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!
Goat Island
What concerns you most about marine pests
Has it been too long?
Seabirds and whales!
Oceans full of plastic
Where did all the kelp go?
What is it like to save an orca?
Which one of these places is not in the Hauraki Gulf?
Māori games - Community story
Sand dune surfing - Community story
Chicks in the Hauraki Gulf?
Riley's amazing orca discovery
An apex predator is ...
What has 10 legs and super feelers?
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
What does endemic mean?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What's so special about turtle shells?
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
Are sharks bones made from noses?
Name the Māui dolphins cousin
How do you film movies underwater?
How long do Māui dolphins live for?
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
What does a shark eat?
Kaitiakitanga - Community story
Riley confronts a big fear
What's so unique about Blue Duck Station?
Riley swims with galapagos sharks
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
Why is biosecurity important?
Threats to Māui dolphins
Which ocean job suits you best?
What is a marine pest?
Riley rescues a turtle!
Wheke - Octopus
Fantastic Wheke facts!
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Whai & Navigation
Where do most living things live?
Where do creatures poo in the ocean?
Ways to use less plastic
What's great about the striped marlin?
What is orca chocolate?