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
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
Tricks to hold your breath longer
Snorkelled in a marine reserve?
Is this a sea hedgehog?
Crazy plastic journey
What is a habitat?
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
Hope Stories - Sea Cleaners
Te haerenga wawau o te kirihou
Places to protect our sea life
Whai & Navigation
How can fur seals hold their breaths?
Which dolphin has the biggest teeth?
Māori games - Community story
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Hope Stories - Harakeke rope
What's so special about turtle shells?
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
Looking for a tiny dolphin
Whakataukī - Māori Proverbs
Who can set up a marine park?
What is a hawksbill turtle’s fav food?
Dr Ingrid Visser answers our questions about Orca
Birds with magic tricks
Meet a UFO!
Help us save our oceans?
Learn to Draw - Manta Ray
What do seabirds do?
What is a habitat?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke answer our questions
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
Watch out for the sting of a ray
How do you film movies underwater?
What do pipis and cockles do?
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
What is a food chain?
Learn to Draw - Dusky Dolphin
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Little blue penguin eggs
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Oceans full of plastic
Tangaroa