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!
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
What is a gulf?
Riley helps to save a harbour
Name the smallest penguin?
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Which amazing dolphin sense is your favorite?
Where do Māui dolphins live?
Crab Dad jokes
Riley searches for sharks
Who can set up a marine park?
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
Looking for a tiny dolphin
Stop marine pests spreading
The incredible Hauraki Gulf
Hope Stories - Kids want a Marine reserve
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
How many whales?
How much oxygen do sea plants produce?
Learn to Draw - Octopus
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
Meet the bravest fish in the ocean!
How do marine pests get to NZ
Top tips on saving our oceans
Riley meets some citizen scientists!
Breathing is tricky for a turtle
Riley finds humpback whales!
How fast does giant kelp grow?
Eudyptula, what?
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Where do turtles live?
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Catch fish not birds
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
What sea animal eats like a cow?
Hope Stories - 1+A Day
Fantastic Wheke facts!
Orca Dad jokes
What is a habitat?
Riley's big Māui dolphin adventure
How does a ray eat it’s food?
My favourite island in the gulf
What’s bad about plastic?
How 2 Hongi
What does a shark eat?
Should we care about sea birds?