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!
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Wheke - Octopus
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
What is a marine pest?
Dolphin skin - it's amazing!
Can you find the triplefin all over NZ?
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Stop plastic!
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Oceans full of plastic
Riley's big Māui dolphin adventure
Learn to Draw - Orca
Can you hold your breath for 45 secs?
Most amazing petrel fact?
Learn to Draw - Blue Whale
Shark Dad jokes
Breathing is tricky for a turtle
Where do turtles live?
Which is the coolest island in the Hauraki Gulf?
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Turtle rehabilitation
What is a marine pest
Would you eat a paddle crab?
Whose skull am I holding?
Are sharks bones made from noses?
Riley searches for crayfish
Should we protect our seabirds?
Orca Dad jokes
Fantastic Wheke facts!
What are threats to seabirds?
Hope Stories - Experiencing Marine Reserves
How can we care for our dolphins?
What sea animal eats like a cow?
What does endemic mean?
How 2 Hongi
How far do black petrels fly?
Can you tell the future?
Growing up is tough in a spiky shell
Little blue penguin eggs
Which is the easiest piece of rubbish to pick up?
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Crab Dad jokes
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
Shark guru, Rodney Fox answers kids questions
Has it been too long?
Chicks in the Hauraki Gulf?