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3.05 Tracking Sea Turtle Migration


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3.05 Tracking Sea Turtle Migration


sea turtle with tracking device

Scientists have been trying for many years to figure out where sea turtles spend most of their lives. Most of the information we have gathered about sea turtles has been from nesting behavior, dead turtles found on beaches, and turtles captured in nets. With modern technology, scientists are starting to make progress in their quest to determine sea turtle habits from the time they leave the beach as a hatchling, to the next time they are found. Researchers are beginning to use satellite tracking devices to track the paths of sea turtles and determine more about their habits.

Click here to find out more about how tracking is done: http://www.cccturtle.org/satintro.htm

The loggerhead turtle we found on our journey had a transmitter attached and we were able to contact the organization that attached it. They provided us with the coordinates that had been recorded for our turtle. Our task is to create a map showing the migration of our turtle.

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