News

• Sept. 11, 2010 – 10am to 1pm
• Biosphere2, Oracle, Az
• Open viewing near ocean
• Education booth and shark school

Had the chance to set up the education booth again, this time with help from the MACS club (Marine Awareness and Conservation) from the Uof A! So cool seeing the next group of young scientists getting involved in marine education! By having more people there, we were able to get our gear on and hop in the Bio2’s ocean to do a little glass cleaning (on the viewing window!) The water is getting much clearer and soon it will not only be a great area for scientific advancement (Matt Sullivan’s Reseach has discovered a whole lot about marine algaes) but also a fun place for watching ocean wildlife!

We look forward to being back at the Bio2 for more gatherings and exhibitions!

We will be at the Biosphere2 again for our education booth! Lots of cool artifacts on display and a marine biologist to discuss the ocean and asnwer any questions you might have!

• Sept. 10, 2010 – 10:00am to 11:00am
• Oyama Elementary School – Tucson, Az.
• 5th grade, 100+ students
• “Our Amazing Oceans”

We had the chance to return to Oyama Elementary School and loved it! We had over 100 kids for this presentation! The students were active and participated really well as we went through the cool artifacts for the “Our Amazing Oceans!” program! It is always surprising how much some of these kids learn from watching tv! It is a great way to add to the learning they get in classes that have commited to teaching marine science and ocean conservation!

We are excited to be scheduled to come back to Oyama for a “Shark School” in January! We know your kids will have a blast with it!

• Sept. 9th, 2010 – 10:15am to 11:30am
• Grace Community Christian School – Tempe, Az
• 3rd grade – 30 students
• “Our Amazing Oceans” with sharks!

Hands on learning at Grace Community Christian School!

Returned to Tempe for our presentation at G.C.C.S. and had a blast! Miss Carlson has made a commitment to teaching her kids about the ocean each year and the Fin Foundation is excited to be a part of that! We love walking in the door and seeing ocean art projects on the walls! This year we also had some of the 5th grade classes join us and that was great! We hope we can come back again soon to do some more work in Tempe!

• August 28th, 2010 – 11am to 3pm
• UA science Center: Flaundrau on the U of A campus
• Open to the public – History of the Laser exhibit and us!

We will be doing a mini “Shark School” display in the newly re-opened UAscience Center:Flandrau! This is kind of a kick off for the Fin Foundation’s new partnership with the center as they have taken us under their wing and we are headquartered in the Center now! We will be developing a much bigger display for later in the year and working on educating southern Arizona about marine science and conservation! Come by to say hello!

     We had a great time at the new UAscience :Flandrau center doing our “Shark School!” We had some all new posters and displays and added some multi-media to the set up! We are looking forward to doing more of these presentations now that we are based out of the center! What a great place to be!