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!
What does endemic mean?
Fur seal Dad jokes
How far do little blue penguins swim?
Riley finds humpback whales!
Which is the coolest island in the Hauraki Gulf?
What does a shark eat?
Meet the humpback whale
Stop plastic!
Whale expert Nan Hauser answers our questions
Riley goes whale watching
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
Te haerenga wawau o te kirihou
Turtle rehabilitation
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Is this a sea hedgehog?
Why shouldn’t we buy tortoiseshell?
Name this marine pest
Is that an underwater robot?
Breathing is tricky for a turtle
Learn to Draw - Octopus
Mango! Mango!
Where do most living things live?
Can you find the triplefin all over NZ?
What is a habitat?
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Top tips on saving our oceans
Crayfish Dad jokes
Stingray Dad jokes
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
What could you do to help stop the spread of pests
Would you eat a paddle crab?
Snorkelled in a marine reserve?
Learn to Draw - Short-finned Eel
Kina - Rangatahi
What is an apex predator?
Riley helps to save a harbour
How do rays breathe underwater?
Learn to Draw - Great White
Name a NZ marine pest
Why is biosecurity important?
Tāne
An apex predator is ...
Is anything scared of a dolphin?
What's so special about turtle shells?
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
Riley swims with galapagos sharks
Annoying species