It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Previously today when I was inspecting the weather report on
NOAA.gov I observed a banner announcing that
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 triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out about sea turtles.

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture uses this collection of images and videos about five different kinds of sea turtles discovered 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 countless miles of ocean to return to nesting sites.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may expect, the video covers the essentials of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental difficulties facing sea turtles today. While not terribly interesting, the video is brief and helpful.

Sea Turtles 101

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 habitat, life, and ecological 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 witnessed sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles. As you may expect, the video covers the basics of the life and evolution of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges dealing with sea turtles today.

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