It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture offers 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 information.

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is a cute 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 condition forecast on, earlier this week
NOAA.gov I discovered a banner announcing that
Prior to that I didnt know that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it reminded me of the time that I saw sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may anticipate, the video covers the essentials of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges facing sea turtles today. While not awfully interesting, the video is short and helpful.

Sea Turtles 101

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page released by NOAA. The page includes a number of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and environmental obstacles 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 discovering about sea turtles. As you may expect, the video covers the essentials of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges facing sea turtles today.

Taking a trip Turtles
Traveling Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about three kinds of sea turtles discovered 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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