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Every once in a blue moon, we’re lucky enough to witness the world’s largest sea turtle—the leatherback—emerge from the Gulf to nest on our shores. These remarkable turtles are truly one-of-a-kind. Unlike other sea turtles, leatherbacks lack scales and a hard shell; instead, their bodies are covered in tough, rubbery skin, which earned them their name. They are also incredible travelers, migrating more than 10,000 miles each year between feeding and nesting grounds. This week, campers will bring leatherbacks to life by creating life-size turtle tracks in the sand, designing art inspired by their unique shells, and experimenting with temperature to better understand the environments these turtles depend on. And after all that hands-on learning in the sun, we’ll cool off the best way we know how—by surfing and snorkeling along the shoreline.
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