It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Sea Turtles 101

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture uses this collection of imagery and videos about 5 different kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is nice however the collection is a little light on details.

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is a cute SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles browse thousands of miles of ocean to go back to nesting sites.

When I was inspecting the weather projection on, earlier this week
NOAA.gov I noticed a banner revealing that
this week is Sea Turtle Week. Prior to that I didnt understand that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it reminded me of the time that I witnessed sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and learning more about sea turtles. Heres what I discovered.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may anticipate, the video covers the basics of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental difficulties dealing with sea turtles today. While not awfully engaging, the video is brief and useful.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page published by NOAA. The page includes a couple of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and environmental challenges dealing with sea turtles.

Prior to that I didnt understand that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it advised me of the time that I saw sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and discovering about sea turtles. As you might anticipate, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and evolution of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles today.

Taking a trip Turtles
Taking a trip Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about three kinds of sea turtles discovered in the waters around Cape Cod and how people work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.

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