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 various types of sea turtles discovered off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is nice 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 development 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 awfully appealing, the video is informative and brief.

When I was inspecting the weather projection on, earlier this week
NOAA.gov I saw a banner announcing that
this week is Sea Turtle Week. Prior to that I didnt understand 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 sea turtles. Heres what I found.

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

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is a helpful page released by NOAA. The page consists of a couple of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and ecological challenges facing sea turtles.

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.

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 evolution of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, reproduction of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles today.

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