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
Riley can't find the ocean here!
Sea of Hope
SeaLegacy's Sea of Hope episode
Kina - Rangatahi
Stop marine pests spreading
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?
What is a habitat?
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Meet the humpback whale
Name a NZ marine pest
Crazy plastic journey
What are zooplankton?
Catch fish not birds
Which habitat would you rather live in?
Learn to Draw - Short-finned Eel
Does this important job surprise you?
Learn to Draw - Blue Whale
Why is biosecurity important?
Shark Dad jokes
An apex predator is ...
Riley searches for crayfish
Chicks in the Hauraki Gulf?
Kaitiakitanga - Community story
Where do turtles live?
Riley finds humpback whales!
Looking for a tiny dolphin
Has it been too long?
Riley helps to save a harbour
How to swim with a snorkel
Top tips on saving our oceans
Which is the coolest island in the Hauraki Gulf?
Rāhui - protection
Ways to use less plastic
Kiwi vs. petrel
Riley swims with galapagos sharks
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Orca Dad jokes
How gross are crayfish?
Does this important job surprise you?
Learn to Draw - Manta Ray
How did fur seals get their name?
Crayfish Dad jokes
How 2 Hongi
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Mussels do what to the water?
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Can you tell the future?
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Name this marine pest