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Tucson Festival of Books! March 14th and 15th, 2015

  • Tucson Festival Of Books,
  • U of A mall, Tucson, Arizona
  • Saturday and Sunday, March 14th and 15th, 2015
  • 9:00 to 5:30pm each day
  • Thousands of people!
  • Our amazing Oceans!

Please stop by our booth in the Science City area and say hello! We will have our artifacts on display, tv screen with awesome underwater photos to see, and great staff to talk about our favorite books and trips!

The Fin Foundation at Future Innovators Night – March 12, 2014

  • Future Innovators Night
  • TCC in Tucson, Az.
  • Wednesday, March 12th – 2014
  • 5:30 to 8:00pm

Join in for the fun at Future Innovators Night at the TCC! The Fin Foundation will have a booth set up for students and parents! Learn about our oceans and see lots of cool artifacts!

 

What a great night at the SARSEF Future Innovator’s Night! We enjoyed seeing all of the young scientists exploring the various booths and looking at all of the science projects! We had lots of interest and questions about the ocean! Thanks to Jan Pipes for volunteering at our booth!

The Fin Foundation at Academy of Tucson – March 10,2014

  • Academy of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona
  • 6th grade – 65+ students
  • Our Amazing Oceans Overview
  • 1:30pm to 2:30pm

The Fin Foundation will be returning to The Academy of Tucson to present “Our Amazing Oceans!” The 6th graders there have been working on on Oceans unit and we will be their culmative event! We love work with this great school and their enthusiastic teacher!

The Fin Foundation will be back at the Tucson Festival of Books!

The Fin Foundation will have a booth again this year at the Tucson Festival of Books held on the U of A Mall March15-16! Look for us in the Science City (natural World neighborhood)! We will have our ocean artifacts and volunteers there for you! We will also have ocean themed games and lots of fun activities!

The Fin Foundation at Thornydale Elementary School – March 5th, 2014

  • Thornydale Elementary School, Tucson, Az
  • 6th grade class in a joint effort with Desert Dolphins Scuba Club
  • Sharks!
  • 9:30-10:30am

The Fin Foundation will be conducting the Shark presentation for the Desert Dolphins outreach program at Thornydale Elementary School. The Dolphins have been presenting every week to a select group of students and their topics have ranged from the inverts all the way up to whales! We get to conclude the series with a special presentation on Sharks! (our favorite subject!)

 

What a fun time out at Thorneydale Elementary School! The presentation was for the GATE program and the students were 3rd through 5th graders! Lots of very curious minds soaking in the info about sharks! We showed all of our artifacts and brought out some of the special items we usually only use with high school students! Thanks to Annette from the Desert Dolphins for helping to get us set up with the school and for volunteering during our talk!