Oceanography

SCOC: Oceanography

SCOC.A: Content

SCOC.A.1: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding models that explain the origin of Earth and oceans

SCOC.A.2: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the theory of global plate tectonics

SCOC.A.3: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding different types of marine sediments

SCOC.A.4: obtain, evaluate, and communication information regarding the properties of water

SCOC.A.5: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the chemical characteristics of seawater (pH, density, and dissolved oxygen)

SCOC.A.6: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding light and sound movement through water

SCOC.A.7: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the interaction of the atmosphere and seawater

SCOC.A.8: obtain, evaluate, and communicate data on atmosphere's greenhouse effect and implications of this effect for the future

SCOC.A.9: obtain, evaluate, communicate information regarding the characteristics of a wave and relate those characteristics to ocean phenomena

SCOC.A.10: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how nonliving components of marine habitats determine the biological diversity of coastal water, estuaries, lagoons and marginal seas

SCOC.A.11: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among organisms in marine ecosystems

SCOC.A.12: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the identification and characteristics of marine organisms found in the pelagic and benthic ocean

SCOC.A.1.a: communicate important achievements in the history of ocean exploration

SCOC.A.1.b: analyze maps of Earth to identify major land masses and oceans

SCOC.A.2.a: identify the ocean floor for geologic features

SCOC.A.2.b: develop and use models to demonstrate of the interaction between plate boundaries

SCOC.A.2.c: construct explanations about how the sea floor spreads to develop various topographic features

SCOC.A.2.d: explain how major marine basin are formed

SCOC.A.2.e: construct explanations of the formation of major structures of the continental margin (shelf, slope, rise, and submarine canyons)

SCOC.A.2.f: explain the formation of the major structures of the deep basins (e.g. abyssal plains, ridges, and rises)

SCOC.A.3.a: analyze and interpret the origins of marine sediments

SCOC.A.4.a: plan and carry out investigations regarding the properties of both fresh and salt water including cohesion, adhesion, turbidity, surface tension, specific heat, pressure with depth, and penetration of light

SCOC.A.5.a: plan and carry out investigations to determine salinity distribution in seawater by performing experiments using math and computation thinking to determine parts per thousands of salt in a given sample of sea water

SCOC.A.5.b: construct explanations on the layering of the seawater based on temperature and salinity (pycnocline, thermocline and halocline)

SCOC.A.6.a: develop and use models to show the order in which the colors of the spectrum are absorbed in ocean water

SCOC.A.7.a: construct models to explain how the uneven heating from the sun creates movement in the atmosphere and the ocean

SCOC.A.7.b: explain the Coriolis effect and its relation to the movement of air and water on Earth

SCOC.A.7.c: analyze and interpret major atmospheric wind patterns and how they are impacted by land masses

SCOC.A.7.d: develop and use a model to demonstrate the water cycle

SCOC.A.7.e: develop and use models to demonstrate the major surface and vertical currents in the world ocean

SCOC.A.7.f: analyze and interpret data on southern oscillation events and compare and contrast El Nino and La Nina to the normal condition

SCOC.A.8.a: engage in arguments from evidence (written or oral) about ways to reduce greenhouse gases

SCOC.A.8.b: design a model to demonstrate the greenhouse effect

SCOC.A.8.c: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding ozone depletion and phytoplankton production

SCOC.A.9.a: use a model to demonstrate the characteristics of a wave and identify the parts of a wave (e.g., crest, trough, wave height, wavelength, steepness, period and frequency)

SCOC.A.9.b: use mathematics and computational thinking to calculate wave speed given the wavelength or period of a wave

SCOC.A.9.c: use models and carry out investigations to compare and contrast between wave reflection, diffraction and refraction

SCOC.A.9.d: construct an explanation using a model (i.e., computer simulation) to identify the forces that cause tides AND construct explanations to predict high and low tides using tide tables while identifying tidal bore, neap tide, spring tide and tidal range

SCOC.A.10.a: investigate and identify how abiotic factors (latitude, substrate, water velocity, air temperature, water temperature, air exposure) affect marine habitats such as sub-tidal(corals reefs, sea grass beds & kelp forests) and inter-tidal (salt marsh, mangrove forest, sandy beach, tidal flats & rocky/intertidal)

SCOC.A.10.b: look at the economic, social, and environmental impacts to loss of these ecosystems

SCOC.A.10.c: construct and design models that show layers/levels of the marine habitat

SCOC.A.11.a: describe the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among organisms in the ecosystem

SCOC.A.11.b: develop a model to predict and show the energy transfer in a marine environment

SCOC.A.12.a: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the distribution of life in the oceans

SCOC.A.12.b: communicate information on the adaptations of various marine organisms to the environment while developing a survey of animal or plant life in a marine ecosystem

SCOC.A.7.e1: identify Earth's major gyres

SCOC.A.7.e2: develop a model to demonstrate major surface and vertical ocean currents

SCOC.A.9.a1: plan and carry out an investigation to determine how waves are generated

SCOC.A.9.a2: use a model and carry out investigations to compare and contrast the various kinds of waves and to identify a fetch, tide, seiche, swell and tsunami