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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"nature center"”.
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The James River Nature Center: A Study of Context and Concept
… as an architectural place. The James River Nature Center provided a complex program that allowed for the exploration of context and concept as a thesis.
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Long Branch Nature Center - modern primitivism and the constructed dialogue of being within nature
… to the site is conceived and intervention with nature is beset. Equilibrium of the natural order; vegetative, habitat, hydrology, and geology are all in a vulnerable state. Rarely do these develop into harmonious balances. More often they are imposed instances. The Industrial Revolution forever …
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Revitalization of the Valley of Enchantment Elementary School Nature Center, an on-site learning facility
Relevance to the California science, history, and social-science frameworks.
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Revitalization of the Valley of Enchantment Elementary School Nature Center, an on-site learning facility
Relevance to the California science, history, and social-science frameworks.
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Applying numerical sediment transport models to examine river restoration sustainablilty at the Rio Grande Nature Center, New Mexico
… measures. One such feature is the Rio Grande Nature Center (RGNC) Habitat Restoration project. The project consists of removing non-native plants and constructing an ephemeral, high-flow, side channel connected to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The channel provides habitat for the …
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Nature Centers in Local Communities: Perceived Values, Support Factors, and Visitation Constraints
… examines three relationships between nature centers and their local communities. First, what are the values provided by local centers as perceived by community members? Second, what factors lead community members to support local centers? And third, what are the constraints to visiting …
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An Earthly Cosmology
… thesis project explores the design of a nature center and planetarium within Rock Creek Park, in Washington, DC. The project evolved from a desire to re-imagine a relationship with nature in a way that allows conversation, reflective thinking, and allows one's sense of wonder to enter a …
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Nesting Success and Parental Behavior of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria Citrea) in Southwestern Missouri
… nesting success at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. From 2006 to 2015, the nature center saw an overall success rate of 61.4%.</p>
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The Community of Member-Based Nature Parks: An Integration of Spatial, Socio-Demographic, and Interview Data
In the last several decades, member-based nature centers have been established to provide both community orientation to nature and education services; often times with the goal of promoting nature conservancy and growth and to provide outdoor benefits to urban communities. Most nature centers allow …
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Intensified Nature
… can be an intensification of perception, this nature center recognizes the presence of nature through symbiotic connotations of its primordial elements as architectural form. Deepened experiences of both nature and architecture are to be achieved through a clarified ordering of architectonic …
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The inter-relationship of nature and built form in an urban context
How does one mediate between nature and the city as development continues to arise out of necessity? What is the significance of the connection between nature and city and how can they be articulated? What is the relationship between architecture and nature in the context of densely settled area? …
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Mother Earth's Museum for Children, Boulder Colorado : harmounious design, an identity with setting
… of the Rocky Mountains. The museum is a nature center to inform and address issues of ecology for small children and their families. The approach of harmonious design in conceiving an architectural presence in this natural setting reinforces the museum's concept of respect for the …
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Connections: Material Time & Place
The way things connect with each other plays an important role in our everyday life. A work of architecture is inevitably a series of connections between objects, people, and places. This study is an exploration into the idea of strengthening the connections to a place, and perhaps it is possible …
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Vocalizations of North American River Otters (<i>Lontra canadensis</i>) in Two Human Care Populations
… of a male-female pair at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center and a male-male pair at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. This study is the first to examine the vocalizations produced in a male-male pair of river otters. Data collection took place June through August of 2015. Approximately 766 …
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Investigating aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion, adaptive management, and evaluation in environmental education
… Environmental Education and the Association of Nature Center Administrators. Chapter 4 outlines a culturally responsive evaluation framework for use in EE. The results of these studies show there is far more to be done in the field of EE to create a welcoming and inclusive space for all …
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Population Characteristics of Urban White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) in Southern Springfield, Missouri
… determine whether the white-tailed deer on the Nature Center are having a detrimental effect on the species richness, species diversity and browse within this area. The majority of the residents within the study area are extremely interested in the population of white-tailed deer that reside in …
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Of soldiers, heroes and monuments: "a name on a wall"
… Delaware in 2018, when I stopped at the Nature Center. Therein is a gift shop with a book section. One volume, entitled “Delaware in World War I” stood out with its bright yellow and red cover. I thumbed through the pages to the index wondering if Thomas Amory was there. He is! On page …
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THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN SORGHUM HALEPENSE INVASIONS: EVIDENCE OF A NEW INVASION STRATEGY, MICROBIALLY ENHANCED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (MECA)
… field studies conducted within the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge spanning 46-months, alterations to several soil biogeochemical cycles across an <i>S. halepense</i> invasion gradient were documented. Heavily invaded soils had increased plant-available forms of essential macronutrients …
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THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN SORGHUM HALEPENSE INVASIONS: EVIDENCE OF A NEW INVASION STRATEGY, MICROBIALLY ENHANCED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (MECA)
… field studies conducted within the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge spanning 46-months, alterations to several soil biogeochemical cycles across an <i>S. halepense</i> invasion gradient were documented. Heavily invaded soils had increased plant-available forms of essential macronutrients …