Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Visitors and Visualizations: Creating Meaningful Experiences with Global Data","Oregon State University (OSU) / Hatfield Marine Science Center","2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content",2008,NA08SEC4690032,"$99,768","Nancee Hunter",Oregon,Newport,Lincoln,OR04,"44.62134, -124.04403","2008-06-01T00:00:00 - 2010-05-31T00:00:00","This project will establish a new spherical display system exhibit. The Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center (Newport, Oregon) will acquire and install a 3 ft. Magic Planet as part of a larger interactive data visualization exhibit. Pacific Northwest regional data sets will complement NOAA global data to serve as a model education program. Specific focus areas include coastal climates, hypoxia/dead zones, algal blooms, and/or aquatic invasive species. The Principle Investigator for this project have unique expertise in K-12 education, teacher professional development, curriculum development and evaluation, particularly in free-choice learning environments.","Maryland Science Center, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / NANOOS, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon State University (OSU) / College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences" "A NOAA Spherical Display System at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park","Smithsonian Institution / National Zoological Park","2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content",2008,NA08SEC4690035,"$196,016","Miles Roberts","District of Columbia",Washington,"District of Columbia",DC00,"38.93193, -77.05244","2008-06-01T00:00:00 - 2011-05-31T00:00:00","The Smithsonian National Zoological Park (SNZP) in Washington, DC is integrating the NOAA Science on a Sphere(SOS) spherical display system into SNZP's Amazonia Science Gallery (ASG). The SOS system at ASG will be seen in person by tens of thousands of visitors each year and potentially by millions more through electronic outreach programs. The SOS system will become an integral part of the exhibit and will be used for both informal and formal science education programs at the National Zoo.",