The Five Oceans
CONCEPTUALName and locate the five oceans — Pacific (largest), Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic (smallest and coldest) — on a world map, and understand that they are all connected as one global ocean
Mastery Evidence
- Name all five oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
- Locate at least three oceans on a world map
- Explain that the five named oceans are all connected as one continuous body of water
Assessment Prompt
“If [child] looked at a world map, could they point to each of the five oceans by name and explain that they're all connected into one big global ocean?”
Prerequisites2
- Where water is found on EarthsoftAges 7—8
- What Is the Ocean?hardAges 5—7
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- Where water is found on Earth soft
Five oceans builds on curriculum concept of where water is found on Earth
- Shapes of land and water hard
Must know land and water features before learning where water is found on Earth
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Heating & Cooling Changes soft
Understanding state changes supports knowing water as solid (ice) and liquid
- States of Matter Vocabulary hard
Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
- Drawing Particle Diagrams hard
Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
Unlocks3
- Polar Oceans and World ClimatesoftAges 9—11
- Oceans & ClimatesoftAges 9—11
- Ocean Animal MigrationshardAges 9—11