Educational Initiatives: Educator Resources

Register to download STC’s Educator’s Guide & Lesson Modules ( Files)

Take advantage of STC’s Reduced Adopt-A-Turtle Rate for Educators

Learn about STC’s Educators Special Student Adopt-A-Turtle program

Download or Request Sea Turtle Life History Posters

Distance Learning Programs & Lessons

 

Educational Lessons Related to Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking

• Introduction to Sea Turtles – for all grade levels, but focused on Grades 1 – 5. Developed by Dr. Gayle Evans for STC’s Distance Learning Program
• A Brief Unit on Sea Turtles – for Grades 2 & 3. Developed by Cathy Payne
• Plotting and Prediction: Track Sea Turtles and Predict Their Routes – for Grade 5 (Easily adapted for Middle or High School). Developed by Cathy Payne
• Cause and Effect – Human Impact on Sea Turtle Populations: Plastic Bags – for Grades 5 – 8. Developed by Cathy Payne
• Tour de Turtles: It’s a Race for Survival! – for Grades 6 – 8. Developed by Dr. Gayle Evans (Download the Race for Survival PowerPoint Presentation)
• Sea Turtle Adaptations – 5E Lesson on adaptations to the environment for Grades 4 – 10. Developed by Dr. Gayle Evans for STC’s Distance Learning Program
• Who Cares for These Turtles? – for Grades 6 – 12. Developed by Dr. Gayle Evans
• Sea Turtle Research & Data Evaluation – 5E Lesson on data interpretation for Grades 7 – 12. Developed by Dr. Gayle Evans for STC’s Distance Learning Program
• Tides of Change… – for Grades 10 – 12 (Can be adapted for upper Elementary and Middle School). Developed by Dr. Gayle Evans

 

Quizzes

• Sea Turtle Quiz
• Coastal Habitat Quiz

 

Additional Educational Activities

• List of activities, by subject, based on satellite tracking sea turtles
• Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest – NOAA website
• Turtle Shell Quilt Instructions
• Turtle Shell Backpack Instructions
• Sea Turtle APES WebQuest – Developed by Brian Bodas, 2008
• Sea Turtle Conservation WebQuest
• Coordinate Graphing Activity – Developed by Debra McGinn, 2004

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If you have an activity or resource related to the tracking program that you would like to share, please contact Dan Evans at drevans@conserveturtles.org or 352-373-6441 to find out how to have it included on our website.