Sea Turtles 101

When I was checking the weather condition projection on, previously this week
NOAA.gov I discovered a banner revealing that
this week 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to take a look at some resources for mentor and finding out about sea turtles. Heres what I found.

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

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 challenges dealing with sea turtles today. While not extremely appealing, the video is short and helpful.

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is an adorable SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles navigate countless miles of ocean to return to nesting sites.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is a helpful page published by NOAA. The page consists of a number of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and ecological difficulties facing sea turtles.

Traveling 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 people work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.

Prior to that I didnt understand that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it advised 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 learning about sea turtles. As you might anticipate, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges dealing with sea turtles today.