Sarah Crumb from Miami University's Project Dragonfly publishes original work

2015 Apr 8

Bothell, Wash. resident Sarah Crumb from Miami University's Project Dragonfly has published an original work entitled "The Role of Zoo Playgrounds: Beyond Playtime & into Conservation Awareness." In her article, Crumb looked at how playgrounds in a zoo setting provide children with an opportunity to explore outside and encourage a sense of environmental awareness and inspire a conservation ethic . The article appeared in IZE Journal, which publishes original work about conservation, interpretation and zoo education and is a publication of the International Zoo Educators Association.

Crumb, a zookeeper and exhibit attendant at Woodland Park Zoo, is a current master's student at Miami University. As a student in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), Crumb takes courses onsite at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle while sharing ideas with peers and instructors nationwide via web-based learning communities.

The community-based AIP master's degree is co-delivered by Miami's Dragonfly and Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited premier learning institutions in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. To learn more about the AIP, visit http://aip.miamioh.edu/.

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