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!
Learn to Draw - Manta Ray
Seaweed Dad jokes
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What is this creature?
One of my favourite places
Learn to Draw - Blue Whale
How is a ray like a vacuum cleaner?
What is a marine pest
Are sharks bones made from noses?
What is an apex predator?
How close have you been to a dolphin?
Riley finds where the baby fish live
How far do little blue penguins swim?
Learn to Draw - Orca
Can you tell the future?
Kelp, help!
Looking for a tiny dolphin
Spot the dolphin difference
Which fish's poo makes sand?
Wheke
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Who can set up a marine park?
How many whales?
What is a kelp forest?
Tikanga
Kauri & Tohorā
Dr Ingrid Visser answers our questions about Orca
Riley visits a marine reserve!
Where would you like to study the ocean?
What’s bad about plastic?
Who are the acrobats of the sea?
Stop marine pests spreading
Learn to Draw - Bryde's Whale
Favourite marine reserve?
Breathing is tricky for a turtle
Why do orca end up stuck on the beach?
Meet the hawksbill turtle
Is anything scared of a dolphin?
How gross are crayfish?
What's so special about turtle shells?
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
How did fur seals get their name?
Ways to use less plastic
Catch fish not birds
What is a habitat?
How many species of turtles?
How can fur seals hold their breaths?