Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Carbon Networks","Pacific Science Center","2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators",2014,NA14SEC0080003,"$88,478","Keni Sturgeon",Washington,Seattle,King,WA07,"47.61944, -122.35137","2014-09-01T00:00:00 - 2017-08-31T00:00:00","Carbon Networks is a three-year collaborative project that aims to improve public understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification and atmospheric carbon dioxide on the environment. It involves three informal education partners - the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle - working together to provide professional development for staff and local educators, as well as create educational programs and activities for museum visitors using authentic ocean and atmospheric data. The project aims to address the disconnect between scientific evidence and the public's understanding of these impacts by developing and implementing professional development workshops and training programs that connect local ocean and atmospheric data with regional, Pacific, and global systems. The goal is to create meaningful place-based education narratives and activities that help people better understand the evolving narrative and impact of ocean acidification and climate change.","Exploratorium, Seattle Aquarium, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / NANOOS, University of California at Santa Barbara, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / West Coast, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Channel Islands, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Greater Farallones, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Cordell Bank, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Olympic Coast, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / CeNCOOS, University of California—Berkeley, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Monterey Bay, University of Hawaii System / Waikiki Aquarium, National Sea Grant College Program / University of Washington (UW), U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / PacIOOS, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / Alaska Fisheries Science Center" "Building Ocean Awareness Together (BOAT)","Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center","2012: Ocean Education Partnership Grants",2012,NA12SEC0080023,"$275,451","Laurie Morrow",Alaska,Seward,"Kenai Peninsula Borough",AK00,"60.09986, -149.44072","2012-10-01T00:00:00 - 2015-01-30T23:00:00","A consortium of Alaska SeaLife Center, Florida Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium with their partner National Association for Interpretation will increase the effectiveness of informal science educators (ISE) to promote public understanding of three complex topics that impact the ocean (oil spills, ocean acidification, and energy literacy) and encourage stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. This project will have a direct impact on 252 interpreters in and around Alaska, California, and Florida through 12 weeklong trainings. Groups of interpreters will develop, assemble and produce online training toolkits, all of which will be widely disseminated to the ISE community. Each toolkit will utilize NOAA multimedia content, data visualization products, expertise and other relevant resources. Project participants – who interact with a diverse mix of local, regional, national and international visitors (including underserved local populations) – will provide enhanced training content for their colleagues through professional trainings, presentations, and online networks.","California Academy of Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Seattle Aquarium, Florida Aquarium, Florida Aquarium, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, National Association for Interpretation (NAI), University of Alaska (UA-Fairbanks), NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) / Pacific Islands, NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO)"