Young Ocean Explorers:

Since 2012 we’ve been on a mission to inspire kids to love our ocean, through entertaining education. 

We want to capture children’s imaginations through great storytelling, bringing the beauty, awe and fascination of the ocean and its inhabitants alive. 

Our vision is to create generational change by connecting hearts and minds with the importance of enjoying and caring for our oceans and give them tools to make a better future. 

There’s never been a more vital time for the health of the ocean and this planet than now! 

Enjoy!

- The Young Ocean Explorers

 

2018 Centre of Social Impact Report

Download the report to read about the amazing impact Young Ocean Explorers is having in New Zealand classrooms:

https://www.youngoceanexplorers.com/documents/YOE-evaluation-report-final.pdf

 

21 Day Challenges

The Young Ocean Explorers 21 day challenge is an integrated curriculum teaching resource that links to the New Zealand Curriculum at levels 1–4, but can be adapted for use at various levels.
Participants join thousands of students across Aotearoa as they simultaneously participate in this 21 Day guided inquiry, created by teachers for teachers.

https://www.youngoceanexplorers.com/challenges

 

 

 

Learn to Draw
Interviews with Experts
Hauraki Gulf
YOE adventures
Sea of Hope
SeaLegacy's Sea of Hope episode
Riley can't find the ocean here!
Riley's amazing ocean journey
Do dolphins drink water?
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Riley's big Māui dolphin adventure
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
Stingray Dad jokes
What eats turtles?
Catch fish not birds
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Learn to Draw - Snapper
Learn to draw - Crayfish
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
Learn to Draw - Triplefin
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Which is the easiest piece of rubbish to pick up?
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
Riley confronts a big fear
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
Whakataukī - Māori Proverbs
Do fish eat meatballs?
Where do turtles live?
Riley meets some citizen scientists!
Should we care about sea birds?
How deep can fur seals dive?
Māngo & Mau rākau
How many species of turtles?
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke answer our questions
How do slow down zones work?
Help us save our oceans?
Hope Stories - 1+A Day
Disappearing sea life?
Tangaroa
What’s a seabird flyway?
Looking for a tiny dolphin
Should sharks be protected?
If a ray stops swimming will it ...
How far do little blue penguins swim?
How did fur seals get their name?
Mussels do what to the water?
An apex predator is ...
What is a habitat?
Dolphins special sleep trick
What's so special about turtle shells?