It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture provides this collection of imagery and videos about five various kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is nice however the collection is a little light on information.

Previously this week when I was checking the weather forecast on
NOAA.gov I discovered a banner revealing that
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 mentor and learning about sea turtles.

Sea Turtles 101

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is an adorable SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles browse thousands of miles of ocean to go back to nesting websites.

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 kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles today. While not awfully interesting, the video is informative and short.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page released by NOAA. The page includes a couple of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and environmental challenges 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for mentor and learning about sea turtles. As you might 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 ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles today.

Traveling Turtles
Traveling Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about 3 kinds of sea turtles found in the waters around Cape Cod and how people work to rescue cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.

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