Earlier today when I was checking the weather report on
NOAA.gov I saw a banner revealing that
today is Sea Turtle Week. Prior to that I didnt understand 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. Heres what I discovered.

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

Sea Turtles 101

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may anticipate, the video covers the basics of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological difficulties dealing with sea turtles today. While not extremely appealing, the video is brief and informative.

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture provides this collection of imagery and videos about 5 different kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is great but the collection is a little light on information.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is a helpful page released by NOAA. The page includes a number of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and environmental challenges 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 saw sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles. As you may anticipate, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental challenges dealing with sea turtles today.

Taking a trip Turtles
Traveling Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about 3 types of sea turtles found in the waters around Cape Cod and how individuals work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.