Reply Dec. 11, 2020 Westfield High School 11th and 12th graders in Jennifer Sirman's environmental science class made a recent virtual field trip to a sea turtle hospital in Florida as part of a classroom ecology unit. Students were given a virtual tour, meeting "Galapagos," "Justice Ginsberg," and other rehabilitating sea turtles named, by hospital staff, after places and people in history. Subscribe "The average lifespan of a sea turtle is 80-100 years old," said Lindsay French, STEM Education Coordinator at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach. "We have 100 sea turtles on average here each year." French said hospital staff treat loggerhead, green, and leatherback sea turtles for a variety of injuries caused by shark bites, fishing lines, boat propellers, and other hazards. The center also rescues and releases sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean, who may have become disoriented by nearby lighting, heading toward the lights rather than the sea.