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 much oxygen do sea plants produce?
What does a dolphins sonar tell them?
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
Riley's amazing ocean journey
Learn to Draw - Snapper
What is a habitat?
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Whale expert Nan Hauser answers our questions
Stop plastic!
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke answer our questions
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
What do seabirds do?
Should all scientists wear glasses?
Dolphin Dad jokes
Why did Kevin Iro set up a marine park?
Learn to Draw - Orca
How many whales?
Riley's cool turtle encounter
Rochelle Constantine answers our questions
Little blue penguin eggs
Why do we call this a meatball?
How to hide in plain sight
Learn to Draw - Great White
What does endemic mean?
Which habitat would you rather live in?
Learn to Draw - Sperm Whale
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
What's so special about turtle shells?
Lots of whales in the gulf?
Islands in the Hauraki Gulf
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
Catch fish not birds
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
What's great about the striped marlin?
Riley searches for crayfish
Seaweed Dad jokes
How do you save a bird?
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
Most amazing petrel fact?
Learn to Draw - Bryde's Whale
Riley talks to a world record holder!
Name the Māui dolphins cousin
Hope Stories - Fish tagging
Which ray is the best swimmer?
Meet the bravest fish in the ocean!
Riley meets some citizen scientists!
Which fish's poo makes sand?
Have you ever met a stingray?