Ecologies Junior: Ocean – Kids’ Ecology Tile Game

Start with matching. Then dive into an ocean ecosystem.

Ecologies Junior: Ocean brings the science behind Ecologies to younger players with 64 sturdy organism tiles designed for hands-on play and discovery.

The set includes 32 pairs of matching ocean organisms, giving children several ways to explore marine ecology. Begin with a familiar memory-matching game, then use those same tiles to build food webs and explore trophic levels as children become ready for more.

Play can be cooperative or competitive, making it easy to adapt for different ages, groups, classrooms, and learning styles.

Designed by a biology teacher, Ecologies Junior: Ocean combines real ecology concepts with approachable play. It features much of the beautiful natural-history artwork found in the original Ecologies card game, along with a few additions of its own.

And if you have Ecologies Junior: Forest, bring that along too: both sets share the same tile backs, so Forest and Ocean tiles can be mixed and matched for even more ways to explore.

Ways to Play

Match the organisms. Turn the tiles face down and use the 32 matching pairs for a classic memory game.

Build a food web. Arrange organisms and explore who eats what within an ocean ecosystem.

Explore trophic levels. Extend play into a deeper look at how energy moves through the food web.

Play together or compete. Adapt the experience for cooperative discovery or a more traditional competitive game.

Mix Forest + Ocean. Because Ecologies Junior: Ocean and Ecologies Junior: Forest share a common tile back, you can combine the two sets and create new ways to play with organisms from both ecosystems.

Why We Love It

The game can grow with the child. Matching provides an accessible place to begin, while food webs and trophic levels offer somewhere meaningful to go next.

Kids get to handle the ecosystem. Sturdy tiles turn ecological relationships into organisms children can physically arrange, compare, and connect.

The science is real. Like the original Ecologies, this was designed by a biology teacher and can support genuine understanding of how ecosystems work.

Forest and Ocean can play together. We especially love that the two Junior sets aren't isolated products. Combine them and suddenly there are 128 tiles representing 64 matching pairs to explore across two very different ecosystems.

What’s Inside

64 sturdy organism tiles
32 matching pairs
Ocean organisms & ecological relationships
Multiple ways to play and learn
Compatible with Ecologies Junior: Forest

Game Details

Theme: Ocean ecology
Play styles: Memory matching, food-web building & trophic-level practice
Group style: Cooperative or competitive
Designed for: Younger children, families & learning environments
Compatible with: Ecologies Junior: Forest
Designed by: A biology teacher

Match a creature. Build a connection. Discover an ocean.