From Living to Virtual: Learning from Museum Objects

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Understanding and Engagement in Places of Science Experience: Science Museums, Science Centers, Zoos, and Aquariums (2014, background): “In addition, Eberbach and Crowley (2005) compared living, model, and virtual plants in a botanical garden and found that the living plants gave rise to more references to everyday experience, whereas models and virtual plants gave rise to more process explanations.”
Making Public the Private Life of Plants: The contribution of informal learning environments (2007, background): “Recently, Eberbach and Crowley have conducted studies in a botanic garden in Pittsburgh, USA, comparing parent/ child interactions at virtual, model, and living plant exhibits, in regard to the process of pollination (Eberbach & Crowley, 2005).”
The dimensions and impact of informal science learning experiences on middle schoolers’ attitudes and abilities in science (2016, background): “These spaces provide opportunities for students to experience science, particularly aspects that are hard to experience at home (Eberbach & Crowley, 2005), and they have been argued to promote science motivation (Paris et al., 1998).”