Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

Help your class see Kīlauea as living geology—lava, gases, recovery, coastlines, and cultural landscapes

This virtual field trip helps a grades 6–12 class understand Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park as active Earth processes and living cultural landscape. Students follow crater views, volcanic gases, lava tubes, eruption recovery, coastal change, and petroglyphs—and practice connecting what they see to how volcanic islands work.

The six stops move from Keanakākoʻi Overlook / Halemaʻumaʻu Crater and Haʻakulamanu Sulphur Banks to Nāhuku Lava Tube, Kīlauea Iki, Hōlei Sea Arch on Chain of Craters Road, and Puʻuloa Petroglyphs. Shield volcanoes, steam vents, lava-tube formation, and Native Hawaiian cultural landscapes stay concrete.

Built for grades 6–12. One shared audio/visual route works for middle school, high school, and advanced discussion with different pause questions.

At each stop, students explore real places on the map, view support media, listen to the stop audio, follow along with the transcript if they need support, and discuss process, risk, and place. Plan roughly 30–45 minutes with discussion, depending on how long you pause for maps and talk.

Try the free preview of Stop 1 (Keanakākoʻi Overlook / Halemaʻumaʻu Crater) to see the format with your students. When you are ready for the full trip, purchase the lesson to get an unlock code. After you unlock, you can share a student link for whole-class projection or 1:1 devices. The printable teacher guide, worksheets, and answer key come with the Shopify purchase—you receive them with your order, separate from the online trip.