It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

When I was inspecting the weather condition projection on, earlier this week
NOAA.gov I observed a banner announcing that
today is Sea Turtle Week. 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 take a look at some resources for mentor and discovering sea turtles. Heres what I found.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may anticipate, the video covers the basics of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges dealing with sea turtles today. While not awfully appealing, the video is informative and brief.

Sea Turtles 101

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture provides this collection of imagery and videos about 5 various kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The images is great but the collection is a little light on info.

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.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page released by NOAA. The page consists of a number of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles.

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 teaching and finding out about sea turtles. As you may anticipate, the video covers the essentials of the life and evolution of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental obstacles facing sea turtles today.

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

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