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!
How do stingrays swim?
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Looking for a tiny dolphin
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
Riley finds some massive clams!
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Sharks - super fast swimmers
How many species of turtles?
How can kiwi kids help the green turtle?
How 2 Hongi
How deep can fur seals dive?
Annoying species
Riley meets friendly dolphins
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
Learn to Draw - Manta Ray
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?
Hope story - Brydes whales saved!
What is a habitat?
How do spiny rock lobsters grow?
Little blue penguin eggs
Name the Māui dolphins cousin
Riley explores a coral reef
How can fur seals hold their breaths?
Where did all the kelp go?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
Seaweed Dad jokes
Meet the hawksbill turtle
Riley confronts a big fear
Crazy plastic journey
Learn to Draw - Great White
Eudyptula, what?
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
Name this marine pest
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
What does endemic mean?
Wheke - Octopus
What is a hawksbill turtle’s fav food?
An apex predator is ...
Oceans full of plastic
If a ray stops swimming will it ...
Riley explores a coral reef
Watch out for the sting of a ray
Top tips on saving our oceans
How Dad saved a dolphin!
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
Have you ever met a stingray?