Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Into the Woods (ITW)","Research Foundation of the City University of New York / Queens College","2011/2012:  ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2012,NA12SEC0080010,"$1,355,463","Peter Schmidt","New York","New York","New York",NY12,"40.75572, -73.98886","2012-08-01T00:00:00 - 2017-07-31T00:00:00","Queens College’s Into the Woods (ITW) project is an environmental literacy program for New York City Elementary School Teachers enhancing content knowledge about the Earth System and extending their classrooms outdoors into Nature. The classrooms continue to evolve into school stewardship and service learning in partnerships with parks and environmental organizations. The ITW project starts with five Elementary Globe books that link science, math and literacy. Fiction becomes reality during field training that uses GLOBE books as blueprints for how teachers can guide their students to conduct their own research to enhance understanding of the environment. The project trains teachers to design and supervise grade-appropriate research projects using GLOBE protocols in local parks; support them during those projects; and host annual research symposia during which students present their results. The project's template of immersing teachers and students in environmental research is becoming a national model for improving environmental literacy in all school systems. The NYU Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education works in partnership with Into the Woods to connect teachers to the resources, materials, and strategies required to successfully implement environmental education, outdoor learning, service learning and hands-on experiences across all grade levels and curriculum areas.","Center for Educational Innovation, Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology, New York City (NYC) Department of Education (DOE), New York University (NYU), National Sea Grant College Program / New York Sea Grant College Program, Bronx River Alliance, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc., Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), New York City (NYC) Urban Park Rangers, Cornell University / Institute for Resource Information Sciences (IRIS)"