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!
How Dad saved a dolphin!
What’s bad about plastic?
Does this important job surprise you?
Meet the tastiest creature in the ocean
What is a habitat?
Learn to Draw - Great White
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke answer our questions
Are sharks bones made from noses?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Learn to Draw - Orca
How much oxygen do sea plants produce?
Stingray Dad jokes
Do dolphins drink water?
Threats to Māui dolphins
Where would you like to study the ocean?
What does endemic mean?
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?
Is anything scared of a dolphin?
What's great about the striped marlin?
What are zooplankton?
The incredible Hauraki Gulf
Which ocean job suits you best?
Riley swims with galapagos sharks
Meet the humpback whale
Snorkelled in a marine reserve?
Kūtai - Mussels
Orca Dad jokes
What is a food chain?
How do rays breathe underwater?
Shark guru, Rodney Fox answers kids questions
Māngo & Mau rākau
What is a hawksbill turtle’s fav food?
Dr Ingrid Visser answers our questions about Orca
Lots of whales in the gulf?
Which is the easiest piece of rubbish to pick up?
How far do Hutton's shearwaters travel for food?
Māori name for Hauraki Gulf?
Why is my dad scared of crabs?
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
What is a marine pest?
Riley finds where the baby fish live
Places to protect our sea life
Rochelle Constantine answers our questions
Sand dune surfing - Community story