Dinomite Times! Peaceful Prehistoric Giants and their surviving relatives today, how you can help save today’s Sea Turtles from Extinction! Presented by the Turtle Island Restoration Network

Program Type:

Children's Services

Age Group:

Children, Kinder to 2nd grade, 3rd to 7th grade

Event Details

The Turtle Island Restoration Network will DIVE into the history of sea turtles! We will travel back to the pre-historic late Cretaceous period and discover what it meant to be a sea turtle 100-66 million years ago. We will then PADDLE to today's times and explore how the appearance and lifestyle of today’s 7 species of sea turtles is similar or different compared to their ancient descendants. 

  • Key topics and ideas that will be discussed are:
    • How sea turtles have adapted to their current and past lifestyles and what environmental characteristics may have caused these adaptive changes. 
    • Past and current threats sea turtles face.
    • Sea Turtle life cycle and life history. 
    • How participants can take an active individual promise to help protect today’s sea turtles and keep them from going extinct!