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Reid Park Zoo’s “HOWL-O-WEEN” celebration

  • Oct. 28th, 29th, and 30th -2011   6pm to 8pm
  • Reid Park Zoo ( Near the Polar Bear enclosure) – Tucson, Az
  • 2000+ visitors
  • The Fin Foundation Education Booth!
Join us as we again help Reid Park Zoo during its “Howl-O-ween!” event! We will have our “Polar Bear” back greeting the kids as they wander thru our area near the real polar bear! Our theme this year is “Surf’s Up!” so expect to see lots of surf dudes and hear some great surf tunes! And of course see and hear  all about the world’s oceans at our education booth!
THE HOWL-O-WEEN EVENT WAS AWESOME! THE FIN FOUNDATION SET UP NEAR THE POLAR BEAR EXHIBIT AND ROCKED THE PLACE! OVER 11,400 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE ZOO AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE OUR PHOTOS AND ARTIFACTS WITH KIDS OF ALL AGES! LOTS OF PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THE SHARK JAWS UP CLOSE AND LEARNING NOT ONLY ABOUT THE OCEAN BUT ALSO ABOUT THE FIN FOUNDATION AND THE WAYS TO HAVE US COME OUT TO THEIR SCHOOLS FOR PRESENTATIONS!
BIG THANKS GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 3 DAY EVENT! THE HERR FAMILY, THE MUNDT FAMILY, MOLLY, JENNIFER, JIM AND CARLA, PETER AND PHILINA, JESSIE, SCOTT, ADRIAN, AND BRIAN! COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITH OUT YOU ALL!

Marana Extended Learning Program Fall Sessions – “Our Amazing Oceans!”

  • Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 – 12:30pm to 1:30pm
  • Ironwood  Elementary School – Marana Az
  • 20+ students
  • “Our Amazing Oceans!”
Our last stop this week for the Marana LEAP program! We had a blast! Loved that the staff was so curious as well! The students were having great fun as we had the chance for demonstrations of fish swimming and how sharks search for food! Lots of fun!

Marana Extended Learning Program Fall Sessions – “Our Amazing Oceans!”

  • Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 – 10:00am to 11:00am
  • Thornydale Elementary – Marana Az
  • 20+ students
  • “Our Amazing Oceans!”
Lots of learning going on at the Thornydale LEAP program today! We went through lots of different catagories of animals from the ocean, from sponges to polar bears! The students stayed focused for over an hour (even though it was their fall break!) and everyone had fun

PCC Northwest Campus Earth Science Day – Education Booth

  • Wednesday, Oct 12th, 2011 – 9:00am to 1:00pm
  • PCC Northwest Campus – Eart Science Day Education Booth
  • 500 people attending science fair – all ages
  • Booth with artifacts for hands on discovery

We will be attending PCC Northwest’s Earth Science Day again to share our love of the ocean with students, staff and visitors! This is our 3rd time attending the event and it gets better every year! Please stop by and say hello!

We had a great time at PCC! Thanks to Brian Pipes for coming out to volunteer with us as we spoke to lots of PCC science students about the ocean, the animals, new science , and what the can do to help! Very encouraging to see so many interested college students here in the desert!

Marana Extended Learning Program Fall Sessions – “Our Amazing Oceans!”

  • Tuesday  Oct 11th, 2011 – 12:30pm to 1:30pm
  • DeGrazia Elementary School – Marana Az
  • 20+ students
  • “Our Amazing Oceans!”
We had fun at DeGrazia today showing all of the amazing artifacts to the LEAP program students! The kids all had a great time as we “explored” the oceans wonderful wildlife! They were able to see our Great White Shark Jaw up close as well as the Green Sea Turtle shell! Hopefully, they learned a great deal along with having fun!