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  • Understanding Visitor Motivations for Attending Fee-based Animal Encounter Programs

    Creator:
    Huynh, Sandra
    Abstract:
    Education programs at zoos and aquariums provide opportunities for visitors to learn and garner information on animal natural history and, hopefully, conservation messaging. Fee-based programs (programs with an additional fee on top of admission prices), which are commonly employed by zoos and aquariums to foster learning opportunities for visitors, are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    education programs and their perceptions of the program animals, both in the aquarium and the wild

  • Communicating science : developing an exhibit with scientists and educators

    Creator:
    Lemagie, Emily
    Abstract:
    Outreach is a small, but significant component to modern research. Developing an exhibit for public display can be an effective way to communicate science to broad audiences, although it may be a less familiar method to scientists than writing papers or giving presentations. I outline the process of developing an...
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    Masters Thesis
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    disciplines and some coastal activities. A research study on a teaching sequence about scientific