Free “Grab & Go Learning Kits” will be offered in collaboration by the State Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), Hawaiʻi State Public Library System, National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 on the islands of Maui, Kauai and the Big Island.
- On Hawaiʻi Island: Mokupāpapa Discovery Center (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.), state public libraries in Hilo, Kailua-Kona, and Kamuela
- On Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Ocean Discovery (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.), state public libraries in Hanapēpē and Princeville
- On Maui: Kīhei Humpback Whale Sanctuary (9 a.m. – 2 p.m.), state public libraries in Kīhei, Lahaina, Makawao
- *All state public library distribution locations will start at 9 a.m. till supplies last
The newest Grab-&-Go Ocean Learning Kits focus on Mālama o ke Kai (Take Care of the Ocean).
Topics include:
- kilo (traditional Hawaiian observation systems),
- pono (sustainable) fishing practices,
- taking care of limu (seaweed), and
- understanding and behaving properly in the presence of honu (green sea turtles) and honu ʻea (hawksbill turtle).
One thousand kits will be distributed at Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary-sponsored distribution locations on the islands of Kauaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. For the islands of Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, distribution will be directly to all public 4th grade classrooms.
The sanctuary is administered by a partnership of NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and DAR. The sanctuary protects humpback whales through research, education, conservation, and stewardship, and operates ocean learning centers in Kīhei, Maui and Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi. Join them on Facebook.