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
What are zooplankton?
Riley finds some massive clams!
Kaitiaki
What eats turtles?
Can a girl fish become a boy fish?
Do dolphins drink water?
Mussels do what to the water?
Stop marine pests spreading
Pepeha
How can fur seals hold their breaths?
What’s a seabird flyway?
Why call it a carpet shark?
Learn to Draw - Common Dolphin
Stop plastic!
Riley finds where the baby fish live
What is a habitat?
Learn to Draw - Māui Dolphin
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Hope Stories - 1+A Day
Learn to Draw - Orca
Why make friends with a killer whale?
What is an apex predator?
Riley swims with galapagos sharks
Are sharks bones made from noses?
How do rays breathe underwater?
Sea Cleaners! Making a difference
Ways to use less plastic
Where do Māui dolphins live?
Fur Seals - A Story of Survival
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Threats to Māui dolphins
Sharks - super fast swimmers
What is a kelp forest?
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
What is it like to save an orca?
How many eggs does this huge fish lay?
Whale Dad jokes
Hope Stories - Experiencing Marine Reserves
Riley rescues a turtle!
How 2 Hongi
Favourite marine reserve?
Dr Siouxsie Wiles answers our questions
South island in the Gulf?
Meet the striped marlin
Is a sharks skin made from teeth?
Hope Stories - Revive our Gulf
Is that an underwater robot?
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