The Ocean Literacy Scope and Sequence for Grades K–12 is an instructional tool that provides guidance to educators to help their students’ achieve a full understanding about the ocean in ever more complex ways across years of thoughtful, coherent science instruction. The content is provided as conceptual flow diagrams for each of the seven Ocean Literacy Essential Principles in four grade bands: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12.
Are you new to conceptual flow diagrams? See the Introduction to Conceptual Flow Diagrams for a description of how to use these documents. View the Ocean Literacy Alignment Matrix to see how the Scope and Sequence aligns with the seven Essential Principles and 45 Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Literacy.
