It's not just predators, either, but things like vehicle tires crushing nests, private buildings and construction. The major use of this activity is for students to become familiar with some of the things that can affect the survival of sea turtles. Click on the picture of the block of 12 turtle cards and it will display a big one. Print it and then take the print and copy it on the school's copier and make about 100 turtle cards for each student. Divide the class into two groups, one the nest hatchlings, the other, the predators and other limiting factors.
Turtles are safe in either year zone.
Turtles must hatch, cross the beach, spend ten years in the open sea and return to the nest area to reproduce.