The Society for Ocean Sciences The Society For Ocean Sciences

2009 Events

Date / Time Event / Presentation

November 7-8 All Day 

International Beachcombing Conference.  Sponsored by The Society for Ocean Sciences,The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and The Consummate Beachcomber. For more information click here.

September 23rd. 6pm - 8pm

Science Café. Coral Reef Biodiversity.

June 21st. 9am - 1:30pm

Shark Hunt! Shark, Skate and Dolphin Fossils Field Trip. Brownie's Beach western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Adults $20, Children $10, under 5 years old are free, Family rate (2 adults, 2 children) $60. Register here

May 30th. 10am - 4pm

Nature Fest. SOS will have a fun and educational exhibit at this event. 
Fountain Rock Park & Nature Center.
8511 Nature Center Place, Walkersville, MD 21793

April 26th. Noon - 5pm

Twentieth Rockville Science Day: Earth Day Event. Montgomery College, Rockville Campus 

March 22nd - 25th 

Conference: Ecosystem Based Management: The Chesapeake and Other Systems. 
For more information click here

2008 Events

Date / Time Event / Presentation

November 15th. 9am - 1 pm

Beach Cleanup. Location Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, MD. For more information click here

September 27th. 9am - 1 pm

Beach Cleanup. Location Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, MD. For more information click here

September 24th. 7pm - 8:30 pm

Ribbon of Sand, a lecture and film presentation by John Grabowska, Hood College, Frederick, MD. Hodson Auditorium. For more information click here. .

August 14th. 5pm - 9pm

Fundraising Dinner with entertainment at Joe's Crab Shack, Rio, MD

April 19th 2008. 10am - 4pm

Earth Day Celebration at Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, MD

March 12th 2008. 7pm - 9pm

Brookside Gardens Environmental Fair, Wheaton, MD. See our presentation.

March 7th 2008. Noon - 1pm

Rock Creek School, Frederick, MD.
See our presentation.