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
Are shipwrecks good or bad?
Riley searches for crayfish
Favourite marine reserve?
Seaweed Dad jokes
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
How can fur seals hold their breaths?
Which dolphin has the biggest teeth?
An apex predator is ...
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
What is a habitat?
Where do paddle crabs live?
Where did all the kelp go?
Stop plastic!
Riley searches for sharks
Riley's amazing orca discovery
What is a marine pest
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
Riley finds where the baby fish live
Riley rescues a turtle!
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Learn to Draw - Great White
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
Stop marine pests spreading
What is an apex predator?
Learn to Draw - Orca
How do you film movies underwater?
Where do Māui dolphins live?
How do marine pests get to NZ
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What is a gulf?
What is a kelp forest?
Hope Stories - Kids want a Marine reserve
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
The incredible Hauraki Gulf
What’s a seabird flyway?
Crab Dad jokes
What’s bad about plastic?
Oceans full of plastic
What is orca chocolate?
Has it been too long?
Meet the striped marlin
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Hope Stories - Sea Cleaners
What are zooplankton?
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?