Earlier this week when I was checking the weather condition forecast on
NOAA.gov I noticed 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 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 teaching and learning about sea turtles. Heres what I found.

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

Sea Turtles 101

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you might expect, the video covers the basics of the life and evolution of sea turtles, the number and type of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental obstacles dealing with sea turtles today. While not awfully engaging, the video is informative and brief.

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture provides this collection of images and videos about five various types of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The images is nice but the collection is a little light on details.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page published by NOAA. The page includes a couple of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and ecological obstacles dealing with sea turtles.

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 may expect, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and evolution of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges facing 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 individuals work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.