Sea
Turtle
Discovery
Teacher Resource Guide
Grades K-2
Hello!
In this Resource Guide you will find an assortment
of activities that correspond with Sea Turtle
Discovery, our FREE education workshop,
appropriate for Grades K-2. These supplementary
materials are divided into activities for the
classroom, as well as self-guided activities for
students as they walk through the aquarium. All
of the content in this guide and the Sea Turtle
Discovery workshop are carefully aligned with
Florida Sunshine State Standards, as is designated
on the bottom of each page. I hope you find this
Guide to be a useful and engaging tool to inspire
tomorrow’s marine conservation leaders!
Contents:
Introduction
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Student Activities
(In the Classroom)
2-7
Student Activities
(During your Trip)
8-9
Sample Responses
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State Standards
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Best,
Colleen Shytle
Education Specialist
SEA LIFE Orlando
Educational Objectives:
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Field Trip Information
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Please allow ample time for parking and ticketing.
To book a FREE on-site educational workshop,
please contact our Call Center at 866-228-6444.
Workshops must be booked at least 2 weeks in
advance.
We are conveniently located on International Drive
at the I-Drive 360 complex. Buses should use the
east entrance off of Universal Boulevard. Parking is
FREE!
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Learn the differences between
real sea turtles and cartoon ones
Decide whether things are living
or non-living
Use senses to describe how
animals look, feel, and move
Determine what types of habitats
different animals need to survive
Analyze how energy is
transferred through a simple food
chain
Compare the life cycles of
animals and plants
Use observation and
collaboration to make amazing
discoveries
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Meet Tyler and Chely!
Hello!
My name is Tyler the Turtle.
You can find me around SEA
LIFE Aquarium.
Circle 2 things on Tyler that
you wouldn’t see on a real
sea turtle.
Chely is a real sea turtle that lives at SEA LIFE Orlando. He was
rescued after being hit by a boat. You can see him swimming in our
Atlantic Ocean habitat!
Can you draw Chely’s flippers? Then color him in!
Chely
Relevant Standards: SC.K.L.14.2; SC.K.L.14.3; SC.K.N.1.4
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Moving Along!
Sea creatures move in many different ways. Color in
the animals that move slowly.
Relevant Standards: SC.K.P.12.1; SC.K.N.1.5; SC.1.P.12.1
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Staying Alive!
The ocean is full of many different things! Some are
alive and some are not alive. Circle the objects below
that are alive.
Sand
Jellyfish
Sea Star
Plastic Bag
Scuba Diver
Clownfish
Shark
Wave
Rocks
One of these objects does not belong in the ocean. Can you
figure out which one it is? Write its name below:
___ ___ a ___ t ___ c
B ___ g
Relevant Standards: SC.1.L.14.3; SC.1.E.6.1
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Where’s My Home?
A habitat is a place where plants and animals live and
grow. Draw an arrow to match each animal to its habitat.
Draw a picture of your own habitat, and write one sentence
to describe it.
Relevant Standards: SC.1.L.17.1; SC.1.E.6.1; SC.2.L.17.1; SC.2.L.17.2
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Linked Together
Plants and animals in a habitat all rely on each other to
live. A simple way to show this relationship is by using a
food chain.
Fill in the blanks to complete the food chain.
Draw me!
S __ __
Plankton
Jellyfish
Sea Turtle
Use the food chain to answer the
questions:
Did you know?
1) What does a jellyfish eat?
___ ___ a ___ ___ t ___ n
2) What eats jellyfish?
___ ___ a
T ___ r ___ l ___
3) What does plankton use to make
energy?
In the water, a plastic bag
can look like a floating
jellyfish. Sea turtles
sometimes eat the bags by
mistake, and it can make
them very sick.
You can help by using a
reusable bag when you go to
the grocery store!
___ u ___
Relevant Standards: SC.K.N.1.4; SC.1.L.17.; SC.1.E.5.4; SC.2.L.17.2
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The Cycle of Life
All living things, including you, have a life cycle. We are
born, grow up, and eventually die.
Draw an arrow from each stage in a sea turtle’s life cycle
that best matches part of a bean’s life cycle.
Relevant Standards: SC.4.L.16.3
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That Makes Sense
At the SEA LIFE Orlando Rockpool, you will be able to meet amazing creatures
that live in rocky areas near the shore!
Wash before & after
Do not poke anemones in
the center
Use two finger touch
Instructions: Look at and gently touch and two creatures at the Rockpool. Then,
record your observations in the chart below.
Animal Name
How does it
feel?
How does it
behave?
Draw a picture!
Relevant Standards: SC.K.L.14.3; SC.K.N.1.2; SC.K.N.1.4; SC.K.P.12.1; SC.K.N.I.5; SC.1.N.1.2;
SC.1.L.14.1; SC.1.P.12.1; SC.2.N.1.5
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SEA LIFE Scavenger Hunt!
Entrance:
1. Did the sharks in the video want to eat people or fish?
_________________________________________________
Jellies:
2. Which came first: a T-Rex or a jellyfish?
_________________________________________________
Shark Shipwreck:
3. What color is the octopus?
_________________________________________________
Ocean Tunnel:
4. How does a shark swim?
_________________________________________________
Indian Ocean:
5. What is the biggest fish in the ocean? (Hint: Watch the video)
_________________________________________________
Stingray Cove:
6. How many stingrays can you count in the Ray Pool?
_________________________________________________
Everglades:
7. What kind of habitat do the freshwater turtles live in?
_________________________________________________
Bonus!
8. What is one way that you can help our oceans?
_________________________________________________
Relevant Standards: SC.K.L.14.3; SC.K.N.1.1; SC.K.N.1.2; SC.K.P.12.1; SC.1.L.14.1; SC.1.N.1.2; SC.1.E.6.1;
SC.1.P.12.1; SC.2.L.17.2
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Sample Responses
Page 2:
Answers will vary – may include Tyler’s shorts, smile, flat feet, or wavy shell
Page 3:
Students should color in the sea star, seahorse, and octopus (sea turtle is acceptable)
Page 4:
Students should circle the jellyfish, sea star, Scuba diver, clownfish, and shark.
Plastic Bag
Page 5:
Page 6:
Sun
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2)
3)
Plankton
Sea Turtle
Sun
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Page 8:
Answers will vary
Page 9:
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Fish
Jellyfish
Answer will vary (usually red)
Description will vary
Whale shark
6) Around 6 (we do sometimes move animals)
7) Answers will vary, but could be swamp, lake, etc.
8) Answers will vary
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State Standards:
Kindergarten Relevant standards include:
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(SC.K.L.14.2) Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with
characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life.
(SC.K.L.14.3) Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are
different in the way they look and in the things they do.
(SC.K.N.1.1) Collaborate with a partner to collect information.
(SC.K.N.1.2) Make observations of the natural world and know that they are descriptors
collected using the five senses.
(SC.K.N.1.4) Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes its major
features.
(SC.K.P.12.1) Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.
(SC.K.N.1.5) Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.
1st Grade Relevant standards include:
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(SC.1.L.14.1) Make observations of living things and their environment using the five senses
(SC.1.L.14.3) Differentiate between living and nonliving things.
(SC.1.L.17.1) Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need
the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space.
(SC.1.N.1.2) Using the five senses as tools, make careful observations, describe objects in terms
of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion, and compare their observations with
others.
(SC.1.N.1.4) Ask “how do you know?” in appropriate situations.
(SC.1.E.5.4) Identify the beneficial and harmful properties of the Sun.
(SC.1.E.6.1) Recognize that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on Earth’s surface.
(SC.1.P.12.1) Demonstrate and describe the various ways that objects can move, such as in a
straight line, zigzag, back-and-forth, round-and-round, fast, and slow.
2nd Grade Relevant standards include:
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(SC.2.L.17.1) Compare and contrast the basic needs that all living things, including humans, have
for survival.
(SC.2.L.17.2) Recognize and explain that living things are found all over Earth, but each is only
able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs.
(SC.2.N.1.5) Distinguish between empirical observation (what you see, hear, feel, smell, or taste)
and ideas or inferences (what you think).
(SC.2.L.16.1) Observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals, including
beans and butterflies.
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