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Behavior Specialist

 

The Process

Each team will consist of 4 research scientists.  Your role will be Behavior Specialist.

Behavior Specialist

Your job is to research the nesting, hatching, and feeding habits of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles. How does the female turtle prepare her nest and protect her eggs?  What does the sea turtle eat?  What animals are its predators? What are the dangers to the newly hatched turtles? How has the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle population changed over time?

You will need to share the answers to these questions in your group's final product. llustrate how its population (number of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles) has changed over time (use Microsoft Excel to make a chart or graph). 

The Big6 skills will help you in your research. Use your Big6 Organizer (Big6 Organizer as pdf file)to help guide you through the research process.

Note taking for this job
Click below for Inspiration template for Behavior Specialist.
See the Behavior Specialist Inspiration file as web page.
Download the Behavior Specialist Inspiration 6. template.
If you have Inspiration, this file can be used to write your notes.
Index of Digital Photographs and MPEG movies for student presentations.

The Resources

You must cite all books and web sites you use to find your information. Need help? See Citing Your Sources. You'll need to make a list of all the citations you make for the resources you use so that your group can create a written Bibliography to go with your final product.

The librarian will identify and explain how to use print resources, online databases, and Worldbook Online.  You will also use the web sites listed below to help you find the information your need:

Behavior Specialist
Describe nesting, hatching and feeding  behavior patterns
Description of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/books/turtles/turtle5.htm
National Park Foundation http://www.nationalparks.org/npf/programs/turtles.htm
Sea Turtle Restoration Project
 
Home Page http://www.seaturtles.org/hp.cfm
Kemp's Ridley Fact Sheet http://www.seaturtles.org/pdf/ACF1A9A.pdf
Sea Turtles
(basic information from Sea World)		 Sea World Home http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/home.html
Habitat http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/sthabit.html
Found in Oceans http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/sttable.html
Diet http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/stdiet.html
Behavior http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/stbehavior.html
Behavior http://www.cccturtle.org/behav.htm

Hatchling and Nesting Research

Gladys Porter Zoo
http://www.gpz.org/conserv/ridley/turtleproj.html
Nesting Links: http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/world/content/plants4.html
http://www.herpdigest.org/turtles/seaturt.htm
http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bri00600.htm#Sea
Nesting Locations http://cccturtle.org/kemps.htm
The Great Texas Turtle Rescue http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2160
Nesting Reports for 2002
Padre Island National Seashore		 http://www.ridleyturtles.org/beachpicts.html
Brief Description of
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle		 http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/books/turtles/turtle5.htm
National Wildlife Federation Fact Sheet http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/kempsridleyseaturtle/
Population and Range Go to Conservation Click on Sea Turtle Outlines and Geological Distribution Link (bottom of page)
Range and Population Counts http://www.euroturtle.org
Population http://www.ridleyturtles.org/popchart.html
WWF-Biology, Population, Distribution, Threats

Population and Distribution
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/what_we_do/flagship_species/marine_turtles/kemps_ridley_turtle/population_distribution.cfm
WWF-Biology, Population, Distribution, Threats Range
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/what_we_do/flagship_species/marine_turtles/kemps_ridley_turtle/index.cfm
Fact Sheet Fact Sheet http://www.seaturtles.org/pdf/ACF1A9A.pdf
Sea Turtle Distribution and Habitat http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/seaturtle/sttable.html
Habitat, Range and Nesting Locations http://cccturtle.org/kemps.htm

Photo Credit: Ridley Nesting Courtesy:USGS Photo

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