Earth’s Oceans

Hilary DeLuco

• Content Area: Social Studies• Grade Level: 3rd Grade• Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is for

students to learn, through interactive technology, the names, locations, and sizes, of the five oceans.

• Learning Objective: Given maps and information about the five oceans on Earth, the student will be able to locate all five oceans on a map and identify which is the largest and which is the smallest with 100% accuracy.

• Content Standard: 3.1 Process and report information identifying, locating, comparing, and contrasting the major continents and oceans: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, Antarctica, Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern using maps, globes, and other technologies.

• Accomplishment: Know the names, locations, and size (by comparison) of all five oceans.

Where are the oceans?

How big are the oceans?

#1 Pacific (155,557,000 sq km) larger map

#2 Atlantic (76,762,000 sq km) larger map

#3 Indian (68,556,000 sq km) larger map

#4 Southern (20,327,000 sq km) larger map

#5 Arctic (14,056,000 sq km) larger map

Which ocean is the largest?

• Pacific • Indian • Atlantic • Arctic • Southern

Correct!

• The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean covering 15,557,000 sq km.

Hawaii is an island in the Pacific Ocean.

WHAT IS THE SMALLEST OCEAN?

• Pacific• Indian• Atlantic• Arctic• Southern

Correct!

• The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean covering 14,056,000 sq km.

Since it’s so cold at the North Pole, this ocean is mostly ice!

What ocean would you cross if you flew on a plane from North

America to Africa?• Pacific• Indian• Atlantic• Arctic• Southern

Correct!

• The Atlantic Ocean is located between North American and Africa.

If you went to a beach on the North Carolina coast, you would be swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.

Which ocean borders Antarctica?

• Pacific• Indian• Atlantic• Arctic• Southern

Correct!

• The Southern Ocean borders Antarctica.

• The Southern Ocean is the newest ocean! It was named and given limits in 2000.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now learned where the five oceans are located

and the size of each of them. Go home and see if your

parents know the names of all FIVE oceans.

Incorrect

Read the question carefully and try again.

Works Cited• Slide 3 & 4: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/in

fopage/oceans.htm• Picture Slide 12: https://www.cia.gov/library/pub

lications/the-world-factbook/geos/oo.html• Picture Slide 10: http://kids.britannica.com/elem

entary/art-87091• All other images from Microsoft Office Clip Art.