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!
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Catch fish not birds
Tangaroa
Eudyptula, what?
Riley's amazing ocean journey
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Spot the dolphin difference
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
Why call it a carpet shark?
Fish Dad jokes #1
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
What is a habitat?
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
Riley meets some citizen scientists!
Riley's cool turtle encounter
Are sharks bones made from noses?
What is this creature?
Where do turtles live?
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
Where did all the kelp go?
What is a marine pest
What is a kelp forest?
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Learn to Draw - Blue Whale
What is an apex predator?
What is a food chain?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
Do fish eat meatballs?
What are zooplankton?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Learn to Draw - Bryde's Whale
Meet the tastiest creature in the ocean
Meet a UFO!
Can you tell the future?
Mussels do what to the water?
Seabirds and whales!
What do pipis and cockles do?
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
Watch out for the sting of a ray
How many Māui dolphins?
Name this marine pest
How 2 Hongi
Whale expert Nan Hauser answers our questions
Learn to Draw - Common Dolphin
Which ocean job suits you best?
What’s a marine current?