Activities & Profiles

Welcome to the #OceanDecade Challenge activity pack!

From the food we eat to the air we breathe to the weather we experience, the ocean touches us all, every single day. The #OceanDecade Challenge is designed to bring ocean awareness to everyone regardless of where you live. Dive into these activities to explore the ocean sciences through games, experiments and hands-on activities, all while building a deeper understanding of how the ocean affects us all. Make sure to visit the 'Share Your Voice!' page and order your crests (while supplies last) when you're finished!

The activities are centred around the UN Ocean Decade Outcomes and have been grouped into two categories – Ocean Explorers (E) for youth in Grades 2 and 3 (ages 7-9) and Ocean Advocates (A) for youth in Grades 4 to 6 (ages 9-12). Each activity stands alone, so how many you complete and the order in which you choose to approach them is up to you, but we suggest trying one activity from each outcome and wrapping up the challenge with the activities from outcome 7.

The ocean needs our help, and the United Nations (UN) has declared 2021-2030 the decade to make it happen! By focusing on seven key societal outcomes, the UN hopes that people all around the world will use “the science we need for the ocean we want”: a clean, healthy, productive, predicted, safe, accessible and inspiring ocean!