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!
Watch out for the sting of a ray
Threats to Māui dolphins
Learn to Draw - Orca
What is an apex predator?
Mussels do what to the water?
How can we care for our dolphins?
Where did all the kelp go?
Where do Māui dolphins live?
Riley's amazing ray adventure
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
Riley's dolphin adventure
How to hide in plain sight
How many whales?
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Have you ever met a stingray?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Learn to Draw - Bronze Whaler
How far do little blue penguins swim?
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
Dr Ingrid Visser answers our questions about Orca
Orca Dad jokes
How to swim with a snorkel
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Meet the hawksbill turtle
What is a kelp forest?
Name a NZ marine pest
Why is biosecurity important?
Learn to Draw - Snapper
Why have lights when filming?
Shark Dad jokes
Mango! Mango!
Te haerenga wawau o te kirihou
What sea animal eats like a cow?
What's so unique about Blue Duck Station?
Hope Stories - Fish tagging
Whakataukī - Māori Proverbs
Catch fish not birds
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
What is this creature?
Would you eat a paddle crab?
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Meet the tastiest creature in the ocean
Ngā manu o te moana me ngā tohorā!
How does a ray eat it’s food?
Riley faces a GIANT fear
Shark guru, Rodney Fox answers kids questions
What's so special about turtle shells?