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Improving evolution education at zoos and museums

Although zoos and natural history museums are the best places on the planet to educate children about evolution, many informal learning centers tend to actively or inadvertently avoid such exhibits. To facilitate the development of evolutionary themes for museum exhibits, I have created (or am creating) the following sites:

Photographs of exhibit labels at museums
Discussion group for sharing and discussing exhibit labels
Suggestions for influencing museums near you
Exhibit design bibliography (under construction)

Contact information:
Colin Purrington
610-328-8621 (office)
emailaddress



CREATED February 2005, UPDATED: November 10, 2005
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/evolk12/exhibits/intro.htm

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