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ScienceOcean Lifeusually ages 7–9

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?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
What Is the Ocean?ages 5–7Naming five oceans requires knowing what oceans are
Where water is found on Earthages 7–8Five oceans builds on curriculum concept of where water is found on Earth
The Five Oceansthis skill · ages 7–9
Unlocks
Ocean Animal Migrationsages 9–11Migration across oceans requires knowing the geography of oceans
Oceans & Climateages 9–11Climate connection benefits from knowing ocean geography
Polar Oceans and World Climateages 9–11Knowing the five oceans including Arctic enriches polar oceans topic (Ocean 7-9 -> Polar 9-11)

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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