This week the Director of Education and I are heading to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in San Diego, California. Scientists from all over the country will be in attendance in addition to fifty teams of informal educators from zoos, museums and libraries around the country. We were invited to attend as part of a campaign to expand public literacy about climate change.
The evidence concerning climate change can be a challenge to communicate due to the intense debate surrounding the issue, but with the new polar bear exhibit coming this summer the Kansas City Zoo is committed to the challenge. Informal educators are the focus of the AAAS campaign because, compared to formal school educators, we can more readily reach out to adults directly.
Bryan, Youth and Family Programs Coordinator
