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
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Riley explores a coral reef
Where do turtles live?
Chicks in the Hauraki Gulf?
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
What are zooplankton?
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
Seaweed Dad jokes
Help us save our oceans?
Speedy boats ...
Whose skull am I holding?
Te haerenga wawau o te kirihou
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Disappearing sea life?
Stop marine pests spreading
Riley confronts a big fear
Riley finds some massive clams!
Where do Māui dolphins live?
Hope Stories - Experiencing Marine Reserves
Hope Stories - Harakeke rope
Do dolphins drink water?
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Can you hold your breath for 45 secs?
Learn to Draw - Bronze Whaler
Looking for a tiny dolphin
Has it been too long?
How did fur seals get their name?
Most amazing petrel fact?
Seabirds and whales!
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
Watch out for the sting of a ray
Why call it a carpet shark?
Why do we call this a meatball?
Hope Stories - Fish and Chips
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
What do pipis and cockles do?
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Can you tell the future?
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
What is a habitat?
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
Wheke
Name this marine pest
Riley swims with galapagos sharks