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!
Sharks - super fast swimmers
Why do this fish's stripes glow?
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
Why have lights when filming?
Riley meets friendly dolphins
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
What eats turtles?
What do turtles use their back flippers for?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Why do we call this a meatball?
How many marine reserves?
Whale expert Nan Hauser answers our questions
Lots of whales in the gulf?
Wheke - Octopus
Meet the largest dolphin in the sea
What sea animal eats like a cow?
A swimming crab, WHAT?
Meet the humpback whale
Learn to draw - Crayfish
Wheke
Dolphins special sleep trick
Whales can’t tell the difference between ...?
Which habitat would you rather live in?
Hope Stories - 1+A Day
Will you help save the Māui dolphin?
Eudyptula, what?
Where do whales and dolphins hang out?
Catch fish not birds
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Meet the loggerhead turtle
Learn to Draw - Octopus
Riley explores a coral reef
Riley's amazing ray adventure
Have you ever met a stingray?
Where do turtles live?
Can you find the triplefin all over NZ?
Oceans full of plastic
Fur seal
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
What is a habitat?
What is most likely to hurt a dolphin?
How can blind dolphins catch fish?
How gross are crayfish?
Speedy boats ...