It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you might expect, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological obstacles facing sea turtles today. While not awfully appealing, the video is useful and brief.

Sea Turtles 101

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture offers this collection of imagery and videos about five different kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The images is nice but the collection is a little light on info.

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 sites.

When I was examining the weather forecast on, previously this week
NOAA.gov I noticed a banner revealing that
today is Sea Turtle Week. Prior to that I didnt know 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 prompted me to take a look at some resources for teaching and learning more about sea turtles. Heres what I discovered.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is a helpful page published by NOAA. The page consists of a couple of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and environmental difficulties facing 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 witnessed sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles. As you might anticipate, the video covers the basics of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges facing sea turtles today.

Traveling Turtles
Traveling Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about three types of sea turtles found in the waters around Cape Cod and how individuals work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.

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