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 3: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.

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 3: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
	Weather and Climate	Water Cycle	Global Climate Change	Consequences of Global Climate Change
K-2		Condensation Evaporation Precipitation Runoff Watersheds

3-5	Convection currents Creation of wind Energy absorption Ocean currents Temperature fluctuation Wind energy	Condensation Energy absorption Evaporation Precipitation Runoff Where freshwater comes from

6-8	Atmospheric convection El Niño Energy absorption Heat exchange Weather and climate patterns	Condensation Evaporation Energy absorption Ocean currents move heat Precipitation	Atmospheric carbon dioxide Human effects Ocean absorption of CO2 pH Photosynthetic organisms

9-12	Atmospheric convection Differential heating El Niño and La Niña Energy absorption Energy transfer Evaporation Heat capacity Ocean currents move heat Precipitation Weather and climate patterns Wind energy		Atmospheric warming Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide balance Greenhouse gases Greenhouse effect Human effects Ocean absorption of CO2 Ocean circulation pattern pH Photosynthesis	Change in ocean circulation Change in ocean temperature Decreased solar reflection El Niño and La Niña Frequency and intensity of weather events Melting of glaciers and ice caps Ocean acidification Rising sea level

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 7 Essential Ocean Literacy Principles and 44 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 3: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
Fundamental Concepts	K-2	3-5	6-8	9-12
3a	x	X	X	X
3b	X	X	X	X
3c			X	X
3d	x	x	x	x
3e			X	X
3f			X	X
3g			x	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.