The world's five oceans
I can explain what an ocean is and name Earth’s five oceans.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The ocean is a vast joined-up area of salt water covering nearly three-quarters of Earth's surface.
- We have five named ocean areas: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern.
- Oceans are very important for all life on Earth.
Keywords
Ocean - An ocean is a very big area of salt water between the continents.
Earth - Earth is the name of the planet that we live on.
Life - Life is the time between birth and death.
Tourist - A tourist is someone who who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday.
Common misconception
The Pacific ocean is on both sides of the world.
The world is round and spherical in shape like a ball. If we cut it and lay it out flat it will look like there are two Pacific oceans but they are one connected ocean when looking at the Earth in a 3D perspective.
Equipment
Globes, maps
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.The planet that we live on is called ...
Q2.What are the large areas of salt water separating the continents called?
Q3.Someone who visits a place on holiday is called a .
Q4.What things can you do as a tourist visiting an ocean?
Q5.Oceans are big areas of ...
Q6.Match these sentence starters to the appropriate sentence endings to complete these sentences about Earth.
a large land mass.
seven continents.
land and water.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How much of the Earth's surface do oceans cover?
Q2.Oceans are large joined-up areas of ...
Q3.What are the names of the five oceans?
Q4.Why are oceans important?
Q5.What fraction of living things are thought to live in the oceans?
