Sea turtles
Ocean life
Three free lessons for ages 8 to 11
Five of the world's seven sea turtle species live in Philippine waters. These lessons meet each one, follow the life cycle from egg to adult with a survival dice game, and end with how students can help protect nesting beaches.
- Ages
- 8 to 11
- Time
- 45 to 60 minutes per lesson
- Subjects
- Science, maths and values education
- Hands-on
- Species cards, a hatchling survival dice game and a beach rules poster
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Lesson 1: Meet the pawikan
The five sea turtle species of the Philippines, how to tell them apart, and how each is built for its food.
- Ages
- 8 to 11 (grades 3 to 6)
- Time
- 45 to 60 minutes
- You need
- One set of species cards per group and one food match worksheet per student
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Lesson 2: The life of a turtle
The sea turtle life cycle, nesting, temperature and a hatchling survival game.
- Ages
- 8 to 11 (grades 3 to 6)
- Time
- 45 to 60 minutes
- You need
- A dice, the six stage cards and one life cycle sheet per student
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Lesson 3: Helping turtles
Threats to sea turtles, the law that protects them, and how students can help.
- Ages
- 8 to 11 (grades 3 to 6)
- Time
- 45 to 60 minutes
- You need
- One planner sheet per student, and the beach rules poster to display
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