It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Previously this week when I was inspecting the weather report on
NOAA.gov I noticed a banner announcing that
Prior to that I didnt know that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it reminded me of the time that I saw sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for mentor and discovering about sea turtles.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may 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 difficulties facing sea turtles today. While not awfully appealing, the video is short and helpful.

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is an adorable SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles browse thousands of miles of ocean to return to nesting websites.

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

Sea Turtles 101

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an useful page published by NOAA. The page includes a couple of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and environmental challenges facing sea turtles.

Traveling Turtles
Taking a trip Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about three types of sea turtles found in the waters around Cape Cod and how individuals work to rescue 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and learning 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, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges facing sea turtles today.

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