Add to ORKGThe St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Conservation Program has embraced innovative concepts in teaching and technology since 1990 as means to a mission of Conservation, Research, and Education. The program immerses teachers in seven days of continuous field work documenting, evaluating and conserving nests of endangered loggerhead sea turtles under the supervision and support of three geologists, a teacher education specialist, two teacher mentors and a graduate biology or veterinary science intern. Sea turtle conservation, ecology and biology are integrated with coastal geology, natural history and human history of St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Development of field notebook skills is accompanied by use of GPS for nest and crawlway locatio...