Children’s Conception of Color in Wildlife

January 1st, 2003 | RESEARCH

This article describes a front-end evaluation conducted by researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Prospect Park Zoo in planning for the new "In Living Color" exhibit. The evaluation examined how the zoo's average young visitor--a 5.1 year old--thinks and feels about animal coloration.

Document

VSA-a0a6d9-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Kathryn Werntz, Author, Wildlife Conservation Society
John Fraser, Author, Wildlife Conservation Society

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1064-5578

Publication: Visitor Studies Today!
Volume: 6
Number: 1
Page(s): 13

Tags

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Museum | ISE Professionals | Pre-K Children (0-5)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Education and learning science | Life science
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Aquarium and Zoo Exhibits | Exhibitions