Wonderful moment today when Mrs. Pool’s 3rd grade class donated its really large Green Sea Turtle shell to the Fin Foundation! It is in wonderful shape and we will take great care of it while using it to teach marine science and conservation across the Southwest! THANK YOU to all the kids and Mrs. Pool for their thoughtful gift! It is awesome!!
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Turtle Shell Donation!
May 14th, 2009
Ocean Presentation – Desert Willows Elementary
May 14th, 2009
- May 14th, 8:15 – 11:00am
- Desert Willows Elementary School
- 3rd grade, 5 classes, 125 students
- Ocean overview and conservation
Mako jaw up close!
Just returned from our second presentation out at Desert Willow Elementary School! 3rd graders this time! We love this school! Lots of great listeners, active participation and an obvious love of the ocean! So many kids with thoughtful questions and great insight! Look forward to going back again soon! Thanks to Mrs. Longacre and the whole 3rd grade team!
Whale Bone Restoration
May 13th, 2009
phase one... putting the pieces back together
Sealing the cracks and strengthening the weak points!
The Fin Foundation recently received a generous donation of a nearly complete whale skeleton from Kino School. The bones have weathered slightly over the years and are brittle and flakey. After consulting an expert in museum quality skeleton restoration, we are ready to begin our own restoration project! Watch over the next few months as we strengthen and clean these great teaching tools! We will have photos soon!
Ocean Presentation – Hudlow Elementary
May 12th, 2009
- May 12th, 2009, 1:00pm
- Hudlow Elementary School
- 1st grade classes, approx 50 students
- Overview on ocean and conservation
Unique artifacts like this sawfish bill are used in our presentations
Great presentation this afternoon for a wonderful group of students! These 1st graders had amazing knowledge of sea life! Even at this young age, kids retain great details that impressed me to no end! Makes me even more certain that these programs are important for increasing ocean awareness! Thanks to everyone at Hudlow Elementary!
Shark Presentation – Desert Christian High School
April 30th, 2009
- April 30th, 2009 8:15am-9:45am
- Desert Christian High School
- Marine Science Class, 25 students, mixed grades
- Sharks and Such, mixed media
amazing rows of teeth in this Tiger Shark jaw!
Megaladon Shark teeth from 4.5 million years ago!
Had a great presentation this morning! Instead of the traditional 30-60 minute meeting, had almost two hours to present sharks to the students at Desert Christian High School! Covered a lot of information and had great questions from the students! The students were enthusiastic and seemed eager to hear the stories about shark interactions with man! Look forward to many more presentations in the future!
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