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Pima Community College – Shark Presentation

November 9th, 2009

Nov. 9th, 2009 2:40pm-5:00pm
Pima Community College Marine Biology Course, West Campus
Bio 183, 34 students
Shark lecture including ecology, history, and conservation

It was great getting back into the collegiate level teaching as we gave the shark lecture at Pima Community College in Tucson. I enjoyed being able to get deep into details of shark anatomy as well as discussing their history, cultural significance and conservation! The students were attentive and seemed to be truely interested in saving sharks!

We were fortunate that several of the students offered to volunteer to help the Fin Foundation on future presentations across the city. Hopefully we can get the new volunteers up to speed and assisting our current staff soon!

Thanks to Dr. Maluf for helping to arrange our presentation!

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St. Mark’s Elementary School – Our Amazing Oceans

November 7th, 2009

November 5th, 2009 – 1:30pm to 2:30pm
St. Mark’s Elementary – El Paso, Texas
3rd thru 6th grade, 100 students
“Our Amazing Oceans”

We had a wonderful experience presenting to St. Mark’s! The kids were energetic and had lots of ocean knowledge! We were able to use the mixed media presentation along with our artifacts! We used the 9ft tiger shark as well! What an impression that fiberglass shark makes as kids walk into the room! We hope to use it more often!

Thanks to Ms. Smith for setting up the presentation and to executive board member Paul Zaman for joining in on all of our presentations in El Paso this week!

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Ocotillo Science Fair – Shark Discovery

November 6th, 2009

Nov. 6th, 2009 – 6pm to 8pm
Ocotillo Elementary School- Tucson, Az.
K thru 5th grade plus parents and siblings
Shark Discovery 10 minute lessons

Thanks to Paul and Adrian for helping out!

What a great night! We rushed from El Paso straight to the Ocotillo Science Night! We had our 9ft Tiger shark in tow and the kids loved seeing it up close! They were also given the chance to have their picture taken with the White shark jaws! The kids came into our area in small numbers and learned about shark science! There were some really great kids and many had parents there who were just as interested in the stuff we were talking about!

Great White Jaws and our new friend!

We had a great time getting to know the principal as well, and enjoyed his energy and willingness to get his picture taken also!

We will hopefully get back to Ocotillo Elementary soon and give some of the classes the full Fin Foundation experience!

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First Presbyterian Pre-School- “Our Amazing Oceans”

November 6th, 2009

November 06, 2009 – 9:00am to 10:30am
First Presbyterian Church Pre-school
3-5yr olds, 50+ students
“Our Amazing Oceans”

We had loads of fun with this group of little ones! The kids were so well mannered and all of them seemed interested in learning about the ocean and all of it amazing creatures! The kids loved the new fiberglass tiger shark we have been given use of (thanks to the Dive Shop!) and oh’d and ahh’d at all of the shells, teeth, and bones that we had for them to see!

Thanks to Mrs. Cece and Greg Deitch for their efforts to get us into their school!

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Soccoro School District Sight Impaired Presentation

November 5th, 2009

Nov. 5th, 2009, 9am
Soccoro School District, El Paso, Texas
5yrs -18yrs old, 75 students
Ocean Overview

A unique chance for the Fin Foundation to work from a different perspective! We are going to be conducting a presentation for a group of amazing young people with special needs… using mostly touch as a learning tool, we will be teaching ocean science and conservation to kids who cannot rely on their sight as a form of learning! This will be an amazing day for all of us! I cant wait!

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