Nature Exchange
The Nature Exchange is a specialized learning environment that encourages people to explore nature and actively observe, collect, study and share the world around them. It is a turn-key exhibit, now used in nature-based institutions around North America. Developed by Science North and AldrichPears Associates, the Nature Exchange is an interactive forum where visitors trade ethically collected natural objects and information about them to learn and engage with the natural world. Visitors earn points for each trade, based on criteria such as quality, rarity and their knowledge of the item.{{Cite web |url=http://sciencenorth.ca/enterprises/work/exhibits/natureexchange/index.html |title=Nature Exchange |access-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180040/http://sciencenorth.ca/enterprises/work/exhibits/natureexchange/index.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} Science centers, nature centers and zoos use Nature Exchanges to raise awareness of key issues in the natural world, and, through personal interaction, changes attitudes and behavior.S. Errington, S. Stocklmayer, B. Honeyman, eds. "The Learning Experience in the Nature Exchange", Using Museums to Popularize Science and Technology, 2001
Locations
- [https://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/ Telus World of Science - Edmonton], Edmonton, Alberta{{Cite web|title=TELUS World of Science|url=https://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/explore/experiences/nature-exchange/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=TELUS World of Science|language=en}}
- Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario{{Cite web | url=http://www.bushplane.com/index.php?id=natureexchange | title=Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre - Sault Ste. Marie Aviation Museum }}
- Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, Georgia[http://www.chattnaturecenter.org/interpretive-center/welcome-to-the-nature-exchange/become-a-nature-exchange-expert/ Chattahoochee Nature Center Nature Exchange]
- BC Wildlife Park, Kamloops, British Columbia{{Cite web |url=http://www.bczoo.org/learn-with-usnew.htm |title=BC Wildlife Park Nature Exchange |access-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512210247/http://www.bczoo.org/learn-with-usnew.htm |archive-date=2015-05-12 |url-status=dead }}
- Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Nevada{{Cite web |url=http://www.springspreserve.org/education/exchange.html |title=Las Vegas Springs Preserve Nature Exchange |access-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817064839/http://www.springspreserve.org/education/exchange.html |archive-date=2013-08-17 |url-status=dead }}
- Zoomazium, Woodland Park Zoo – Seattle, Washington[http://www.zoo.org/nature-exchange Zoomazium Nature Exchange] - CLOSED
- Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa, Oklahoma{{Cite web |url=http://www.tulsazoo.org/EducationConservation/NatureExchange/ |title=Tulsa Zoo Nature Exchange |access-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212214159/http://www.tulsazoo.org/EducationConservation/NatureExchange/ |archive-date=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead }}
- Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena, California{{Cite web |url=http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pe_prog_ne |title=Kidspace Nature Exchange |access-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128090656/http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pe_prog_ne |archive-date=2011-11-28 |url-status=dead }}
- Exploration Place – Prince George, British Columbia[http://theexplorationplace.com/galleries/nature-exchange/ Exploration Place Nature Exchange]
- Lacerte Family Children's Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas[http://www.dallaszoo.com/exhibits-experiences/lacerte-family-childrens-zoo/nature-exchange/ Dallas Zoo Hillcrest Foundation Nature Exchange]
- Science North, Sudbury, Ontario[http://www.zoo.org/nature-exchange Science North Nature Exchange]
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California[https://www.sbnature.org/visit/exhibitions/7/curiosity-lab Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Nature Exchange]
- John P. McGovern Children's Zoo, Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/exhibits/swap-shop/|title=Naturally Wild Swap Shop, The Houston Zoo|last=Zoo|first=Houston|website=www.houstonzoo.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Dynamic Earth, Sudbury, Ontario{{Cite web|title=Dynamic Earth|url=http://www.sciencenorth.ca/dynamic-earth|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Science North|language=en}}
- Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, South Carolina{{Cite web | url=https://www.ropermountain.org/pages.asp?titleid=environmental | title=Environmental & Sustainability Building }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100108203525/http://sciencenorth.ca/imax3d/index.html Science North]
- [http://www.aldrichpears.com AldrichPears Associates]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218213816/http://www.natureexchange.com/ The Nature Exchange]