Turn Back Time Farm is a non-profit educational organization located in Paxton, MA. They required a way to display and teach about natural specimens donated to the farm. The need for this display was influenced by the farm's educational parameters along with societal issues. This report discusses the design of this display and how interviews and meta-analysis of journals were used to collect necessary data. It also outlines the steps taken to integrate play-based learning, engage with local nature, design and build the exhibit. The deliverables of this project were a main museum exhibit which also had play-based activities built in, one terrarium, and four outdoor exhibits allowing students to create their own displays as they find different items during their days on the farm.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Larson, Theresa N.
• Dobson, Hannah R.
• Bryan, Erin J.
• Blaufuss, Olivia C.

Subject

• Learning
• Project-Based Learning
• Community
• Environment
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050321-143627
• 21486

Advisor

• Rosbach, Derren

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Turn Back Time Farm

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education

Date created

• 2021-05-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International