Cultural
Photo taken at 11th Annual Mauka to Makai Expo in 2018
Resources & Activities
Papahanaumokuakea Song & Coloring Book
Download the song at papahanaumokuakeasong.com and follow along with our ocean friends!
Waikiki Aquarium Hawaiian Plant Guide
While you can’t currently visit the Aquarium, you can still learn about the beautiful native plants that live throughout the grounds.
Oahu Botanical Field Guide
The Oahu Botanical Field Guide showcases various plants and flowers throughout Oahu. The observations were collected by local students.
Star Lesson featuring Nainoa Thompson
In honor of Earth Day and this season of voyaging when the stars are aligned perfectly, traditional wayfinder Nainoa Thompson shares a lesson in celestial navigation that you can do in your own backyard.
Mālama Honua My Voyage app is now free!
The locally created educational app engages five to eight-year-old “junior navigators” in building a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, learning lessons in environmental sustainability and Hawaiian culture along the way.
Kaho’omiki - Wellness Challenge
Challenge participants (preschool to 8th grade) have one week to complete activities to earn a finisher face mask and earn funds to support school programs. Families are encouraged to complete the challenge together!
The E ALU PŪ Network
From Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo, learn about a network linking more than 32 communities from around Hawai`i to increase their effectiveness in managing local biocultural heritage.
HUI MĀLAMA LOKO I’A
The Hui was formed as an opportunity for practitioners to empower each other and leverage their skills, knowledge and resources related to restoration and management of loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds).
LIMU HUI
The Limu Hui is a network of elders, educators, and community members from across Hawaiʻi who gather, care for and work to restore native Hawaiian limu (seaweed) around the islands.
Ka Pō'aiapuni Wai - Water Cycle Hula
Join Hula of Na Pua Hale Hula for this very special hula instruction focused on the water cycle! And follow along with this water cycle worksheet.
Parts of An Ahupua‘a
Learn what a watershed is, how it affects our environment and all about the different parts of an ahupua‘a with this interactive coloring sheet.
Native Species of the Ko‘olau Mountains
Learn what native species (plants and animals) inhabit the beautiful Ko‘olau Mountains.
Pūpū Hinuhinu with Na Pua Hala Hālau Hula
Join Na Pua Hala Hālau Hula to enjoy step by step instruction on how to perform this hula, Pūpū Hinuhinu.
The Journey Home, a virtual storyteller’s puppet show!
Grab your copy of The Journey Home to read along during this distance storytelling version of our puppet show. We'll join Apoha the o'opu (a native Hawaiian stream goby) & his friend Holokai the opae (a native Hawaiian stream shrimp) as they journey upstream back to Apoha's birth place.
BOSS dance friends
Expressing, educating and integrating SCIENCE and CULTURE through dance.