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. 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.

Locations

Telus World of Science - Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta

Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, Georgia

BC Wildlife Park, Kamloops, British Columbia

Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Nevada

Zoomazium, Woodland Park Zoo – Seattle, Washington - CLOSED

Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena, California

Exploration Place – Prince George, British Columbia

Lacerte Family Children's Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas

Science North, Sudbury, Ontario

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California

John P. McGovern Children's Zoo, Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas

Dynamic Earth, Sudbury, Ontario

Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, South Carolina

References

External links

Science North

AldrichPears Associates

The Nature Exchange

Museum education

Science education

Environmental education

Nature Exchange