Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Earth System Science for Elementary Teachers (ESSET)","Angelo State University","2011/2012:  ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2012,NA12SEC0080014,"$403,436","Christine Purkiss",Texas,"San Angelo","Tom Green",TX11,"31.44343, -100.46636","2012-08-01T00:00:00 - 2015-07-31T00:00:00","Angelo State University (ASU), in partnership with Texas borderlands school districts and the National Weather Service Office in San Angelo, Texas, are recipients of a NOAA Environmental Literacy Grant Priority 1 grant titled ""Earth System Sciences for Elementary Teachers"" (ESSET). This project will: 1) Increase the knowledge and skills level of 25 elementary in-service teachers regarding best practices for teaching integrated Earth System Science concepts in a learner-centered, outdoor environment; 2) Increase teachers' ability to align integrated science content with Texas standards-based curriculum and NOAA's Education Strategic Plan; and 3) Integrate concepts of environmental stewardship with teachers' newly acquired pedagogy and science content. Participants will receive nine semester-hours of ASU graduate credit, and a variety of tools and equipment for their classrooms following successful completion of this 18-month project. Anticipated results include increases in overall integrated science content knowledge, best practices, and self-efficacy for participating teachers. Scaling-up this proof-of-concept project to catalyze change across Texas will occur near the end of ESSET.","Weather Channel Headquarters, NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO), Education Service Center / Region 15, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) San Angelo, TX Weather Forecast Office"