It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons
Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture offers this collection of imagery and videos about 5 different kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is nice but the collection is a little light on information.
Earlier this week when I was inspecting the weather report on
NOAA.gov I discovered a banner announcing 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles.
Sea Turtles 101
Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you might anticipate, the video covers the basics of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological obstacles dealing with sea turtles today. While not awfully interesting, the video is informative and brief.
Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is an adorable SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles navigate countless miles of ocean to go back to nesting sites.
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 facing sea turtles.
Traveling Turtles
Taking a trip Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about three types 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 reminded me of the time that I witnessed sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for mentor and finding out about sea turtles. As you might 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 environmental challenges dealing with sea turtles today.
