6 Q’s About the News
Read the article and answer the news questions below.
Watch the video above and read the article “Tracking Sea Turtles as They Swim for Their Lives” to answer the questions below.
HOW are scientists now tracking the journey of some baby sea turtles on their first swims out to sea?
WHAT is a nano-tag?
WHERE did scientists attach them to 11 hatchlings?
HOW far did the turtles swim to reach the open ocean?
HOW many survived?
WHY did these scientists track the hatchlings?
WHERE did they test hatchling behavior before this, and WHAT did they discover?
WHAT conclusions does the paragraph about the experiment with loggerhead hatchlings in a Florida pool suggest about turtle behavior?
For Higher-Order Thinking
WHEN have you ever closely observed an animal’s behavior? WHAT did you notice, and WHAT conclusions did you draw?
WHAT animal behavior would you be interested in learning about, and HOW might you design an experiment to do so?