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
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
Where did all the kelp go?
Are sharks bones made from noses?
How do rays breathe underwater?
How fast does giant kelp grow?
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Hope Stories - Experiencing Marine Reserves
Which ocean job suits you best?
Which amazing dolphin sense is your favorite?
Learn to Draw - Orca
Name a NZ marine pest
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
Sharks - super fast swimmers
How deep can fur seals dive?
Riley helps to save a harbour
What is an apex predator?
Meet the bravest fish in the ocean!
How can we care for our dolphins?
Crab Dad jokes
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Māori name for Hauraki Gulf?
Eudyptula, what?
Meet the humpback whale
Riley meets some citizen scientists!
What made this crazy thing?
What is this creature?
Is anything scared of a dolphin?
Whose skull am I holding?
What eats turtles?
What's so special about turtle shells?
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
Whai
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Catch fish not birds
Does this important job surprise you?
Riley finds where the baby fish live
What is orca chocolate?
Where do turtles live?
What is a gulf?
Ways to use less plastic
Kauri & Tohorā
Learn to Draw - Bronze Whaler
The incredible Hauraki Gulf
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival