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 is an apex predator?
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
What is this creature?
What is it like to save an orca?
How far do Hutton's shearwaters travel for food?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
Protection in the ocean
Where did all the kelp go?
Riley swims with galapagos sharks
How to swim with a snorkel
Fantastic Wheke facts!
How fast does giant kelp grow?
What is a food chain?
Why have lights when filming?
What are zooplankton?
Oceans full of plastic
How long do Māui dolphins live for?
Where did all the kelp go?
Ways to use less plastic
Name your favourite sea bird
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Kelp, help!
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
Hopukina he ika, kaua ko te manu.
What is a habitat?
How can we care for our dolphins?
Speedy boats ...
Learn to Draw - Common Dolphin
Meet the hawksbill turtle
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
How do rays breathe underwater?
Learn to Draw - Orca
Learn to Draw - Bryde's Whale
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
Can you hold your breath for 45 secs?
What is a kelp forest?
Stop marine pests spreading
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Should we care about sea birds?
Andy Casagrande answers our questions
Hope Stories - Revive our Gulf
How do spiny rock lobsters grow?
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Riley faces a GIANT fear
Goat Island
How do you clean a dirty ocean?