
by the numbers
2010 education
programs and activities
- 183,914 people visited the Center
- 76,630 children and adults ranging in age from newborn to senior attended Center programs
- 22,277 students in preschool through grade 12 participated in our school-aged programming
- 7,382 Scouts attended our Scouting programs
- 24,461 off-site outreach participants were enriched through our nursing home visits, school services, StarLab and special events
- 21,504 people participated in 120 wildlife educational outreach programs
- 280 field trips were taught by Center staff
- 2,277 programs conducted by Center staff
- 1,080 wild animals, brought in by the public, were examined and approximately 850 of these animals were admitted into the wildlife rehabilitation program
- 3,938 phone calls and online inquiries from the public were answered by wildlife rehabilitation staff
- 30 students ages 14 to 18 participated in the Naturalist Assistant Program
- 5,456 students preschool through grade 12 attended field trips in our Walter R. Schuele Planetarium
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