Nim's+Island+Webquest+-+CHICA

=Bindi Irwin's sea turtle video @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5wdIHq4fE=

=Webquest for Nim's Island begins here! = After reading and watching the videos, complete the TASK and Thinkers Key in your Readers Notebook. Then take the quiz on Chica - Sea Turtles! = = =Green Sea Turtle - Chica =

 Watch the video on green sea turtlesmedia type="file" key="Hawaii Green Sea Turtle Eating - Cool Video  quietube.flv" width="360" height="270" FAST FACTS ON THE GREEN SEA TURTLE Animal Type: Reptile Diet: Herbivore Average life span in the wild:Over 80 years Size: Up to 5 feet Weight: Up to 700 pounds Protection status: Endangered Did you know? Like other sea turtles, the green turtle cannot pull its head into its shell.

More on the Green Sea Turtle:
The green turtle is a large, heavy sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally brown or olive depending on its habitat, but for the greenish color of its skin. The Green Sea Turtle can weigh up to 700 pounds! Their small head is nonretractable, that means it can't pull its head inside its shell. Its heart-shaped carapace or shell measures up to 5 feet. Males are slightly larger than females and have a longer tail. Both have flippers that resemble paddles, which make them powerful and graceful swimmers. Unlike most sea turtles, adult green turtles are herbivorous. That means they feed on sea grasses and algae. Juvenile or young green turtles will also eat invertebrates like crabs, jellyfish, and sponges. To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs. They dig a pit in the sand with their flippers, fill it with a clutch of 100 to 200 eggs, cover the pit and return to the sea, leaving the eggs to hatch after about two months. The most dangerous time of a green turtle’s life is when it makes the journey from nest to sea. Multiple predators, including crabs and flocks of gulls, prey on hatchlings during their short scamper to the sea.

=Let's learn about another sea turtle called the LEATHERBACK TURTLE = Watch the National Geographic video on Leatherback turtles then answer the questions below.

kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/leatherback-sea-turtle/

Leatherback sea turtles are the biggest turtles on Earth. A Leatherback can weigh more than a ton—2,000 pounds! They're long, too. Leatherbacks are usually at least 6 feet long. Their head is nonretractable which means they can not pull their head inside their shell. Unlike other species of sea turtles, which have hard shells, the leatherback's shell is leathery; it feels almost rubbery. The shell is black, often speckled with white or yellow spots. The Leatherback is unique among other turtles because its has flippers without claws. Leatherback sea turtles live mainly in warm waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Their favorite meal is jellyfish.

Leatherback sea turtles dive deeper than any other species of sea turtle. They can dive 4,035 feet (1,230 meters) deep and stay underwater—without breathing—for up to 35 minutes.

Leatherbacks are one of the more endangered creatures on Earth, for several reasons, mostly due to human activity. They are often caught by accident in fishing nets. Stuck underwater, they drown. Sea turtle nesting habitats are also being destroyed, and the eggs they do lay are illegally collected by people for food.

Now that you’re a turtle expert, Play the Ocean Life Turtle Hurdle Game

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TASKs: 1. Complete a Venn Diagram comparing the Green Sea Turtle with the Leatherback Turtle. then write a paragraph with your information.

2. QUIZ: ask your teacher for the Chica Sea Turtle quiz.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Thinkers Key: BRAINSTORM: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How to keep endangered sea turtles from extinction. <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Meet with a partner and come up with 3-5 things people can do to keep sea turtles from becoming extinct. Complete in your Readers Notebooks. You may include drawing and pictures!