Sea Turtle Life Cycle Worksheets for Kids

Sea turtles are an amazing reptile and kids will love learning about them as summer begins. Sea Turtles have loving natures in your favorite movies like Finding Dory. They travel thousands of miles to reach their favorite nesting beaches to lay their eggs. Use these sea turtle life cycle worksheets to see how they grow from an egg to an adult.

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Only a small fraction of baby sea turtles make it to adulthood and everyone loves watching them climb out of their nests to find the big ocean.

They have to avoid birds and other predators as they get pulled out to the open ocean. They love eating seaweed and jellyfish, who wouldn’t love sea turtles?

We love to learn all about the different types of animals that there are in the world and studying turtles is one of our favorites!

Sea Turtle Life Cycle Worksheets for Kids

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Stages of a sea turtle life cycle

Egg

A mother sea turtle will travel back to the beaches where she was born to lay her eggs. She digs a hole in the beach an buries her eggs and then she returns to the ocean.

Hatchling

The sea turtle eggs take 2 months to hatch, if they are not eaten. Once the sea turtle hatches out of the egg, it must return to the ocean. While it is on the beach it is the most vulnerable to seabirds, crabs, dogs or raccoons as garbage accumulates in nesting areas. Once the hatchling reaches the ocean, they spend their time in open waters and stay amongst sargassum seaweed since they provide cover for protection for up to a decade.

Juvenile

Juvenile sea turtles return to coastal waters at this time to forage and continue to grow.

Adult

As adults, sea turtles will return to their nesting grounds to mate. Females will go ashore to lay their eggs on the beach.

Recommended Sea Turtle Books

Bring sea turtles into your home with any of these fun and colorful sea turtle books. See how we can help them and learn about their life cycle and the long journey they travel to go back home to where they were born.

Sea Turtles: Amazing Pictures & Fun Facts on Animals in Nature (Our Amazing World Series Book 4)Sea Turtles: Amazing Pictures & Fun Facts on Animals in Nature (Our Amazing World Series Book 4)Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (Children's Story Books, Sea Turtle Gifts, Moon Books for Kids, Children's Environment Books, Kid's Turtle Books)Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (Children’s Story Books, Sea Turtle Gifts, Moon Books for Kids, Children’s Environment Books, Kid’s Turtle Books)Sea Turtles: Fun Facts About Turtles of The WorldSea Turtles: Fun Facts About Turtles of The WorldSave the Ocean (Save the Earth Book 1)Save the Ocean (Save the Earth Book 1)I'll Follow the Moon — 10th Anniversary Collector's EditionI’ll Follow the Moon — 10th Anniversary Collector’s EditionJune MoonJune Moon

 

The great part about these worksheets? They’re really fun and engaging for the kids. They’re not your typical worksheets that are all about learning only…they are made using the cutest turtles, too.

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Sea Turtle Life Cycle Worksheets

All you need for these worksheets is listed below.

Print out the worksheets and have your child follow the instructions, there are 3-part cards, writing, and labeling activities.

Sea turtle life cycle 3 part cards

Fun Ways for your child to use these sea turtle worksheets

Have fun with sea turtles and bring them alive for your kids. Create a sensory bin for your child, fill it up with blue water, and add your plastic sea turtles and let them explore.

You can also use these printables to branch off and dig deeper in their learning about turtles as well. Look up fun pictures online and see what other unique facts about sea turtles that you can find.

Since these printables are introducing them to the life cycle, there’s a good idea that they’re going to have a lot more questions about sea turtles as well. The good news? There’s an abundance of information that you can look up and do with your child so that they can continue to keep learning more.

And for more learning fun, check out these Ocean Worksheets you don’t want to miss!

Sea turtle life cycle worksheets

Recommended Sea Turtle Toys

Love sea turtles? Grab a fun sea turtle toy to add to your nature studies, these are perfect for your ocean lover.

Recommended Turtle Toys

Do you want your kids to appreciate turtles even more? Check out this collection of turtle toys for kids. I’m sure your child will love these!

Safari Ltd Life Cycle of a Green Sea TurtleSafari Ltd Life Cycle of a Green Sea TurtleTOYMANY 6PCS Realistic Sea Turtle Figurines, Plastic Ocean Sea Animals Figures Set Includes of Turtles, Educational Toy Cake Toppers Christmas Birthday Gift for Kids ToddlersTOYMANY 6PCS Realistic Sea Turtle Figurines, Plastic Ocean Sea Animals Figures Set Includes of Turtles, Educational Toy Cake Toppers Christmas Birthday Gift for Kids Toddlers5 Pieces Plush Turtle Set 12 Inch Stuffed Sea Turtle Mom with 4 Little Plush Turtles Soft Plush Stuffed Animal Toys Tortoise Hugging for Birthday Party Favors Easter, Christmas (Cute Style)5 Pieces Plush Turtle Set 12 Inch Stuffed Sea Turtle Mom with 4 Little Plush Turtles Soft Plush Stuffed Animal Toys Tortoise Hugging for Birthday Party Favors Easter, Christmas (Cute Style)NiHealth Push Pop Bubble Fidget Sensory Toy Sea Turtle Shaped Fidget Toy for Special Needs Stress Reducer Anxiety Relief Popper Game Board Silicone Squeeze Toy for Kids and Adults (Green)NiHealth Push Pop Bubble Fidget Sensory Toy Sea Turtle Shaped Fidget Toy for Special Needs Stress Reducer Anxiety Relief Popper Game Board Silicone Squeeze Toy for Kids and Adults (Green)Big Eyes Stuffed Turtle Animals Adorable Cute & Warm Sea Tortoise Toys (28cm, Green)Big Eyes Stuffed Turtle Animals Adorable Cute & Warm Sea Tortoise Toys (28cm, Green)Tipmant RC Turtle IR Remote Control Tortoise Crawl Fake Electric Animal Toy Car Vehicle for Kids Birthday Gifts (Green)Tipmant RC Turtle IR Remote Control Tortoise Crawl Fake Electric Animal Toy Car Vehicle for Kids Birthday Gifts (Green)

 

Parts of a sea turtle worksheet

To extend this activity, have your child read their favorite sea turtle books, watch sea turtles in online documentaries, or create your own ocean sensory bin and create a habitat that your turtles would love.

We also print off these worksheets and take the with us when we’re traveling. Even though we technically might not be learning that day, it’s a good way to have something handy for when the kids are needing something to keep them busy.

Since they love these little turtles, they have no issue working on these life cycle worksheets.

See a sample of the Sea Turtle Life Cycle Worksheets below

Get the full Sea Turtle Life Cycle Worksheets for even more hands-on activities to teach your kids about sea turtles.

If you have a preschooler and are looking for more science printables to get your child engaged while learning, check out my list of Science Worksheets for Preschoolers!

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9 Comments

  1. Heather king says:

    Like the worksheets.

  2. Georgia A Stapleton says:

    I love turtles!

  3. Sea Turtles are a great topic for us here in Florida!

  4. Oh Susannah: Things that Go Bump sounds like a fun read!

  5. Jessica Peterson says:

    Awesome printable s!

  6. Gi Jewett says:

    My kids looove those

  7. Oh, Susannah, It’s in the Bag would be helpful for my daughter right now.

  8. Ginnie F. says:

    What great life cycle worksheets! Thank you so much for being willing to share. Also, this series looks very high interest, and storylines that my daughter would love =)

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