Event Information

NatureStart - 2014
Date: September 29 — October 4, 2014
Location: John G. Shedd Aquarium

NatureStart provides zoo and aquarium professionals with a foundation in competency-based practices for developing and implementing learning experiences and environments for young children and their families which lead to increased ecological identity and conservation involvement. Course content is rooted in conservation psychology, early childhood education, and playwork practices, as well as other current research and practices in the emerging field of early childhood conservation education.