[NMScience] FW: FREE AQUARIUM at PETCO

[Gordon McDonough]

Ellen, I peeked at Snopes.com (Urban legends) and found nothing about this
offer, a good sign.

It indeed appears to be mostly true. The offer is for fourth and fifth grade
classrooms and homeschoolers. You can find the details at:

http://www.petco.com/Content/Content.aspx?PC=aquademics&Nav=538


On 8/29/08 1:57 PM, "Ellen Loehman" <loehman at msn.com> wrote:

> [I did not check the accuracy of this. If someone calls and finds out it's
> not true, would you tell the rest of us?]
> 
> ------ Forwarded Message
> 
> If you have a PETCO store within 10 miles (not exactly sure of mileage) you
> can call the store and sign up for a free 10 gallon aquarium, with FISH and
> FOOD!  They come to your school, set it up, and talk to the kids about
> proper fish care etc.  When you sign up, they will give you a web site and a
> code to download lesson plans that go with the tank, and bring more
> materials when they set it up.
> 
> 
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Gordon McDonough, Science Educator
Bradbury Science Museum, MS C330
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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