Materials for Sea Turtles Unit Study

Literature Selection:

Turtle in the Sea by Jim Arnosky (compare prices)
ISBN: 0399227571

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; (July 1, 2002)
• ISBN: 0399227571

Ingredients for recipes - Peanut Butter Turtles:

• Apple
• 2 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
• 5 Grapes

Turtle Sundae Ingredients:

• Vanilla Ice Cream
• Hot Caramel
• Hot Fudge
• Pecans
• Whipped Cream
• Cherry

Sea Turtle Bread Sculpture Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 cup warm water
• 2 teaspoons sugar or honey
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2-1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour

Bottle Cap Turtle

• 1 plastic bottle cap (from milk or juice jug)
• 2 cotton-tip swabs
• 1 piece of green construction paper
• 1 ice cream stick
• 2 peppercorns or beads
• Glue
• Green paint
• Paintbrush

Turtle Eggs and Walnut Turtles

• Celia Sea Turtle and Snapper the Snapping Turtle silhouettes
• Small round balloons, only slightly inflated
• Papier mache (Tear newspapers into strips and wet in water and flour paste)
• Poster paint or crayons
• Walnuts in the shell
• Construction paper
• Tracing paper
• Glue or paste
• Shallow cardboard box, such as shoe box, or aluminum baking pan
• Sand, sand paper/or shredded green paper

Turtle Sock Hand Puppets

• Walnut turtle silhouettes
• Old sock (green, brown or black)
• Crayons, markers
• Glue
• Scissors
• Construction paper or adhesive fake earrings
• Clear adhesive tape

Turtle Convention

• Brown supermarket paper bags
• Paint or crayons
• Green construction paper
• paste or glue