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!
NZ’s first nature reserve?
Learn to Draw - Common Dolphin
Learn to Draw - Octopus
How did fur seals get their name?
Where do Māui dolphins live?
How gross are crayfish?
What is an apex predator?
Fantastic Wheke facts!
What eats turtles?
Seaweed Dad jokes
Protection in the ocean
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Riley faces a GIANT fear
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Meet the humpback whale
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?
Catch fish not birds
Favourite marine reserve?
What is a habitat?
The incredible Hauraki Gulf
How many species of turtles?
Should we care about sea birds?
What are threats to seabirds?
Riley finds where the baby fish live
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
Which ray is the best swimmer?
What is a habitat?
Learn to Draw - Orca
Which one of these places is not in the Hauraki Gulf?
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
How do marine pests get to NZ
What does a shark eat?
Is that an underwater robot?
Name this marine pest
Learn to Draw - Turtle
Riley searches for sharks
Riley explores a coral reef
What’s bad about plastic?
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?