Sea Turtles 101

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

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you might anticipate, the video covers the essentials of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and sort of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental obstacles dealing with sea turtles today. While not extremely engaging, the video is short and helpful.

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

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

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is a helpful page published by NOAA. The page includes a couple of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and ecological challenges dealing with 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 saw sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out about sea turtles. As you may expect, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the environmental difficulties dealing with sea turtles today.

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