Conservation Tales: The 2022 Central America Books

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Title

Conservation Tales: The 2022 Central America Books

Subject

Environmental Education

Description

In the Spring 2022 semester, a team of 12 students from four different colleges collaborated with scientists in Costa Rica and at three different zoos to develop new Conservation Tales books - "Sloths " and Macaws." Thge books will be published in both English and Spanish, with copies sent to the researchers in Costa Rica to suppor their public education programs. Learn about the team's efforts and get a sneak preview of the final products.

Creator

Conservation Tales Immersive Learning Project

Source

School of Art and Department of Biology, Ball State University

Publisher

Airway Publishing

Date

Spring 2022

Contributor

Conservation Tales

Rights

Conservation Tales books and educational materials are copyrighted, with rights reserved by Airway Publishing.

Language

English

Identifier

Conservation Tales 2022 Immersive Learning Project

Collection Items

2022 Conservation Tales Cover
Conservation Tales team at Cincinnati Zoo

CT Team CincyZoo Macaw
CT Team meets with Macaw trainers at Cincinnati Zoo

CT Sloth Zoo Knoxville
CT Team meets Joe, a sloth at Zoo Knoxville

CT Central America series covers
Conservation Tales books in the new Central America series - Sloths and Macaws.

Previous CT Series
The Conservation Tales book titles as of 2021.

CT Interdisciplinary Team
The Conservation Tales team is an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty.

Diverse Scientists
CT books depict the diversity of people who work as scientists and conservationists.

Diverse Characters
Diverse characters send a message - "Everyone can protect wildlife"

CT Development Process
Graphic representation of the process of creating a Conservation Tales book

CTTeamWork1
Conservation Tales team working on development of the books.

CTTeamWork2
Illustrators painting backgrounds and animals for "Sloths"

CTTeamWork3
Character illustrator Rhiannon Morrison-Naylor and writer Ashley Owens collaborating on the Sloths storyboard.

CTTeamWork4
Interdisciplinary teams develop CT Books

Costa Rica Map
Map of the planned trip for CT Team in Costa Rica

CT Partners 2022
Conservation Tales has five external partners for 2022.

CT Partner - The Sloth Institute
The Sloth Institute in Costa Rica are one of the external partners for the CT Project

CT Partner - Macaw Recovery Network
The Macaw Recovery Network is an external partner for the CT Project

Costa Rica Information
Research included information about Costa Rica from BSU Doctoral Student Daniel Thomas Walter.

ObserveCincyZoo
The CT Team observed sloths and macaws at the Cincinnati Zoo.

ObserveKnoxville
The CT team observed behind the scenes at Zoo Knoxville.
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