Oceans & Climate
Your child knows the ocean shapes our weather. It soaks up heat and carbon dioxide, lifts water into the air as rain, and moves warmth around the world in currents.
In curriculum terms
Understand the connection between the ocean and climate: the ocean absorbs heat and carbon dioxide, drives weather patterns through evaporation, and ocean currents distribute warmth around the planet — making the ocean Earth's climate engine
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Can your child explain why the ocean is sometimes called Earth's climate engine — that it absorbs heat, drives rain through evaporation, and moves warmth around the world through currents?
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Curriculum alignment
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Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
identify sources of water and describe key processes in the water cycle, including movement of water through the sky, landscape and ocean; precipitation; evaporation; and condensation
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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