Lesson 2: A visit to the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre

Lesson 2:

A visit to the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre

Warm up

What do you know about the caretta caretta sea turtle? Where does it live? What does it eat? What does it look like? What are the threats against it?

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......... the loggerhead sea turtle or caretta caretta lives in the Mediterranean Sea and nests in Greece. It is about one metre long and weighs about a hundred kilos. Its shell is red-brown, it has got lungs and breathes air and moves with its front and rear flippers. It lays its eggs on land, on beaches in Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete. Each sea turtle lays about 115 eggs every two or three years, but there are many dangers for the baby turtles. Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives and there are only about 4,000 caretta caretta sea turtles in Greece today........

Andrew, Nick, Sophia and Betty are at the

Sea Turtle Rescue Centre. They are

watching a video about the Sea Turtle.

Listen, read and find out: "Where

does caretta caretta lay its eggs?"

(simplified and abridged from www.archelon.gr, www.medasset.gr and www.wwf.gr)

You've got 1 minute to find the secret word. It's one of the dangers for

caretta caretta. Write the word:................................Then, count the

letters and write down your score:...........

LESSON 2 A visit to the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre

New words!

Look at the information about the loggerhead sea turtle and match the phrases:

1) caretta caretta lives	a hundred kilos
2) caretta caretta lays	with its front and rear flippers
3) caretta caretta breathes	in the Mediterranean Sea
4) caretta caretta nests	its eggs on land
5) caretta caretta moves	air
6) caretta caretta weighs	in Greece

Now, answer these questions

Use: Yes, it does/No, it doesn't

Does a caretta caretta live in the Mediterranean Sea?
Does a caretta caretta move with its legs?
Does a caretta caretta nest in China?
Does a caretta caretta weigh a hundred kilos?

Write and speak (+app. I)

Listen to the information about the seal Monachus monachus, an endangered species and fill in the blanks. Use these words:

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fish, 300, grey, Mediterranean, forty-five, one, Greece, three, brown

Monachus monachus

Monachus monachus lives in the.....................................Sea. Its colour is............................or............................ It lives............................. years. It is....................................................metres long and weighs ........................ kilos. It eats octupuses and squid. It has ...................baby (pup). There are only 250 Monachus monachus seals in ............................... today.

(simplified and abridged from www.mom.gr)

Read and write

This information is about the caretta caretta. Read it and fill in the blanks. Use these words, but be careful! You may have to change the word!

lay, come, run, travel, weigh, live, be

Oι θαλάσσιες χελώνες ενηλικιώνονται ύστερα από 20-30 χρόνια και ζουν ως και 100 χρόνια.
Η καρέττα φτάνει τα 80-90 εκατοστά μήκος και ζυγίζει ως και 100 κιλά.
Η φωλιά έχει 30-50 εκατοστά βάθος. Τα αυγά έχουν μαλακό κέλυφος με σχήμα και μέγεθος μπάλας του πινγκ-πονγκ.
Κάθε 2 με 3 χρόνια η μητέρα χελώνα γεννάει ως και τέσσερις φορές το ίδιο καλοκαίρι, από 80 ως 110 αβγά τη φορά στη διάρκεια της νύχτας.
Τα χελωνάκια, σε περίπου δύο μήνες, βγαίνουν από τη φωλιά μετά τη δύση του ήλιου ή τα ξημερώματα.
Η φωτεινή γραμμή του ορίζοντα και η κλίση της παραλίας τα βοηθούν να τρέξουν προς τη θάλασσα.

(simplified and abridged from www.medasset.gr)

ΤΑYΤOΤΗΤΑ

Επιστημονικό όνομα: Caretta caretta

Κοινό όνομα: Χελώνα Καρέττα, Θαλασσοχελώνα

Βάρος: Περίπου 90 κιλά

Μήκος: Περίπου 1 μέτρο

Χρώμα: Το όστρακό της είναι κόκκινο-καφέ

Βιότοπος: Ζάκυνθος, παραλίες Δ. Πελοποννήσου, Κρήτη, Κεφαλονιά, Ρόδος

Αναπαραγωγή: 115 αυγά κατά μέσο όρο ανά γέννα, με περίοδο επώασης έως 66 ημέρες

Κύριες απειλές: Καταστροφή ή υποβάθμιση των περιοχών ωοτοκίας λόγω ανεξέλεγκτης τουριστικής ανάπτυξης, εμπλοκή σε αλιευτικά εργαλεία, ρύπανση των θαλασσών

(simplified and abridged from www.wwf.gr)

A sea turtle ....................... a hundred years
It ....................... 90-100 kilos
The colour of its shell ....................... red-brown
It ....................... to beaches on Zakynthos, Crete, Kefalonia, Rhodes and Peloponnesus
It ....................... about 80-115 eggs
A baby sea turtle ....................... out of the egg hole in the night or very early in the morning
A baby turtle ....................... to the sea

Let's play!

Which animal is it?

Student B: Does it live in the Mediterranean Sea?

Student A: No, it doesn't.

Student B: Does it live on mountains in Pindos and Rodopi?

Student A: Yes, it does.

...............................................................

Student B: So, it's the ........................

Play this game in pairs.

Student A: Think of one of the animals in the box, but don't tell your partner which one. He/she asks questions to find out.

Student B: Try to find which animal your partner is thinking of. Ask questions. Look at this example:

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	*It lives*	*It eats*	*It weighs*
*Giant panda*	China	bamboo	125 kilos
Sumatran Tiger	Indonesia	wild pigs, deer	140 kilos
Monachus monachus	The Mediterranean Sea	small fish, octopuses, squid	300 kilos
Brown Bear	Mountains in Pindos and Rodopi	grass, roots, ants, fish	250 kilos
Wolf	Mountains in Pindos and Rodopi	deer, wild pigs, wild goats, sheep, goats, cows, rabbits, grass	40 kilos
Dolphin	The Mediterranean Sea	small fish	110 kilos
Wild goat	Mountains in Pindos and Rodopi	grass, tree leaves	40 kilos

Note: 100=one hundred, 200=two hundred, 250=two hundred and fifty

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