It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons
Sea Turtles 101
Earlier this week when I was inspecting the weather report on
NOAA.gov I noticed a banner revealing that
Prior to that I didnt understand that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it advised me of the time that I witnessed sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles.
Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is a charming SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles navigate thousands of miles of ocean to go back to nesting websites.
Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture provides this collection of images and videos about five various types of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is nice but the collection is a little light on information.
Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you might 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 challenges facing sea turtles today. While not terribly engaging, the video is brief and useful.
7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an useful page published by NOAA. The page includes a number of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and environmental difficulties dealing with sea turtles.
Prior to that I didnt know that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it reminded me of the time that I experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out about sea turtles. As you may anticipate, the video covers the essentials of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological obstacles 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.
