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
Fantastic Wheke facts!
Sand dune surfing - Community story
Riley meets friendly dolphins
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
What sea animal eats like a cow?
Are sharks bones made from noses?
Which habitat would you rather live in?
Looking for a tiny dolphin
How long do Māui dolphins live for?
Learn to Draw - Bryde's Whale
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Learn to Draw - Manta Ray
Which ocean job suits you best?
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Hope Stories - Fish tagging
Catch fish not birds
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Riley searches for sharks
How to hide in plain sight
Dolphins special sleep trick
Kina - Rangatahi
Pāua, Kina & Rāhui
Name a NZ marine pest
Learn to Draw - Snapper
Is anything scared of a dolphin?
What is a habitat?
What is this creature?
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Whose skull am I holding?
Human Dad jokes
What's so special about turtle shells?
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
Crab Dad jokes
Mussels do what to the water?
Shark Dad jokes
Ways to use less plastic
Help us save our oceans?
What’s a marine current?
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
What does endemic mean?
What is a food chain?