Conocimiento Oceanográfico 2024

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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Biology, Earth and Space Sciences

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What it is

This NOAA guide is in Spanish and outlines the seven principles of ocean literacy.
The guide details the importance of being ocean-literate and the need for classroom integration.
Teachers can find the English version here.

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Positives

The principles each have subitems that further clarify and contextualize the principle.
The guide is concise and comprehensive.

Prerequisites

Students should understand what the ocean is. Some students may need help differentiating between oceans and other bodies of water, such as lakes and rivers.

Differentiation & Implementation

In high school classes, teachers can split students into groups, having each group research and teach about one of the Ocean Literacy Principles.
To make creative connections and demonstrate their understanding of the principles, students can create posters, infographics, or comic strips to illustrate each of the Ocean Literacy Principles.
This guide can serve as a framework for teaching about the ocean throughout students' schooling. Teachers can select principles and subitems that best fit with their curriculum.

From the scientist review

This is an excellent resource on ocean science literacy. It correctly identifies the ocean's role in regulating the climate, the water cycle, and the vast biodiversity in the oceans. This resource is recommended for teaching. Este es un recurso excelente sobre el conocimiento científico del océano. Identifica correctamente el papel del océano en la regulación del clima, el ciclo del agua y la vasta biodiversidad marina. Se recomienda este recurso para la enseñanza.

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Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Format: PDF
Language: Spanish
Location: Earth, North America > United States
Provider: NOAA
Authors: NOAA
Published: February 4, 2025
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Standards alignment · MS-ESS2-C.3. + 5 more

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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

MS-ESS2-C.3.Global movements of water and its changes in form are propelled by sunlight and gravity. (MS-ESS2-4)
HS-LS2-A.Ecosystems have carrying capacities, which are limits to the numbers of organisms and populations they can support. These limits result from such factors as the availability of living and nonliving resources and from such challenges such as predation, competition, and disease. Organisms would have the capacity to produce populations of great size were it not for the fact that environments and resources are finite. This fundamental tension affects the abundance (number of individuals) of species in any given ecosystem. (HS-LS2-1), (HS-LS2-2)
HS-ESS2-E.The many dynamic and delicate feedbacks between the biosphere and other Earth systems cause a continual co-evolution of Earth’s surface and the life that exists on it. (HS-ESS2-7)

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MS-LS2-3.Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4.Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
HS-ESS2-6.Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.

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