Ideas for planning your day
Before you arrive with your group, let us introduce you to show times, exhibit locations, interactive stations, and other highlights throughout the Aquarium. We hope the information below helps you and your students have a great field trip experience.
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Locations: Where should I go? |
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Front LawnStudents’ lunches will be collected upon check-in and groups will eat on the front lawn. Picnic tables are available on a first-come first-serve basis. |
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BathroomsBathrooms are located at the nose of the blue whale. Facilities are also available on the second floor and out by shark lagoon. |
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Harbor TerraceThis is the first step in your exploration of the Aquarium. Meet here for classroom and theater educator-led program. |
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Pacific CollectionsThe gift store is located in the front of the building next to the exit doors. |
Sample Schedule: What is my day going to be like?
Below is a schedule for a group arriving at 9:00am, and participating in an educator-led classroom program at 10:30. Not sure about some of the locations? Need help planning your field trip? Don’t hesitate to ask for help.
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| 8:50 |
Your bus arrives and is greeted by Aquarium staff. The head chaperone checks-in at Will-Call with numbers and payment |
| 9:00 |
Students unload the bus; lunches are collected and stored by Aquarium staff Chaperones can split into smaller groups |
| 9:10 | Groups are escorted to Harbor Terrace to begin exploring the Aquarium |
| 10:20 | Chaperones and students meet on Harbor Terrace for 10:30 program |
| 10:25 | Aquarium educators greet the group at the doors of the Boeing Learning Center |
| 11:20 | Students are released to the Great Hall following their classroom program |
| 12:15 | Head to the front lawn for lunch. Aquarium staff has your lunches there |
| 1:30 | Stop by the bathrooms at the nose of the blue whale |
| 1:45 | Visit the gift store (Pacific Collections) on your way to met the bus |
| 2:00 | Load up the bus and head back to school. |
