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Environmental
Specialist

 


The Process

Each team will consist of 4 research scientists.  Your role is Environmental Specialist.

 

Environmental Specialist Your job is to investigate how humans impact the survival of sea turtles:  find out what humans are doing that endangers these sea turtles; find out what is being done to protect the turtles; make a list of ways that the members of your team might help in the effort to protect Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles. Be sure to describe both positive and negative influences that humans have had on the sea turtles. What does conservation mean?
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 Environmental Specialist.
See the Environmental Specialist Inspiration file as web page.
Download the Environmental Specialist Inspiration 6.0 template.
If you have Inspiration, this file can be used to write your notes.
See the Ways to Save the Sea Turtle Inspiration file as web page. Download the Ways to Save the Sea Turtle Inspiration 6.0 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:

Environmental Specialist
Investigate human impact on survival of sea turtles and conservation efforts

National Wildlife Federation


Fact Sheet
http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/kempsridleyseaturtle/

Threats
http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/kempsridleyseaturtle/humaninteraction.cfm

Human Impact

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/07/turtles.yoto/

http://www.turtles.org/threats.htm

EuroTurtle
(go to Conservation then Threats)

http://www.euroturtle.org/

The Great Texas Turtle Rescue

http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2160

Sea Turtle Restoration Project

 

Home Page http://www.seaturtles.org/hp.cfm

Fact Sheet http://www.seaturtles.org/pdf/ACF1A9A.pdf

Sea Turtle Restoration Project
Turtles and Shrimp Nets

http://www.seaturtles.org/issue_briefings2.cfm?issueBriefID=1

Sea World

http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/stlongevity.html

Conservation

http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/stconser.html

Conservation

Sea Turtle Conservation Program

http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/seaturtle/stconser.html

http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/seaturtleab.html

Euroturtle site also includes education and conservation resources

http://www.euroturtle.org/

Toxic Texas- Sea Turtles Dying on Texas Coast

http://www.txpeer.org/toxictour/sea_turtles.html

Human Impact?

Newspaper article on pierhttp://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/06/06062001/turtlepier_43883.asp

H.E.A.R.T.

Help Endangered Animals - Ridley Turtles

Protection 

NOAA - Office of Protected Resources

turtles.org Kemp's Ridley Turtles

Galveston Lab Sea Turtles

http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/06/06062001/turtlepier_43883.asp

Endangered Species, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii , U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

http://www.eparka.com/news/3K/S1/CW/13KS1CWM9/

Dr. Frank V. Paladino, Professor of Biology at Indiana-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Studied endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica since 1988
http://teacher.scholastic.com/turtles/paladino/submit.asp

What do you do if you see a sea turtle?

http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bri00600.htm#What

Ideas to Help
What can you do to help?

http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bri00600.htm#How

http://www.turtles.org/helping.htm

Photograph taken at the Texas State Aquarium.

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