Acrostic Poem

Sea turtles are endangered

Eggs of sea turtles look like little balls

At Kelly Tarltons we saw some sea turtles

Turtles lived for a long long time

Use hawksbill shells for  jewellery.

Reptile family
Turtles are fast in water and slow on land
Lives in water
Each species of the sea turtles are endangered
Sea turtle excluder devices help them escape

Feeding the kakapo

The Kakapo is coloured green. it has a small beak and has two big wings. the kakapo has small black eyes and can blend in with green ferns and flaxs. the kakapo are vegetarians and  they like to chew on almonds.

females like the taste of kumara and  they also like to eat plants,seeds,fruits and leaves.

Kelly Tarltons

On October 25 2017 room 9 and room 10 went to Kelly Tarltons to learn about marine animals and conservation of animals .Room 9 have chosen to learn about the sea turtles and the mountain kea. We went to Kelly Tarltons because we had to study different kinds of fish.

First  we went to Robert Falcon Scott's hut and they were the first ones at Antarctica. There were bunk beds, clothing, a gramophone and a piano all and  the things there felt weird and it felt like i was in Antarctica and the hut was  still standing in Antarctica.

After that we went to the penguins and we saw the female penguins sitting on their eggs.The female penguins were screaming at other penguins to protect their eggs and the penguins were gentoo king and emperor penguins.

It was a fantastic time at kelly Tarltons and it was a great experience.

10 facts about sea turtles

1. There are 7 species of sea turtles.

2. Leatherback sea turtles can travel more than 10,000 miles every year.

3. When it’s time to lay their eggs, female sea turtles return to the same nesting grounds where they were born.

4.Green sea turtles can stay underwater for five hours.

5.The oldest known sea turtle fossils date back about 150 million years, making them some of the oldest creatures on Earth. Just for some context, dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago.

6.Leatherback sea turtles can weigh up to 2,000 pounds.

7.It is estimated that only one hatchling in a thousand will make it to adulthood.

8.Male sea turtles spend their entire lives at sea.

9. Their gender depends on how hot or cold their environment was while they were in their eggs.

10. Sea turtles lay 50 or 150 depending of the species.