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
How do rays breathe underwater?
What sea animal eats like a cow?
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
Crazy plastic journey
Oceans full of plastic
What’s bad about plastic?
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
Riley searches for sharks
Whai & Navigation
Wheke
What does Hauraki mean?
Wheke - Octopus
Riley's dolphin adventure
Seaweed Dad jokes
Riley searches for crayfish
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
Riley's big Māui dolphin adventure
Learn to Draw - Turtle
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Meet the hawksbill turtle
Learn to Draw - Great White
Kane Williamson answers our questions
Dr Siouxsie Wiles answers our questions
What is a habitat?
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
What does endemic mean?
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?
Is that an underwater robot?
Meet the humpback whale
Why is biosecurity important?
Pepeha
Riley rescues a turtle!
Kelp, help!
How many whales?
Learn to Draw - Snapper
Learn to draw - Crayfish
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
Why have lights when filming?
What is a habitat?
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
Te haerenga wawau o te kirihou
Whakataukī - Māori Proverbs
The incredible Hauraki Gulf