In Pursuit of Environmental Literacy:
Partnering for Ocean Literacy
Along the Oregon coast, community partners are teaming up with the school district to encourage use of the ocean as a context for learning
by Rachael Bayor School Liaison Partnership Coordinator
beach or in Nebraska. For one, the ocean’s influence on weather and climate is an integral part of understanding global climate change. In addition, the ocean makes earth habitable as most of the oxygen in the atmosphere comes from photosynthetic organisms in the ocean. These and other details about the ocean are important to understanding our global system and how the system is changing. Why do kids that live on the
W Oregon Coast need to know about the ocean? This
hy do kids need to know about the ocean? It may take a moment to reflect on why the ocean is important to every person on this earth whether you live on the
one may not be as much a puzzler. Residents of the coast must prepare for coastal hazards such as tsunamis, sea level rise and storm surges. In order to make informed decisions, they must also understand the natural resources of fish, shellfish, timber and even waves that directly impact local economy and jobs. Despite all of these reasons to know about the ocean, as a
society we are largely illiterate about the ocean; even many of us folks living on the Oregon Coast know very little. Here in Lincoln County Oregon, the local make our students may understand
them and how they
school district decided to ocean literate; that they how the ocean impacts influence the ocean.
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