Mrs. Ellsworth & Mrs. Johnson
Teachers please see last slide for notes.
hatchling
a recently
hatched animal
In this lesson a
hatchling refers
to a sea turtle.
natal
beach
The beach where
the sea turtle was
born.
carapace
a bony shield
covering the back
of an animal
migration
to go from one
country, region,
or place to
another.
This is a picture
of a sea turtle
named Hibiscus’
migration route.
Notice that there
isn’t any land in
this picture as
sea turtles spend
their lives in the
sea except when
the females lay
eggs at their
natal beach.
This map came from this website.
http://www.cccturtle.org/satellitetrackingmap.php?page
=sat-eastcarib_hibiscus
flipper
a broad, flat
limb, as of a sea
turtle, seal or
whale, especially
adapted for
swimming
Sea turtles have 2 sets of flippers the front flippers help
swim, steer and glide and the back flipper are used for
stopping and turning.
Plankton
tiny animals
and plants
found floating
in water
sea grass
grasses and
plants tat live in
the sea, oceans
and coastal
areas
habitat
A place where a
person, animal or
plant lives.
This turtle is in
it’s natural
habitat.
endangered-species
A species at risk of extinction
because of human activity, climate
changes etc.
Now that you know these
words better, try using them in
a sentence on your paper.
Before teaching the lesson place the students in groups and provide
them a list of the words. Have them discuss the words before and write
sentences with the words after the lesson.file://localhost/sea turtle
pre/post activity.docx
(This is also located on the resources page of the web quest.)
There are delays set before the definition enters the slide. This is to
allow students time to generate their own definitions of the words.
Please adjust if you need to.
Students should use this word map to help them understand the
words better.
wordmap.pdf
On day two of the web quest there is a link to a vocabulary game that
will allow students to review the words at a differentiated level.