Birch Aquarium and Scripps Oceanography at BizTown

Located near San Diego's Mission Valley, BizTown is a two-story, 10,000-square-foot model of a real working community. There's a city hall, a newspaper, a bank, telephone and utility companies, a Jack in the Box — even Scripps Institution of Oceanography!

Inside, San Diego's fifth-grade students serve as elected officials, utility workers, journalists, cashiers and ocean scientists. They receive paychecks, deposit money in the bank, and make decisions about how to spend their money at other BizTown stores.

BizTown is a production of the non-profit Junior Achievement of San Diego and Imperial Counties, which has dedicated more than 50 years to teaching students financial literacy and the basics of business. San Diego's version opened in 2007.

More information: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2008/05/27_biztown.asp

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[MrGlitchmaster1000]

i went there yesterday i was the ceo of jack in the box theres soda and popcorn

[626cody]

i just went today so fun being envirental spetalliest

[blackdimond21]

way better than school.

[javjav619]

That's where we just went today...i worked at channel 933 as a CEO...It's was FUN!

[fartkid1999]

wow the biztown i went to is 1 story urs i nice i was the cfo of publix its fun