hawaiian history and culture.
Click here for contact information to inquire about a field trip.
Molokaʻi
Molokaʻi
Kona Moku
Kona Moku
Education is the kua or backbone of the Hui o Kuapā mission focusing on Native Hawaiian resource management and innovations through hands on experience in the fishponds or loko iʻa. Hui o Kuapā has championed traditional Hawaiian aquaculture by hosting events to teach about sustainable fishing practices as well as the importance of cultural pride and the ingenuity of Hawaiian sustainability. By reinforcing how traditional Hawaiian natural resource management practices maintained a healthy population for 2,000 years prior to western contact, Hui o Kuapā helps to show community members in Hawai‘i today how food security can once again be achieved.
Please email huiokuapa89@gmail.com to inquire about a field trip.
Maui
Maui
Wailuku Moku
Wailuku Moku
Hawai‘i Nature Center seeks to foster awareness, appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of Hawai‘i’s environment by educating children with an interactive and immersive approach.
Their school programs teach a range of topics from Introduction to Plants, Animals & Healthy Habitat to Understanding Climate Change Impact on the Ahupua‘a: Makai. These program are targeted for K-8 grades.
Click here to inquire about field trip opportunities.
The farm traditionally cultivates kalo through an ancient loʻi kalo agricultural system fed by the fresh waters of the Waikapū Stream as well as produces other Hawaiian food crops. Noho'ana Farm has developed a bilingual 'āina-based (place-based) education program designed to engage children to adults in the importance of traditional Hawaiian agriculture and food preparation, ethnobotanical uses of native plants and water resource management - all within a cultural landscape.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Paeloko Learning Center preserves and perpetuates Native Hawaiian culture and traditions by providing hands-on learning opportunities through indigenous ancestral arts, culture, and language to all those who want to learn. The Huakaʻi Kula Program gives teachers and students an opportunity to visit the Paeloko Learning Center and learn about Hawaiian culture and its practices.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Learn about native Hawaiian plants and their role in Hawaiian ethnobotany from an alaka‘i kuhi (resident docent). Your alaka‘i kuhi will demonstrate traditional uses of endemic, indigenous, and canoe plants growing at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and tell a few of their many stories during this one-hour outdoor tour.
If you would like to schedule a tour for a group of Maui students ages 4 to 12, please call 808-249-2798 for special rates.
Waihe'e Limu Restoration is an educational program focused upon restoring native limu and to continue hawaiian cultural practices both in the mauka and makai areas of Na Wai Eha. Efforts include water quality monitoring, monitoring limu growth, shoreline clean up and educational display creation.
Click here to inquire about a field trip.
Keiki Whalewatch includes a customized 1.25 hour whalewatch on board a PacWhale EcoAdventures vessel along with an optional standards-based and grade-level appropriate classroom presentation.
Classroom presentations can be conducted at PWF’s Discovery Center Classrooms or at your school site (location availability will depend upon group size and requested program option). In addition to the customized classroom presentation, program options may also include an experience with our life-size inflatable humpback whale, or a viewing of Maui Ocean Center’s Humpbacks of Hawai’i film in their 3D Sphere theater.
School groups interested in whale watch trips may contact education@pacificwhale.org with requests.
Lāhainā Moku
Lāhainā Moku
Established in 1998 in a concerted, collaborative effort to reverse the negative trend of forest degradation caused by threats like invasive species, human impacts, and wildfire, MKWP builds fence, removes invasive species, and monitors watershed health to protect the intact native forests of Mauna Kahālāwai, the West Maui Mountains. In protecting these natural resources, their work helps to ensure a clean and continuous supply of fresh water for Maui.
Assist in battling strawberry guava and other invasive species on the Waihee Ridge Trail as well as contribute to native seed collection and out-planting.
If you would like to schedule a special trip for a class please contact: outreach@westmauiwatershed.org. Or click here to inquire about a field trip.
Hāmākuapoko Moku
Hāmākuapoko Moku
Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project (MNSRP) began in March of 2006 when project staff documented the presence of a significant breeding colony of endangered Hawaiian Petrels (HAPE) in the upper reaches of the Lāna‘i watershed. Project staff began work to protect the seabirds by removing predators and habitat altering plants that were taking over the breeding colony.
On Maui and Moloka‘i MNSRP continues to search for seabird colonies, provide protections, and provide public education about the importance of seabirds in our natural environment. MNSRP works to help DLNR fulfill its constitutionally mandated responsibility for the protection and management of seabirds and their habitats in Maui Nui.
Contact outreach liaison, Emily Severson, for more information or to schedule a visit: Emilyjs@hawaii.edu
Hāmākualoa Moku
Hāmākualoa Moku
What better way to learn about watersheds and Hawaiian rainforests than to actually be in one! EMWP offers interpretive hikes into The Nature Conservancy’s Waikamoi Preserve for interested educators and other organized groups and clubs. Their preference is to provide a classroom presentation followed by a field trip. You will need to provide your own transportation to the site. Projects can be added on the trail using a tablet and GPS technology to gather field data.
Contact pr@eastmauiwatershed.org to set up a hike or call (808)573-6999.
Kula Moku
Kula Moku
Lessons about Hawaiian fishponds, the history of Kō‘ie‘ie Fishpond, lessons about the Hawaiian ahupua`a system and life within and around the fishpond are offered. If your group would like to work on restoring Kō‘ie‘ie’s wall, they can set that up too. They also often work in conjunction with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and they can give a presentation about humpback whales, marine science and seaweeds.
Click here to request a field trip.
The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary promotes hands on, experience-based marine education. Classes include a variety of activities, lectures, creative hands-on activities and in-the-field experiences. Each visit will feature a whale activity and one or two other topics. Teachers may request topics other than those listed in their grade levels.
To schedule a field trip, contact Patty Miller at Patty.miller@noaa.gov or 808-879-2818.
Kīpahulu Moku
Kīpahulu Moku
Haleakalā National Park offers free, ranger-led, curriculum-based programs for grades K-8. Allow about 3 ½ hours for the ranger-led field trips. Pre-visit and post-visit activities can be used in the classroom before and after the field trip. These activities are designed to help teachers meet Hawai'i Content and Performance Standards III and Next Generation Science Standards.
Travel grants may be available for schools with restricted travel budgets. Schools must be scheduled to attend one of the park’s ranger-led educational programs to qualify.
Find the site visit request form here.
Kauaʻi
Kauaʻi
Koʻolau Moku
Koʻolau Moku
Kīlauea Point NWR environmental education programs engage learners of all ages and focus on seabirds, native coastal plants, marine mammals, coastal resiliency and stewardship. Their environmental education program aligns with Next Generation Science Standards and helps to reinforce ecological concepts your students are learning in class.
To request a field trip, please contact:
Christa McLeod, Environmental Education Ranger, at (808) 828 - 1413 x2225 or KauaiNWRC_Education@fws.gov.
Please Include: group size, grade level, relevant conservation themes being covered in your curriculum and some dates that might work for your group.
Haleleʻa Moku
Haleleʻa Moku
The foundation's role is to practice balanced stewardship of Waipā’s natural resources, maximizing health and productivity, and moving toward sustainability. Waipā is a living learning center that teaches, shares, and inspires Hawaiian values and ahupua`a practices; Builds passion, skills, competency in related areas of knowledge; and takes care of its people & communities.
Waipā welcomes schools and all other organized groups for impactful learning experiences in the ahupua‘a.
A field trip or a group visit experience at Waipā typically lasts about 2-4 hours and includes learning about the place and the work, hands-on mālama ‘āina at one or more of the learning sites, and related cultural and educational lessons that can be subject-specific if requested.
Visits are scheduled Monday through Friday. Scholarships for Hawaii-based groups wishing to participate in a field trip or group visit are available.
Find the site visit request form here.
Kona Moku
Kona Moku
Mālama Māhāʻulepū works to preserve, for future generations, the irreplaceable natural and cultural resources of Māhāʻulepū. Its diverse landscape holds a collection of rare natural, cultural, historic, agricultural, scientific, scenic and recreational resources comprising five million years of natural and human history. It is also the last, accessible undeveloped coastal region on Kauaʻi’s rapidly urbanizing South Shore and under constant threat of urban development, commercial agricultural and pollution.
They regularly offer educational tours of the area on topics such as: history and archeology; ecology; marine ecology; and geology.
Inquire here regarding field trips.
The ‘Ike Outreach Program aims to foster mālama ‘āina (land stewardship) in keiki Pre K-12th grades during school organized educational experiences. A KIKA educator will go into the classroom one week prior to the group’s Kulāiwi Restoration experience to teach an oli (chant), kalo (taro) parts, and the history of mahi‘ai kalo (taro farming) in the Makaweli area. School groups will be welcomed at the Waimea Swinging Bridge by one of our farmers before walking to the Kulāiwi Restoration site while learning place names and about the families farming in the area. The group’s restoration efforts will be divided into two-one hour work periods of ‘aikapu (boys and girls separated) and laulima (many hands together) before the group meets under the traditional hale (house) for the mo‘olelo (story) of Hāloa and understanding the importance of wai (water).
Contact kumanoikeala@gmail.com to inquire regarding field trips.
The vision of Hui o Laka is to connect people with the spirit of Koke`e. The organization and its members illuminate, celebrate, and nurture the essence of Koke’e, engaging all in a spirit of appreciation and service. Guided by Hui o Laka staff, groups will cut back invasive blackberry, ginger, honeysuckle and other forest pests while learning about these precious upland, native forests. Tools and training are provided. You can come up for just a day or plan a more extensive project. The Kōkeʻe Museum is also open every day of the year from 9 am to 4:30 pm; admission is free.
Contact info@kokee.org to inquire regarding field trips.
Puna Moku
Puna Moku
Available for school tours and other educational groups are the historic grounds, buildings, and the collections contained within, as well as an historic photo collection, oral histories of former plantation workers, ledgers of plantation workers and their pay scales, collection of Hawaiiana artifacts, and much more. Also, a ride on a restored sugar train along an authentic locomotive right-of-way can be arranged.
They can assist you and your students in meeting the curriculum requirements that relate to benchmarks in the core content areas of English, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The extended core content areas of career and technical education (incorporating career and lifestyle skills), education technology and fine arts are also possibilities.
Contact the Tour Coordinator at (808) 245-3202 or email at tours@grovefarm.org with any questions you may have, or to make reservations for you and your students to visit.
Lānaʻi
Lānaʻi
Maunalei Moku
Maunalei Moku
Programs seek to educate and cultivate interest and knowledge in the history, folklore, culture, customs and practices of Lāna‘i as well as ensure preservation of the island's endemic and indigenous life forms. Their goal is to provide long-time island families, youth, new residents, visitors, business interests and all interested parties with a sense of place and cultural attachment to the unique cultural and natural histories of Lāna‘i. In so doing, they will foster an environment that will cherish the heritage of Lāna‘i and its people.
Special arrangements for group visits can be made by email: info@lanaichc.org or call (808) 565-7177.
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