Nature Exchange Explained

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Locations

• Telus World of Science - Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta^[3]
• Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario^[4]
• Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, Georgia^[5]
• BC Wildlife Park, Kamloops, British Columbia^[6]
• Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Nevada^[7]
• Zoomazium, Woodland Park Zoo – Seattle, Washington^[8] - CLOSED
• Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa, Oklahoma^[9]
• Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena, California^[10]
• Exploration Place – Prince George, British Columbia^[11]
• Lacerte Family Children's Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas^[12]
• Science North, Sudbury, Ontario^[13]
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California^[14]
• John P. McGovern Children's Zoo, Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas^[15]
• Dynamic Earth, Sudbury, Ontario^[16]
• Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, South Carolina^[17]

External links

• Science North
• AldrichPears Associates
• The Nature Exchange

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nature Exchange . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180040/http://sciencenorth.ca/enterprises/work/exhibits/natureexchange/index.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
2. S. Errington, S. Stocklmayer, B. Honeyman, eds. "The Learning Experience in the Nature Exchange", Using Museums to Popularize Science and Technology, 2001
3. Web site: TELUS World of Science. 2020-06-10. TELUS World of Science. en.
4. Web site: Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre - Sault Ste. Marie Aviation Museum .
5. http://www.chattnaturecenter.org/interpretive-center/welcome-to-the-nature-exchange/become-a-nature-exchange-expert/ Chattahoochee Nature Center Nature Exchange
6. Web site: BC Wildlife Park Nature Exchange . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150512210247/http://www.bczoo.org/learn-with-usnew.htm . 2015-05-12 . dead .
7. Web site: Las Vegas Springs Preserve Nature Exchange . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130817064839/http://www.springspreserve.org/education/exchange.html . 2013-08-17 . dead .
8. http://www.zoo.org/nature-exchange Zoomazium Nature Exchange
9. Web site: Tulsa Zoo Nature Exchange . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101212214159/http://www.tulsazoo.org/EducationConservation/NatureExchange/ . 2010-12-12 . dead .
10. Web site: Kidspace Nature Exchange . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111128090656/http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pe_prog_ne . 2011-11-28 . dead .
11. http://theexplorationplace.com/galleries/nature-exchange/ Exploration Place Nature Exchange
12. http://www.dallaszoo.com/exhibits-experiences/lacerte-family-childrens-zoo/nature-exchange/ Dallas Zoo Hillcrest Foundation Nature Exchange
13. http://www.zoo.org/nature-exchange Science North Nature Exchange
14. https://www.sbnature.org/visit/exhibitions/7/curiosity-lab Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Nature Exchange
15. Web site: Naturally Wild Swap Shop, The Houston Zoo. Zoo. Houston. www.houstonzoo.org. en-US. 2019-11-01.
16. Web site: Dynamic Earth. 2021-12-29. Science North. en.
17. Web site: Environmental & Sustainability Building .