It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture offers this collection of images and videos about 5 various types of sea turtles discovered off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is great but the collection is a little light on information.

Earlier today when I was examining the weather projection on
NOAA.gov I discovered a banner announcing 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out about sea turtles.

Sea Turtles 101

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is a charming SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles navigate countless miles of ocean to return to nesting websites.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you might anticipate, the video covers the essentials of the life and evolution of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles today. While not extremely interesting, the video is informative and brief.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page published by NOAA. The page consists of a couple of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and ecological obstacles facing 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 triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and discovering 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, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological obstacles facing sea turtles today.

Taking a trip Turtles
Taking a trip Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about three 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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