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!
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
What’s bad about plastic?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What is a habitat?
What is a food chain?
Whose skull am I holding?
Hope Stories - Harakeke rope
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
How far do black petrels fly?
Riley rescues a turtle!
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
Meet the striped marlin
Māori games - Community story
How can fur seals hold their breaths?
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Dolphin skin - it's amazing!
What is a hawksbill turtle’s fav food?
Watch out for the sting of a ray
Would you eat a paddle crab?
William Trubridge answers our questions
Learn to Draw - Manta Ray
Riley searches for crayfish
Where do turtles live?
Orca Dad jokes
Love Our Sea song for ECEs
Threats to Māui dolphins
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
Speedy boats ...
What is a habitat?
Top tips on saving our oceans
Crayfish Dad jokes
Favourite marine reserve?
Canoeing - Community story
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
Islands in the Hauraki Gulf
How much oxygen do sea plants produce?
Is that an underwater robot?
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Which ocean job suits you best?
What are threats to seabirds?
How do slow down zones work?
Meet the humpback whale
What sea animal eats like a cow?
A swimming crab, WHAT?
How did fur seals get their name?