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
How can we care for our dolphins?
Name your favourite sea bird
How do spiny rock lobsters grow?
Kaitiaki
How to swim with a snorkel
Where did all the kelp go?
Wheke
Riley visits a marine reserve!
Learn to Draw - Octopus
Meet the striped marlin
National Geographic legends
Is anything scared of a dolphin?
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Mussels do what to the water?
Meet the bravest fish in the ocean!
Have you ever met a stingray?
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Seaweed Dad jokes
Learn to Draw - Great White
Aihe (dolphin)
What sea animal eats like a cow?
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
Breathing is tricky for a turtle
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Stop plastic!
Seabirds and whales!
Whai & Navigation
Learn to Draw - Eagle Ray
Meet the tastiest creature in the ocean
What’s bad about plastic?
What is this creature?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
If you were a turtle, would you rather ...
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
What is an apex predator?
Threats to Māui dolphins
Turtle Dad jokes
How much oxygen do sea plants produce?
Do dolphins drink water?
How Dad saved a dolphin!
Is this a sea hedgehog?
Dolphins special sleep trick
Hope Stories - Sea Cleaners
How to hide in plain sight
What is a hawksbill turtle’s fav food?
How can blind dolphins catch fish?