Teacher Resources

EMWP offers four outreach activities that may be of interest to teachers and educators on Maui: classroom presentations, hikes and field studies, information tables at community events, and other special projects.

Contact us for more information or to schedule an event call 573-6999, or email us at info@eastmauiwatershed.org.

Classroom Presentations

We bring the watershed to you! Our classroom presentations consist of a PowerPoint slide show that provides an in-depth discussion about the functions of a watershed, Hawaiian rainforest ecology, and natural resource management. Students may also get a chance to make their own watersheds, shaping and changing it from the first lava flows to speciation, to the arrival of humans, and finally to the current state of affairs today.

To get more specific details about our classroom presentations, read this article by Maui Family Magazine.

Download watershed demonstration kit

hikes and field studies

What better way to learn about watersheds and Hawaiian rainforests than to actually be in one! We offer interpretive hikes into Waikamoi Preserve for interested educators and other organized groups and clubs. Our preference is to provide a classroom presentation followed by a field trip. You will need to provide your own transportation to the site.

Read article about our hikes from Maui No Ka Oi Magazine

A great way to really learn about the watershed is to arrange a field study. This activity is for educators on Maui who are willing and capable of going the extra mile. EMWP may be able to provide a site for and assist with creating a short 1 or 2 day field study for students to learn natural resource management skills. Call or email us to see if a field study can be arranged for you and your students.

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information tables

EMWP staff and educational displays are available for your community event or your school's career development day. We aim to provide interactive materials that foster a discussion between the local community and the local natural resource managers.

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watershed demonstration kit

EMWP brings the watershed to your classroom! In addition to an in-depth PowerPoint presentation about watersheds and Hawaiian rainforest ecology, our classroom presentations may include a watershed building activity. Read this article by Maui Family Magazine for details

Download kit
If you are interested in replicating this watershed demonstration kit for yourself, click here to download instructions and materials list. You will need Acrobat Reader.

This demonstration was adapted by curricular materials developed by the San Luis Obispo County, CA 4-H Youth Development Program.

links

Below are some useful links to other websites that have watershed education resources for educators.

Adopt-A-Watershed
A K-12 school-community learning experience, using a local watershed as a living laboratory. Includes available curricular materials and services, many educational links to watersheds and upcoming events.

Ho'ike o Haleakala
Ho'ike o Haleakala is a multi-disciplinary, science-based environmental education curriculum designed to help sustain the native Hawaiian landscape and culture by helping students establish and deepen connections to the land and the culture it supports.

The Ho'ike o Haleakala curriculum is divided into four modules, each of which covers a discrete ecosystem on Haleakala (on the island of Maui, Hawaii).

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"oooh, this is fun and yucky!" comments one 5th grade student from Carden Academy as he slops his hands in a bin of what looks like white mud.

read more of this article from Maui Family Magazine >>

For more information, email us at info@eastmauiwatershed.org