It’s Sea Turtle Week – Five Short Lessons

Previously today when I was checking the weather report on
NOAA.gov I discovered a banner revealing 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 experienced sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it triggered me to look at some resources for mentor and discovering about sea turtles.

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture uses this collection of images and videos about five different kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The images is great but 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 basics of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and type of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological obstacles dealing with sea turtles today. While not extremely appealing, the video is short and useful.

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

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

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 prompted me to look at some resources for mentor and learning about sea turtles. As you may expect, the video covers the basics of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental obstacles dealing with sea turtles today.

Traveling Turtles
Traveling 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.

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