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Hi, my name is Jacqueline Dang and I'm in Ms. Stewart's class at Burbank Middle School in Houston, Texas.

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Hi, I'm Kaylee and we're the Treehouse Detectives.

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We think that the fish in the bay at home have migrated.

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We definitely can tell you about migration, especially loggerhead turtle migration.

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What is migration?

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Migration is movement of animals.

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Signals of Springs helps us to use NASA real-time satellite imagery and maps to understand the migratory patterns of turtles.

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Why do turtles migrate?

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They usually migrate when the temperature changes, mostly toward the warmer weather.

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Why do they move toward warmer weather?

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Their food also migrates, so they follow the food.

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How many turtles are you tracking?

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Just one. Our turtle, Marianne, has a sensor glued to her back that sends NASA real-time data showing her location.

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The data is put on a website and we plot the coordinates each week on our map.

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Where is she now?

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Right now she's moving south at 35.4 north and 75.4 west, but when we started she was off the coast of Virginia.

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Cool! That's right near where we live.

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Do turtles always migrate in the same way?

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No, but they follow similar patterns each year.

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Can a change in the environment cause a difference in migration patterns?

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I think so, but you might want to check with the Virginia Marine Science Museum.

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They helped us a lot with our project.

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That's a great idea. Thanks for all your help.

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You're welcome. Good luck with your project.