It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

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

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may anticipate, the video covers the essentials of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological difficulties dealing with sea turtles today. While not awfully engaging, the video is helpful and short.

Previously this week when I was examining the weather forecast on
NOAA.gov I observed a banner announcing that
this week is Sea Turtle Week. Prior to that I didnt know 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 prompted me to look at some resources for mentor and learning more about sea turtles. Heres what I found.

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is a cute SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles browse countless miles of ocean to return to nesting sites.

Sea Turtles 101

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is an informative page released by NOAA. The page consists of a number of videos about sea turtle habitat, life, and ecological obstacles dealing with sea turtles.

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 triggered me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out 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 difficulties facing sea turtles today.

Taking a trip 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 individuals work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.

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