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1,196
CHILDREN

attended Zoo Camp

1,924
ADULTS & CHILDREN
629 feeling a stronger sense of belonging and pride in
partipated in family their community.
play programs
“SCIENCES was about more than learning
3,032 specific science knowledge and facts . . . It was
about building community and relationships
PARTICIPANTS reached through that would make it possible to develop and
deliver science learning opportunities,” said
the CZS King Conservation Leadership Breen Bartecki.
Academy community engagement
education programs (Nature Play, “. . . she’s actually spearheaded
ZAP!, and Zoo Explorers Club) recycling in our house. She’s part
of the school’s environmental club.
PREK-12 TEACHERS 442 I’m sure the seed was planted at
Eden Place and through the
trained in professional INFORMAL EDUCATORS Brookfield Zoo program.”
development workshops
trained in NATURESTART™ —Parent of SCIENCES participants
professional development
workshops As CZS looks to the future of our community
engagement efforts, we will apply the knowledge
500+ we gained from SCIENCES. For example, we
learned every neighborhood, community organi-
VETERINARY zation, and cultural institution has unique
STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, strengths and challenges. Furthermore, we hope
& TECHNICIANS the SCIENCES initiative will provide individuals
and other organizations with valuable insights for
received professional future partnerships and community-based infor-
training since 2005 mal learning initiatives.
program launch
For more information, see The nature of
SARASOTA DOLPHIN RESEARCH PROGRAM (SDRP) community. SCIENCES: Supporting a Community’s
Informal Education Needs—Confidence and
43 425+DOCTORAL UNDERGRADUATE Empowerment in STEM by Breen Bartecki, S.,
STUDENTS INTERNS Kelly, L.-A.D., & Marks, T. (Brookfield, IL:
Chicago Zoological Society, 2019)
41 MASTER’S All benefited from data collection CZS.org/SCIENCES. █
STUDENTS opportunities, data, samples,
and training during the life
of the program

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