UNDER CONSTRUCTION

K-12 Scope and Sequence Concept Flow Diagrams

There is a Conceptual Flow Diagram (CFD) for each of the seven Essential Principles and the four grade bands (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12).

Essential Principle 1: The Earth has one big ocean with many features.

Grade Bands and Topics

Use the links on the following table to go to either the CFD for a particular grade band for this particular Principle (by clicking on the grade band link in the left column) or (coming soon) a CFD containing a particular topic (by clicking on the topic label).

Grade Band	Principle 1: The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
	Properties of Ocean Water	Geographic and Geologic Features	Ocean Circulation	Sea Level
K-2	The ocean is salty	Ocean basins Ocean floor features Only one ocean	Tides Transportation of living things Watersheds Wind-driven currents

3-5	Density-driven currents Salinity Temperature Where freshwater is Where salt water is	Highest mountain on earth Lowest point on earth Ocean basins Ocean floor features	Currents Only one ocean Tides Transportation of living things Water cycle Watersheds Waves

6-8	Density Density-driven currents Freezing point How ocean became salty pH Salinity Temperature	Change over geologic time Convection Generation of Earth’s crust Motion of lithospheric plates Ocean basins Ocean floor features Supercontinent	Density-driven currents Only one ocean Sea level rising Tides Transportation of living things Watersheds Wind-driven currents Upwelling

9-12	Density Effect on life processes pH Salinity Temperature	Generation of Earth’s crust Motion of lithospheric plates Ocean basins Ocean floor features Tectonic activities	Coriolis effect Currents Density-driven currents Eckman forces Effect on climate Gyres Prevailing winds Tides Transportation of living things Upwelling Water cycle Waves Wind-driven currents	Atmospheric pressure Change over time Effect on currents Global temperature change Movement of lithospheric plates Prevailing winds Regional differences

Fundamental Concepts and Grade Bands

Each Essential Principle has several Fundamental Concepts associated with it. The Ocean Literacy Alignment Matrices show how the Conceptual Flow Diagrams in the Scope and Sequence align with the seven Essential Ocean Literacy Principles and forty-four Fundamental Concepts.

There is one matrix for each principle with the grade bands running horizontally across the top and the fundamental concepts for that principle running vertically along the left column. There are three levels of alignment.

[blank]= no alignment
x = mentions concepts
X = addresses concepts in depth

Placing the cursor over the labels for the Fundamental Concepts in the left column will open a small text window while clicking on the label will open a screen with all the Fundamental Concepts for this Essential Principle. You can access the CFD for particular grade bands by clicking on the grade band labels in the second row.

Fundamental Concepts	Principle 1: The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
Fundamental Concepts	K-2	3-5	6-8	9-12
1a	x	x	X	X
1b	x	X	X	X
1c	X	X	X	X
1d			x	X
1e	x	x	X	X
1f	x	X	x
1g	x	X	X
1h				x

Last Update: December 9, 2009

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant # NSF OCE-0731338. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.