The Five Oceans
Name 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
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If your 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?
Name 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
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- 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
“If your 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?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Ocean Life
- Age range
- Ages 7–9