Which Big Ideas, in BC's New Curriculum, can be achieved through using the Ocean Literacy Course?

Grade 10

• Energy is conserved and its transformation can affect living things and the environment
• Effective career planning considers both internal and external factors
• A successful career and education path requires planning, evaluating, and adapting
• Learning how to learn prepares us to be lifelong learners who can adapt to changing career opportunities

Grade 11

• Earth materials are changed as they cycle through the geosphere and are used as resources, with economic and environmental implications
• Plate tectonic theory explains the consequences of tectonic plate interactions
• The transfer of energy through the atmosphere creates weather and is affected by climate change
• The distribution of water has a major influence on weather and climate
• Local environments contain diverse ecosystems with many roles and relationships
• Interconnected systems sustain healthy ecosystems
• Ecosystem stability is an important result of sustainability
• Human practices affect the sustainability of ecosystems
• Humans can play a role in the conservation and restoration in ecosystems
• All living things have characteristics
• Living things evolve over time
• Organisms are grouped on the basis of identifiable similarities
• Science informs our decisions and impacts our daily lives
• Science helps explain how natural changes and human choices affect global systems
• Effective career planning considers both internal and external factors
• A successful career and education path requires planning, evaluating, and adapting
• Learning how to learn prepares us to be lifelong learners who can adapt to changing career opportunities
• Physical features and natural resources influence demographic patterns and population distribution (adapted from Human Geography)

Grade 12

• Human actions affect the quality of water and its ability to sustain life
• Human activities have caused changes in the global climate system
• Living sustainably supports the well-being of self, community, and earth
• Tectonic plates are in constant motion and their interactions produce earthquakes, volcanoes, and characteristic landforms on earth's surface
• Weathering and erosion processes shape landscapes through the interaction of the geosphere and hydrosphere
• Effective career planning considers both internal and external factors
• A successful career and education path requires planning, evaluating, and adapting
• Learning how to learn prepares us to be lifelong learners who can adapt to changing career opportunities
• Human activities alter landscapes in a variety of ways
• A geographic region can encompass a variety of physical features and/or human interactions.