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!
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Love Our Sea song for ECEs
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
Mangōpare - Hammerhead shark
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Learn to Draw - Bryde's Whale
Riley rescues a turtle!
Dolphin skin - it's amazing!
How to swim with a snorkel
Can you hold your breath for 45 secs?
What is an apex predator?
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
Crab Dad jokes
What is this creature?
Are sharks bones made from noses?
What is it like to save an orca?
Riley's cool turtle encounter
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Watch out for the sting of a ray
Why call it a carpet shark?
Where do Māui dolphins live?
Looking for a tiny dolphin
What do pipis and cockles do?
How do we stop spreading marine pests
Rochelle Constantine answers our questions
Where did all the kelp go?
Places to protect our sea life
Turtle rehabilitation
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What does endemic mean?
Where do turtles live?
Human Dad jokes
Which dolphin has the biggest teeth?
Dr Ingrid Visser answers our questions about Orca
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
How do you save a bird?
How do you film movies underwater?
Whai
Learn to Draw - Orca
Have you ever met a stingray?
Which habitat would you rather live in?
How do rays breathe underwater?
What sea animal eats like a cow?
Which sea animal wears armour to survive?
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
What’s a marine current?
How 2 Hongi