NOAA’s Office of Education announced today that it has awarded grants totaling more than $8 million to seventeen institutions – including several TOP Partners – across the country to engage the public in science education activities that improve understanding and stewardship of the local and global environment. These seventeen grants will fund thirteen projects:
- University of Wisconsin & University of Maryland; “A collaborative project: Interpretation of Real-Time Weather and Climate Data for Spherical Displays”; $1,159,887
- American Museum of Natural History (N.Y.); “Exploring Earth Systems: Expanding Data Visualization Experiences for Museum Learners”; $826,112
- Denver Museum of Nature & Science, California Academy of Sciences, University of Louisville; “A collaborative project: The Worldview Network: Ecological Literacy Programming for Digital Planetariums and Beyond”; $1,248,123
- Colorado State University; “CoCoRaHS: Capitalizing on Technological Advancements to Expand Environmental Literacy through a successful Citizen Science Network”; $1,249,993
- Nurture Nature Center, Inc. (Pa.); “Science on a Sphere and Flood Forums: Education to Action”; $341,274
- College of Exploration (Va.), Literacy Volunteers of America (Fla.); “A collaborative project: Engaging ESL adult and youth learners in technologically facilitated outdoor experiential learning to improve environmental, ocean, climate and English literacy”; $400,000
- Seacoast Science Center (N.H.); “Families by the Seaside: Building community-based outdoor ocean science learning experiences”; $489,574
- Science Museum of Virginia; “Science on a Sphere–Earth Systems Display Center at Science Museum of Virginia”; $295,202
- Science Museum of Minnesota; “Planet Earth Decision Theater”; $500,001
- Miami Science Center; “Hurricanes and Climate Change: Local Impacts and Global Systems”; $499,559
- Monterey Bay Aquarium; “Teen Conservation Leadership”; $450,000
- Butler University (Ind.); “FLOW: an innovative educational toolkit for river awareness”; $257,492
- Exploratorium (Calif.); “Embedding NOAA in a Public Learning Laboratory – The Environmental Scientist-In-Residence Program at the Exploratorium”; $517,900
