It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

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

Earlier today when I was checking the weather report on
NOAA.gov I observed a banner revealing 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 prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out about sea turtles.

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture provides this collection of images and videos about five different kinds of sea turtles discovered off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is great however the collection is a little light on info.

Sea Turtles 101

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may anticipate, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and type of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological obstacles dealing with sea turtles today. While not terribly appealing, the video is informative and short.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page published by NOAA. The page consists of a number of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and environmental obstacles facing 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for mentor and discovering about sea turtles. As you might expect, the video covers the essentials of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental obstacles facing sea turtles today.

Traveling Turtles
Traveling Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about 3 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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