Classroom Materials

Students in the park nursery learning about endangered species with the park horticulturist.

Eric Iwasaki

Haleakalā offers four units for teachers to use in their classrooms. Each unit has a variety of "pre-visit" and "post-visit" lesson plans which are consecutive, but feel free to pick and choose from them. Using the lessons before and after the Haleakalā field trip will help students develop a greater understanding of the topic and gain a deeper appreciation for Haleakalā National Park. Each unit was designed to meet Hawai'i Department of Education Subject Matter Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

K - 2^nd grade = Habitat Unit

• How Did You Get To Hawai'i?
• Invasive Species
• Helping Each Other
• Create a Habitat
• Is This My Home?
• A Habitat is a Home
• Mālama Maui
• Food Water Shelter Space
• What is a National Park?

3^rd grade = Adaptations Unit

• ‘Ōhiʻa Lehua: An Amazing Adaptor
• What Is My Adaptation?
• Where is the Native Forest?
• Haleakalā Adaptations
• Protect our Parks
• Create a Creature
• What is a National Park?

4 - 5^th grade = Geology Unit

• Pele's Journey
• Hawaiian Islands: Born of Fire
• Ages And Stages: The Life of a Hawaiian Volcano
• Hard Core Rock
• Moʻolelo O Maui
• Protecting a Volcano
• Rolling Stones: Haleakalā National Park Rocks!
• What is a National Park?

6 - 8^th grade = Biodiversity Unit

• And Then There Were None
• Autobiographies of Extinct and Endangered Species
• Biological Diversity Field Study
• Map Analysis
• Who Needs Who?
• Species in Danger
• What is a National Park?

9 - 12^th grade = Birds, Not Mosquitoes Curriculum

• Maui Forest Birds Introduction
• Maui's Hawaiian Honeycreepers and Adaptive Radiation
• Mosquito Population Control

9 - 12^th grade = Hō'ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

This comprehensive curriculum was designed by Maui teachers and field biologists for use in high school classrooms. It is a wonderful curriculum resource for everything from geology to native ecosystems. Visit the Hō'ike o Haleakalā Curriculum website to begin your exploration.

A collaboration with teachers from public and private schools, biologists with the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy, and other interested parties volunteered their time and expertise to create a curriculum that linked Hawaiʻi State science standards with locally relevant examples.

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