DearOcean
For Schools

Bring the ocean into your classroom

In-person sessions for international schools, and ocean missions for curious students and the families who teach them.

School visits

Session topics

The Ocean: Wonders and Challenges

Marine ecosystems, overfishing and marine debris, and what students can do about them.

Ocean Detectives: Tracking Illegal Fishing

Students learn how investigators follow fishing vessels using tracking data, and how to separate evidence from guesses.

Ocean Careers and Finding Your Voice

Career pathways in ocean science, policy and conservation, and real stories of being one of the few voices of your kind in the room.

Who it's for
Lower School

Story-led, hands-on sessions that build wonder and curiosity.

Upper School

Investigation-based sessions that build critical thinking, research skills and career awareness.

Formats
  • Classroom session
  • Interview with students
  • Special event days (for example Earth Day or careers events)
How it works
  1. 1

    Send a request — it takes a couple of minutes.

  2. 2

    We arrange a short call to understand your students, curriculum and goals.

  3. 3

    We tailor the session and confirm the details.

  4. 4

    We deliver the session and share follow-up resources for your class.

Practical details
Location
In-person in South Korea, or online anywhere with an internet connection
Language
English
Fee
from US$ 600 per session (50 mins)
Booking
Please book at least 20 working days in advance
Group size
Up to 100 students
What we need
A screen and a beam projector
Who we work with

We work with educational institutions across Korea and Asia-Pacific.

Educational institutions
Dwight School Seoul logo
Open Arms logo
Osakana Elementary School logo
Dwight School Seoul logo
Open Arms logo
Osakana Elementary School logo
Dwight School Seoul logo
Open Arms logo
Osakana Elementary School logo
Dwight School Seoul logo
Open Arms logo
Osakana Elementary School logo
Dwight School Seoul logo
Open Arms logo
Osakana Elementary School logo
Dwight School Seoul logo
Open Arms logo
Osakana Elementary School logo
Events
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan logo
School visits

Request a school visit

The form opens on its own page and takes a couple of minutes. We'll come back to you personally.

Open the request form
Learning resources

Learning resources

[Family] Ocean Detective Mission Series

[Family] Ocean Detective Mission Series

Step-by-step missions that teach you to read vessel tracking data and separate evidence from guesses.

US$ 17
Coming soon
For homeschooling families

Ready-to-teach ocean lessons. No marine biology degree needed.

DearOcean Homeschool Ocean Curriculum

DearOcean Homeschool Ocean Curriculum

Weekly video lessons, activity sheets and a parent guide.

US$ 17
Coming soon
Ocean Detective Family Mission Pack

Ocean Detective Family Mission Pack

Simplified detective missions for younger learners, with a parent answer guide.

US$ 17
Coming soon

Our videos and guides are written for parents and educators.

Free for schools

Ocean Detective Mission #1 — The Vanishing Signal

A fishing boat's tracker goes silent for 40 hours. Can you work out what the data can and can't tell us?

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