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Seattle Aquarium Visit
Even with a bus load of 5th graders it was only a short trip from Burien to the Seattle Waterfront. Today was a fun day of exploring the Seattle Aquarium. The kids got to collect samples of plankton and then take the research indoors and view under a microscope. I never knew there were so many different species of plankton, I guess the Spongebob version is only one of them.
Here are a few pictures from the trip:
Opened in 1977, funded by $5.4 million from King County Forward Thrust bonds
Hosted:
- 19 million visitors since its opening in 1977
- 519,000 estimated Washington State resident visitors in 2007
- Over 1.5 million school group participants in its 31 years; 50,000 in 2007
- 10,319 school group visitors in 2007 funded by contributions made at our
annual Splash! auction for less advantaged students.
- A record breaking 811,000 visitors in 2007
- 74 full time equivalent staff led by John Braden, Director
- Contributed time from 617 volunteers exceeded 65,387 hours of service
valued at $1,145,000
- Combined annual operating budget: $10.3 million operating budget is
generated through gate receipts, concessions income, membership, grants
and private contributions.
