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Can you worry about an animal you’ve never seen? The role of the zoo in education and conservation.

By Cristina Russo
Posted: March 11, 2013
Category: Public understanding of science, Science communication, Science education research, Science Museums, Uncategorized | Tagged conservation, moa, national zoo, zoo | 45 Comments

Wildlife documentaries or dramatic science?

By Cristina Russo
Posted: February 4, 2013
Category: Uncategorized | Tagged anthropomorphism, conservation, cultural cognition, Informal Science Education, nature documentaries, science authority, science education, science literacy, wildlife film | 4 Comments
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    Analysis of the teaching and learning of science wherever it happens -- museums, classrooms, universities, communities, the field, the lab, and beyond.

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