2025/2026 Ocean Art Competition
Discover how young creatives from across South Africa are using art to raise awareness about our ocean and meet our 2025/2026 Ocean Art Competition winners.
2026 Ocean Art Competition
The Department of Science, Technology & Innovations in partnership with NRF-SAEON invites you to participate in the 2025 Ocean Competition for learners from grades R-12 based in South Africa.
Find out more about this exciting competition!
National Blue Schools Conference 2025
Learners, educators, and mentors came together to connect science, creativity, and action under the theme “From Currents to Action: Connecting Oceans, Cultures and Futures
World Environmental Education Day
On World Environmental Education Day, 26 January 2025, we’re taking a moment to celebrate 21 incredible years of NRF-SAEON’s Science Engagement Programme.
ICSHMO 2025 Ocean Competition
NRF-SAEON invites you to participate in an ‘Ocean, Meteorology, and Climate Change for the Southern Hemisphere’ Art Competition for learners from grades R-12 based in South Africa. This competition aims to inspire and educate on our beautiful and interconnected Earth systems and highlight some of the challenges posed by climate change, through your artwork. Winning entries will be showcased at the 14th ICSHMO to be held in Cape Town in 2025.
Grassland Node’s first Science Camp
The NRF-SAEON Grassland Node hosted its first science camp for grade 9 learners from June 18-21, 2024, at Mkuze Game Reserve. Nineteen learners and four teachers from various schools engaged in scientific inquiry, field experiments, and computer workshops. The camp aimed to develop scientific skills, critical thinking, and data analysis, fostering an appreciation for science and nature.
2024 Ocean Competition
The Department of Science & Innovations in partnership with NRF-SAEON invites you to participate in the 2024 Ocean Competition for learners from grades R-12 based in South Africa.
Find out more about this exciting competition!
NRF-SAEON Learner Receives Gold Medal at Eskom Expo for Young Scientists
NRF-SAEON Kid, Alutha Botha, from Nombulelo Secondary School, won a Gold Medal for his scientific project entitled Exploring Habitat Use by Juvenile Fishes Using Remote Underwater Videos, in the Environmental Science category.
Marine Protected Areas
Learn about South Africa’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)!
MPAs play an important role in protecting the marine biodiversity, ensuring that people can continue to benefit from the oceans in the future. They can be used to keep marine ecosystems functioning properly, to support fisheries sustainability and to protect the diversity of species living in our oceans.
SAEON celebrates National Marine Week virtually with high school learners
Mthuthuzeli Gulekana and Zoleka Filander from DEFF discussed the current and future prospects for ocean sustainability and human connections with our ocean. We also took a journey to the rocky shore, to collect some data and investigate the animals found there.