EDSS: Sea Turtles

Do Some Science/Save a Turtle!

What is it about sea turtles? What makes them so compelling? Why are they endangered? Earth Day Science Symposium challenges students to become experts by analyzing data and explaining research to their peers. The EDSS teacher’s kit comes with everything you need to do the mini-unit, including colorful cards, 16 data sets, giant graph paper, and easy-to-use rubrics for student self-evaluation and grading. EDSS helps boost achievement across multiple applied math and science benchmarks. Grades 7-9

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Or participate in the Big Gift Sea Turtle Initiative and receive the kit for free. EDSS: Sea Turtles is an easy-to-implement, challenging science and math activity that will delight your students and boost their skills.

EDSS Sea Turtles

The Real-world Difference
Spend only $12.50 to trigger a donation for conservation. For every class that does the mini-unit (all or part), The Leatherback Trust has pledged to raise $50 to protect mothers, eggs and hatchlings at Playa Grande, the last nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific for critically endangered leatherback sea turtles. Students participating in EDSS have already helped raise more than $170,000.
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7 Days / 2 Hours Teacher Prep
Days 1-2 You and your class warm up with a quick look at general facts and field stories. You kick off student prep with a quick demonstration.
Days 3-4 Students work in groups of 2 or 3 to analyze data, enlarge charts, and prepare oral reports, guided by questions that include challenging critical-thinking problems.
Days 5-6 Groups make oral reports and evaluate their work using the EDSS rubric.
Day 7 Everyone participates in a quick discussion to review data and propose answers to the question, What’s happening to sea turtles? Celebrate! Reward students with an honorary certificate that acknowledges the real difference their effort has made.

EDSS: Additional Teacher Resources »
Find pre/post questions, study guides, pop quizzes and more for each EDSS. Measuring the effectiveness of the activity will help your students recognize their progress (parents and colleagues will too!).

Earth Day Science Symposium materials are provided free to elementary and middle-school teachers through generous funding from Earth’s Birthday Project’s 2009 conservation partners: American Bird Conservancy, Nature & Culture International, World Land Trust-US, The Leatherback Trust, and African Wildlife Foundation.

American Bird Conservancy Nature & Culture International
World Land Trust Leatherback Trust
African Wildlife Federation

 

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