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• Reid Park Zoo Polar Bear Celebration
• Feb 26, 2011 – 11am to 2 pm
• Open to all zoo patrons! Come on out!
• Polar bear booth!

Come join us as we help the Reid Park Zoo celebrate POLAR BEARS! We will have our booth up teaching about issues polar bears are facing in the wild and what we can do here in Tucson to help save these amazing animals!

Spreading the word about Polar Bears!

What a great day out at the Zoo! Lots of great kids and their families were out for the event and we spoke to them about polar bears,the zoo and conservation issues! Wonderful to see so many concerned citizens learning what they can do to help our planet! (and in turn POLAR BEARS!)

There were lots of teen volunteers out at the Zoo and it was amazing to know they are all dedicated to helping the zoo and the animals being cared for! We had the pleasure of meeting Gus (Tie and all!) who recently went to Churchill, Alaska on scholarship to see polar bears first hand! Loads of energy backed by a love of polar bears and the environment! A great ambassador for these animals!

• February 21, 2011 – 9:00am to 10:00am
• Sonoran Science Acadamy/ Broadway – Tucson, Az
• 75 1st and 2nd graders
• “Our Amazing Oceans!”

Having Fun while Learning!

Lots of fun and learning at the Sonaran Science Acadamy for the 1st and 2nd graders! We covered so many areas of marine life and had the chance to talk about what they can do to help keep our oceans clean and healthy! The students were really well mannered and paid great attention! Sometimes we worry that young kids can’t keep focused for an hour at a time, but these students showed that they certainly can!

• February 17, 2011 – 9am
• Oyama Elementary School – Tucson, Az
• 5th grade, 30 students
• Love of Reading Week event

Love of Reading

The Fin Foundation has been asked to come back to Oyama Elementary School to participaate in the Love of Reading Week! We will be reading to Ms. Fontes’s class Thursday morning! Should be a great time!

We went to Oyama Elementary School today and read to 2 different 5th grade classes… a book on recycling and then a little from a great book on sharks called The Secret Life of Sharks by Peter Klimley, Ph.D. Loved being able to talk about helping to save our oceans by recycling here in the desert AND getting to read from an engaging book about sharks! I think the kids had a great time too!

• Feb 16, 2011 – 6pm to 8pm
• Booth-Fickett Middle School -Tucson, Az.
• 300-600 students and families
• “Our Amazing Oceans!” booth

MEGASCIENCE!!!!

We had a great time having our education booth up at the Booth Fickett MEGASCIENCE night! Special guest educators Adrian, Brian, and Jan set up the booth and entertained hundreds of kids and their families during the night! We used the penguin parent activity and had loads of fun seeing if the kids were ready to take care of an egg! Hopefully, we will get back to Booth Fickett again soon!

• Feb 8th, 2011-12:45pm to 1:45pm
• Oyama Elementary School – Tucson, Az
• 50+ 5th graders
• Shark School!

A great day at Oyama Elementary School as we talked to 5th graders ( with a few 4th graders as well!) We spent more time on sharks this time around and the kids really enjoyed it! Several were even given fossilized shark teeth for their correct answers to shark questions! A special Happy Birthday goes out to Ms. Fontes for having us out on her special day! (29 again was it?)