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Welcome Ocean Connectors Students!
This is your very own ocean conservation web page - made just for you! I will post different pictures every couple of weeks, so keep checking back! Also, check out the cool links below, and don't hesitate to email us with any questions! Enjoy!
-Timmy |
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To read a complete description of the Ocean Connectors project, visit the main
Ocean Connectors Project Page |
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5th grade students at Marshall
Elementary wrote letters to Mexican
students about what they learned |
These two young men put a lot of effort
into their letters and artwork |
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This student in La Paz, Mexico wrote about the 7 different species of sea turtles |
These Mexican students created art and wrote
about their concern for sea turtle preservation
worldwide |
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Ocean Connectors students visited
the Chula Vista Nature Center and
learned about the interconnectedness of
earth's ecosystems |
Students from Marshall Elementary learned that San Diego
is home to various engangered species |
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Students from Harborside Elementary
named this 308 lb black sea turtle
"Bobby" |
These students from Kimball Elementary
watched as NMFS scientists performed
research on this 320 lb green
sea turtle |
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Students in La Paz learned about ways
to help save sea turtles
from extinction |
Pro Peninsula educates children in Mexico
about marine life protection |
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Don't forget what YOU
can do to help save sea turtles!
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Check out these cool links:
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- Stop using plastic bags! Use reusable canvas bags instead.
- Don't buy or eat seafood whose extraction may result in sea turtle bycatch.
- Visit any communities involved in sea turtle or marine conservation.
- Become a member of a conservation organization.
- Get informed and spread the word!
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Sea Turtle Facts: |
- Sea turtles have lived on the planet for 150 million years! Sea turtles thrived in the world's oceans until recently; modern human developments have pushed all 7 species of sea turtles to the brink of extinction.
- Green sea turtles can hold their breath for over an hour! This helps them on their migrations between nesting beaches on the western coast of Mexico and feeding grounds in San Diego, California.
- Black sea turtles are a sub species of the green sea turtle. They share the same DNA, but exhibit physical differences.
- The biggest sea turtle ever found in the western paficic region was "Wrinklebutt" and she weighs 575 lbs! She is known to spend a lot of time in San Diego Bay.
- Loggerhead sea turtles migrate 8,000 miles from their nesting beaches in Japan to their feeding grounds in Mexico! This voyage takes over a year!
- The leatherback sea turtle can weigh 1,300 lbs and be up to 8 feet long! They can dive deeper than any other species of sea turtle!
- The Hawksbill sea turtle is considered "critically endangered", which means that their populations have decreased by 80% in 3 generations.
- Female Olive Ridley sea turtle come onshore to nest by the thousands! These large groups are called "arribadas", which means "arrival" in Spanish.
- Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are the only species that commonly nests in the daytime! They also tend to nest on only one beach in the whole world: Rancho Nuevo along the Gulf of Mexico.
- Flatback sea turtles live solely off the northern coast of Australia in isolated, remote regions.
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Pro Peninsula thanks our Ocean Connectors project funders: the California Coastal Commission, the Sea World-Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, the Captain Planet Foundation, and the Unified Port of San Diego |
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