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?
Kūtai - Mussels
How do spiny rock lobsters grow?
What’s a seabird flyway?
Learn to Draw - Blue Whale
Māori name for Hauraki Gulf?
Which dolphin has the biggest teeth?
Canoeing - Community story
Whai
Learn to Draw - Octopus
Biggest island in the gulf?
Little blue penguin eggs
Why is my dad scared of crabs?
Learn to Draw - Sperm Whale
Eudyptula, what?
Most common dolphin?
Hope Stories - Experiencing Marine Reserves
Stop plastic!
Riley's amazing orca discovery
Riley's amazing ocean journey
Is this a sea hedgehog?
Seaweed Dad jokes
What sea animal eats like a cow?
Have you ever met a stingray?
What is it like to save an orca?
Riley finds where the baby fish live
How do stingrays swim?
Which habitat would you rather live in?
Learn to Draw - Orca
Which amazing dolphin sense is your favorite?
What are threats to seabirds?
Can you tell the future?
Learn to Draw - Turtle
Goat Island
Pāua
Learn to Draw - Bronze Whaler
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
What is an apex predator?
Name this marine pest
Hope Stories - Fish tagging
Help us save our oceans?
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
Tangaroa
Riley explores a marine park
What eats turtles?