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Oceans Day

Name: Oceans Day
Start: 2021-06-08T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-06-08T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Departure Bay Beach

June 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free

Join Nanaimo Science in celebrating World Oceans Day!

Visit our station at Departure Bay Beach for intertidal exploration, a fun crab craft, and a scavenger hunt! Participants are eligible to win some fantastic prizes including wonderful books, ID sheets for marine species, or a digital microscope!

This free event will have COVID safety measures in place to ensure social distancing and sanitation practices are upheld. Families with children of all ages, and all individuals are welcome to attend!

An online and asynchronous version of this event will also be available.

We are pleased to host this event in partnership with BC Hydro and the Vancouver Island Regional Library

Details

Date:: June 8, 2021
Time:: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: Free, Special Events
Website:: https://www.facebook.com/events/3422915701144110?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A301840799933358%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D

Venue

: Departure Bay Beach
: Departure Bay Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada

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