OUT OF PRINT! Requests for the new edition of our Sea Turtle teacher’s kit have far exceeded our expectations, and we have given away all the printed copies. We’re sorry!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD and/or print the complete kit in pdf format. This pdf version includes everything in the printed kit. By using it to do EDSS activities with your students, you will help protect leatherback sea turtles at Playa Grande Costa Rica.
Free mini-unit for grades 7-9
EDSS challenges students to become experts on sea turtles by analyzing data and
explaining research to their peers. It includes powerful assessment tools designed
to measure achievement across multiple applied math and science benchmarks.
Days 1-2
Warm up with a quick look at general information and scientists’ stories. Students extract facts and write them in short captions. On Day 2, you kick off student prep with a sample data set and quick demonstration.
Days 3-4
Working in groups of 2 or 3, students analyze data, enlarge charts, and prepare oral reports, guided by questions that include challenging critical-thinking problems. Sixteen data sets are provided at 3 levels of difficulty.
Days 5-6
Groups make oral reports (5-7 minutes each). The easy-to-use rubric and student self-evaluation form make grading quick and easy.
Day 7
Everyone participates in a class discussion to review data and answer the question, What’s happening to sea turtles? Celebrate! Reward students with your honorary Big Gift certificate.
EDSS: Sea turtles makes a real difference in the world! For every class that does the sea turtle symposium in 2009, The Leatherback Trust has pledged a donation to protect nesting mothers, eggs, and hatchlings at Playa Grande, Costa Rica, the last important leatherback sea turtle nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific.
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.
For every class that does the sea turtle symposium in 2009, The Leatherback Trust has pledged a donation to protect nesting mothers, eggs, and hatchlings at Playa Grande, Costa Rica, the last important leatherback sea turtle nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific.
