FREE Teacher Resources

Turtle Trek

Turtle Trek is a classroom program designed to teach students about the unique adaptations that help these ancient reptiles sruvive in marine environments. Through a hands-on activity, multimedia presentation and interactive dicussions, students will explore how sea turtles have evolved specialized features such as streamlined shell for wimming, specialized beaks for feeding adaptations and more. 
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Turtle Trek Presentation
Turtle Trek Grades 1-5 pre/post worksheet
Turtle Trek Grades 6-8 pre/post worksheet
Turtle Trek Activity Instructions
Turtle Trek Activity Print Out

Sea Turtle Supper

Discover the important role sea turtles play in ocean ecosystems with this interactive classroom program (Sea Turtle Supper) on food chains and food webs. Students will explore what different sea turtle species eat at different stages of their lives, from sea jellies and sea grass to crabs and mollusks and how they fit into the larger marine food web. Through this engaging lesson, students will learn about predator-prey relationships, energy flow in the ecosystem, and the impact of environmental changes on sea turtle survival.
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Sea Turtle Supper Presentation
Sea Turtle Supper Grades 1-5 pre/post worksheet
Sea Turtle Supper Grades 6-8 pre/post worksheet
​Sea Turtle Supper Activity Instructions
Sea Turtle Supper Food Web Print Out

Prosthetic Party

Combine biology, engineering, and compassion with this innovative STEM program focused on sea turtle prosthetics! Students will learn how science and technology come together to help injured sea turtles swim again. Through real-world case studies and interactive activities, they’ll explore the challenges turtles face from boat strikes, entanglements and predator wounds and how engineers design life-saving prosthetics to restore mobility. *Prosthetics are not for sea turtles going back into the wild*
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Sea Turtle Prosthetics Presentation
Sea Turtle Prosthetics Activity (Virtual/At Home)
​Printable Play Money