Family Engagement at Aquarium Touch Tanks—Exploring Interactions and the Potential for Learning

Shawn M. Rowe · James Kisiel

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Museums and Cultural Heritage Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education Animal and Plant Science Education

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Animal touch experiences, where visitors get to touch, pet or feed live animals, are a common feature of public, informal science venues like aquariums, zoos, science centers and similar institutions. Public aquariums of almost every size employ touch tanks as part of their educational efforts and spend significant amounts of financial and person-hour effort to maintain and staff these extremely popular exhibits and program elements. This investment appears to be motivated by a general belief that the unique experience of touching or interacting with an animal will help create conservation awareness by facilitating caring about animals and their habitats. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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