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!
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
How to hide in plain sight
What is a habitat?
What’s a twitcher?
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Turtle Dad jokes
Crazy plastic journey
Which dolphin has the biggest teeth?
Riley faces a GIANT fear
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Riley explores a coral reef
Learn to Draw - Short-finned Eel
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Riley confronts a big fear
What’s bad about plastic?
Riley meets some citizen scientists!
Seabirds and whales!
How many Māui dolphins?
Riley's amazing orca discovery
Oceans full of plastic
Learn to Draw - Hutton's Shearwater
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke answer our questions
What could you do to help stop the spread of pests
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Has it been too long?
Spot the dolphin difference
Which ocean job suits you best?
Should sharks be protected?
Riley searches for crayfish
Places to protect our sea life
Learn to Draw - Great White
Learn to Draw - Snapper
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Learn to draw - Crayfish
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
Learn to Draw - Octopus
What is a kelp forest?
How do you film movies underwater?
Is this a sea hedgehog?
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
What is orca chocolate?
Hope story - Brydes whales saved!
Watch out for the sting of a ray
How far do black petrels fly?
Would you eat a paddle crab?
Where do turtles live?
Meet the humpback whale