Ocean Oasis Teacher's Guide: Standards Correlation

Part I Geography
Activity 1 Where in the World? Location and Migration
Activity 2 What's an Oasis?

Part II Geology
Activity 3 Plate Boundaries: Cookie Crust and Pudding Magma

Part III Circulation Patterns
Activity 4 Convection Currents
Activity 5 Onshore and Offshore Winds
Activity 6 Upwelling

Part IV Adaptations of Life Forms
Activity 7 Cool It: An Animal Adaptation
Activity 8 The Water Storers: Cactus Adaptations
Activity 9 Shark Sense
Activity 10 Ocean Life Food Web
Activity 11 Marine Matchmakers

Part V The Human Presence
Activity 12 Human Needs and Resources
Activity 13 Art with Natural Materials

This chart shows the correlation of key concepts from the National Science Education Standards* with activities in the Ocean Oasis Teacher's Guide.

National Science Education Content Standards		Activities

Life Science
K - 4	characteristics of organisms	1 - 2, 6-12
	organisms and environments	2, 6 - 12
5 - 8	structure and function	2, 7 - 12
	regulation and behavior	1, 7 - 9, 11-12
	populations and ecosystems	2, 7 - 8, 10, 12
	diversity and adaptations	7 - 12
Earth Science
K - 4	properties of earth materials	2, 12 - 13
	objects in the sky	4 - 5, 7
	changes in earth and sky	3, 5 - 6
5 - 8	structure of earth system	3 - 7,12
	earth's history	3
	earth in the solar system	4 - 6
Science as Inquiry
K-8	ability to do scientific inquiry	1 - 13
	understand scientific inquiry	1 - 13
Science and Technology
K-8	abilities of technological design	1 - 13
	implementing proposed solution/design	1 - 13
Science in personal and social perspectives
K-4	types of resources	2, 6, 10, 12, 13
	changes in environments	3, 6
5-8	populations, resources and environments	2, 6, 10, 12
	natural hazards	2 - 3, 6
History and Nature of Science
K-8	science as a human endeavor	1 - 13
Unifying Concepts and Processes
K-8	systems, order, organization	1 - 13
	evidence, models, explanation	2 - 3, 7 - 12
	constancy, change, measurement	1 - 6, 10, 12
	evolution, equilibrium	2 - 3. 7 - 12/FONT>
	form, function	7 - 9, 11

* National Research Council. National Science Education Standards. National Academy Press, Third Printing, July, 1996