READ ABOUT SEA

TURTLES AND WORK ON

THE ACTIVITIES:

ACTIVITIES

1. Where could you see this sign?

2. Have you seen me? Complete this chart.

SPECIES: SIZE: FOOD: HABITAT: CLASSIFIED

AS:

3. Conservation program: (observe the docs in the second page)

a. What is strictly forbidden?

b. How do passersby know what is forbidden?

c. What if they don’t follow the rules?

d. What are the other dangers mentioned for turtles?

4. Sea turtle life cycle:

EGGS:

Where?

How many?

How big?

Incubation

period?

5. You can help protect sea turtles:

Family?

So :

Made mainly of:

Where?

Sum up what we must do to protect sea turtles.

AFTER READING:

1. What other dangers, which are not mentioned in these docs, can

threaten sea turtles worldwide?

2. Sum up the information which can account for their extinction?

3. What sort of sea turtles can we observe around Corsica? Where do

they nest? Endangered or not?

4. Observe the following doc, what are their aims?

FROM EARLY

LIFE:

What?

Food?

Where?

When can they

breed?

How often

A

A

D

A

B

A

C

A

E

A

F

A