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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Leatherback Sea Turtles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Children will enjoy this engaging profile of Leatherback sea turtles, an endangered species.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Leatherback Sea Turtle O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to learn about the leatherback sea turtle. Find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information.
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Other

Sea Turtle Conservancy: Sea Turtles, Habitats and Threats to Their Survival

For Students 9th - 10th
Site includes information on sea turtles, their habitat, and survival problems.
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Other

Cresli Sea Turtles Program

For Students 9th - 10th
CRESLI works in New York state to study and help the species of sea turtles near Long Island.
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The Leatherback Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization of scientists and future scientists to preserve the Leatherback sea turtles and their nesting beaches.
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Bagheera

Bagheera.com: Leatherback Sea Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
All the species of sea turtles are endangered and this page provides information specifically about the leatherback. It includes diet, history, and causes of endangerment. There is also a good section about conservation and efforts to...
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Other

Canadian Sea Turtle Network

For Students 9th - 10th
This organization is dedicated to endangered sea turtles by educating fishermen, boat operators, and the interested public. Site has some basic information about their research on the leatherback turtles in the Research sections. It...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Leatherback Sea Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution...
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Other

Field Trip Earth: Obx Sea Turtles: Atlantic Sea Turtles

For Students 9th - 10th
Field Trip Earth takes a fascinating look at the Atlantic Sea Turtles (Green, Leatherback, Loggerhead, and Kemp's ridley), all of which are threatened or endangered. Join researchers as they track migration, investigate nesting...
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Sea Turtle

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise site that describes various sea turtles. A general description of the sea turtles life span, range, food, behavior and offspring is included.
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Leatherback Seaturtle

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the Leatherback Sea Turtle.
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NOAA

Noaa: Marine Turtles

For Students 9th - 10th
The NOAA Fisheries gives a brief overview of the conservation efforts, threat, and the status of the seven marine turtle species. Be sure to click on the individual species to get more information.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ocean Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about leatherback turtles and dusky dolphins with the Earthwatch research teams in Costa Rica and New Zealand. Choose which animal you would like to learn more about then read field reports, meet a researcher, become a researcher...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Explorers: Ocean Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan explores how human activity has an impact on turtles, sea otters, and dolphins in different parts of the world. Your students will read field reports from the sites and evaluate data that is offered.
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Curated OER

Leatherback Sea Turtle

For Students 3rd - 8th
An informative site from Sea and Sky that contains basic characteristics along with a number of beautiful pictures of the common marine reptiles.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Endangered Species List

For Students 2nd - 8th
List of the top 10 endangered species.