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MEASUREMENT – VOLUME & CAPACITY – Photographs – Sydney Aquarium 8 million L

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Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour opened in 1988 and is one of the world’s largest aquariums. Over 1 million people visit this attraction each year.  Most people spend about 2 hours there. It is open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day. There are 4000 square metres of exhibition space, including 2 oceanariums.

Over 11000 creatures live there in about 8 million litres of water. How much water is this? How can we visualise it? For example, how many litres of water in a normal bath? How many bathtubs of water would it take to make 8 million L? How heavy will this water be?Is it sitting on the harbour floor or in a built environment?

What is the largest aquarium in the world? How does Sydney Aquarium compare in size? e.g. Georgia USA (24 million L), Dubai Mall (10 million L)?

Your students will find plenty more aquarium facts to explore and compare at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aquaria