Leatherback

Greg's Fourth Grade

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Erik StokstadMar. 4, 2014, et al. “Where Sea Turtles Spend Their 'Lost Years'.”&nbsp;Science, 10 Dec. 2017, www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/where-sea-turtles-spend-their-lost-years.&nbsp;Morice

Aprison, Margaret. “Leatherback Turtles Hang Out In The South Pacific Gyre.”&nbsp;A Moment of Science - Indiana Public Media, indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/leatherback-turtles-hang-south-pacific-gyre.php.&nbsp;Morice

“Leatherback Turtle Facts for Kids.”&nbsp;National Geographic Kids, 2 June 2020, www.natgeokids.com/nz/discover/animals/sea-life/leatherback-turtle-facts/.&nbsp;Morice

“Information About Sea Turtles: Threats from Artificial Lighting.” Sea Turtle Conservancy, conserveturtles.org/information-sea-turtles-threats-artificial-lighting/ Micah p11

“How Sea Turtle Hatchlings Use Their Flippers to Move Quickly on Sand.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, 11 Mar. 2010, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225091342.htm.&nbsp;Micah p 13

Khalid, Ubaid. “Leatherback Sea Turtle Facts for Kids - Largest Turtle In The World.” Kids Animals Facts, 15 Mar. 2018, kidsanimalsfacts.com/leatherback-sea-turtle-facts-for-kids/. Micah p18

Skwarecki, Beth. “Where Do Baby Sea Turtles Go?” Scientific American, Scientific American, 1 June 2014, www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-do-baby-sea-turtles-go/#:~:text=After%20baby%20loggerhead%20turtles%20hatch,years%20near%20those%20same%20beaches. (Morice)

2) “Warming Climate Making Sea Turtles Almost All Girls.” Newsela, newsela.com/read/climate-change-baby-turtles-gender/id/2000001261/?search_id=de9c0279-d6c1-41ec-9196-b15a82d212ad.&nbsp;

(3) National Geographic Kids ;animals&gt;reptiles&gt;leatherback sea turtles

(4)https://www.leatherback.org/get-involved/join-us/grande-turtle-adventure/kids-can (Shamayim)

(5)https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2017/5/2/10-inspiring-works-of-art-about-plastic-pollution (Shamayim)

(6) Kratts' Creatures EP26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExBSmOgHsqc

(7) Sea Turtle Conservatory. https://conserveturtles.org/information-sea-turtles-frequently-asked-questions/#2

<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-do-newly-hatched-baby-sea-turtles-go-180949954/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-do-newly-hatched-baby-sea-turtles-go-180949954/</a> (Morice)

“How Sea Turtle Hatchlings Use Their Flippers to Move Quickly on Sand.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, 11 Mar. 2010, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225091342.htm.&nbsp;Micah p 19

“Longevity &amp; Causes of Death.” SeaWorld Parks &amp; Entertainment, seaworld.org/animals/all-about/sea-turtles/longevity/#:~:text=Natural%20Predators,prey%20on%20eggs%20and%20hatchlings.&nbsp;(Taiki)

(R.I.P), Kame. “Turtle Fact #3 : We Don't Need Male to Have Eggs.” Underneath The Shell, 11 July 2012, kamekroten.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/turtle-fact-3/comment-page-2/#:~:text=Most%20female%20will%20lay%20eggs%20between%203%2D5%20year%20old.&nbsp;(Taiki)

<a href="https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dermochelys_coriacea/">ADW: Dermochelys coriacea: INFORMATION</a> micah

At darkness I head to the sea guided by the the brightest light. Luckly I go towards the moon Light not the city lights.

When I ventured out to sea I swam to the center of a gyre. A ocean gyre is where sea weed accumulates. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is known as the Pacific Trash vortex; I try to avoid that one!

Chapter 7: Solutions! (Micah, Morice, Taiki, Shamayim)

Individual solutions: 1) Make a chart about how much plastic I use for the week, and then try and use less the following week. 2) How much waste I generate in a week, and then use less the following week.

3) We can pick up liter and put up signs that say, "Do not make the world a trash can".

5) Make art out of plastic pollution.(4)(5) 

Group solutions 1) A letter writing campaign 2) Make signs encouraging people to use less or reuse plastic!

There was a time called the lost years when scientists couldn't study us and they didn't know much about us. Now, with better technology, scientists know much more. I spent most of my lost years on the surface of the ocean on seaweed beds, just swimming around.

40 or 50 years ago, soldiers saw these tracks and thought that an enemy tank had emerged from the sea, a new amphibious secret weapon. Later they saw the ''secret weapon''; it was a mama turtle! (8)

Baby Turtles Hatch And Face A Perilous Race To The Ocean |  VR 360 | Seven Worlds, One Planet

Me and my brother and sisters try to get to the ocean quickly. We move differently on the loose sand vs the hard sand. Scientists show that the maximum speed is the same on both terrains even though I move differently. When I am on loose sand I push back the sand keep repeating but on hard sand I dig my claws into the sand.

I will hatch when I think it is night. If my egg is warm when hatching I will be a girl, if my egg is cold then I will be a boy.(2)

After all that hard work haching, and deciding which light to follow, i've only got a 10 persent chance of surviving. I beter be careful because there are lots of preditors like crabs and sea birds.

When I am between the ages 5-21 I will find a partner to mate with.

The mom digs a nest and then lays 100 eggs in it. She buries them in sand and she returns to the ocean.(3)

The gyre pushes me around like a lazy river around the whole Atlantic Ocean. Throughout my travels, I typically eat jellyfish and zooplankton.

I lay eggs when I am about 5 to 20 years old

Chapter 6: Near Death Experience!!!! (Taiki)

My predators are sharks and killer whales.

The mom makes her new nest on the beach were she was born. (6) She makes the nest somewhere dark and quiet, and not too far from the ocean.(7)

Olive Ridley sea turtle digging its nest

We nest 5 - 7 times a year. We do this every 9-10 days. We only do this April - November. The male I have to leave behind.

I try to avoid predators like sharks, big fish and birds. I do this by staying off the surface of the water when birds are near by.

I was swimming along when a shark attacked out of the depths I just barely escaped.

Chapter 1: Mama's nest .....................................................................3

Chapter 2: Hatching (Morice/Shamayim)...........................................6

Chapter 3: Run to the Sea!!! (Micah)...................................................8

Chapter 4: Venturing Out to Sea (Morice).......................................12

Chapter 5: Yummy Food! Chomp! Chomp! (Micah/ Taiki)...............17

Chapter 6: Near Death Experience!!!! (Taiki)....................................19

Chapter 7: Solutions! (Micah, Morice, Taiki, Shamayim)................21

Chapter 8: Finding a partner (Micah)...............................................22

Chapter 9: Back to the Beach (Taiki)................................................25

Its so dark because I lay my eggs in the night. 

Leatherback Sea Turtle Facts for Kids - Largest Turtle In The World

jellyfish - Google Search

Chapter 5: Yummy Food! Chomp! Chomp! (Micah/ Taiki)

Jellyfish is our breakfast, lunch and dinner. We eat other things then just jellyfish, but jellyfish is our favorite. MMM MMM MMM.

I have jaws that are sharp and use to eat soft prey like jellyfish and octopi. 

My egg hatched about two months after my egg was laid and I dug myself out of the sand. I was a few minutes older than some of my siblings.

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