Sea Turtle Unit

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Sea Turtle Vocabulary Worksheet
Slide Show of Turtle Images


     In this unit, 2nd graders learn all about sea turtles. Students learn to draw sea turtles, we color them with oil pastels and finish with water color and a sprinkle of salt. We talk about how simple shapes can be put together to make more complex ones, like turtles. We also talk about cool colors as we paint in the water around them  because they mix blue and purple or blue and green together (the picture below doesn't show this).
    



   
     Then, students get to make a 3-D version with  these clay turtles.They start by making a pinch pot. Then, they pinch out the head, flippers, and tail.We discuss color mixing, tints, and shades as we mix a variety of greens to paint on our turtles.








      We read tons of books and look at videos online throughout this unit. Some of my favorites are:

Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!
Follow the Moon
Turtles Tide: the Ways of Sea Turtles

I also Googled a bunch of sea turtle photos and put them into a looping PowerPoint  that students can look at while they work.