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
Riley finds where the baby fish live
Love Our Sea song for ECEs
How do rays breathe underwater?
Crab Dad jokes
How do stingrays swim?
Riley finds humpback whales!
Which ray is the best swimmer?
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
Watch out for the sting of a ray
How gross are crayfish?
Riley faces a GIANT fear
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Breathing is tricky for a turtle
Which is the easiest piece of rubbish to pick up?
Should we care about sea birds?
Can you find the triplefin all over NZ?
Should all scientists wear glasses?
Riley talks to a world record holder!
Kiwi vs. petrel
How many Māui dolphins?
Learn to Draw - Short-finned Eel
Top tips on saving our oceans
Which one of these places is not in the Hauraki Gulf?
What is a marine pest
How to hide in plain sight
Hope Stories - 1+A Day
Name this marine pest
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
Learn to Draw - Turtle
What is a food chain?
Learn to Draw - Octopus
What is an apex predator?
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Meet the humpback whale
Mango! Mango!
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Catch fish not birds
Kauri & Tohorā
Where do turtles live?
What is a habitat?
Learn to Draw - Sperm Whale
Tikanga
How long do Māui dolphins live for?
Wheke - Octopus