Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Engaging ESL Adult and Youth Learners in Technologically Facilitated Outdoor Experiential Learning to Improve Environmental, Ocean, Climate and English Literacy","Literacy Volunteers America of Monroe County","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080025,"$203,454","Mary Casanova",Florida,"Key West",Monroe,FL28,"24.55448, -81.78707","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2012-09-30T00:00:00","Literacy Volunteers America of Monroe County and The College of Exploration are developing and implementing a pilot project to target traditionally under-represented ethnic groups who are limited English proficient – many reading and writing in English at the grade 0 - grade 5.5 level. The project goals are for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to use digital photo cameras, digital video cameras, waterproof underwater HD cameras and GPS technologies to geo-locate, explore, observe, record, display and tell stories in English both in words, photos and short HD video clip sequences. Stories will be about the exploration of places like the National Marine Sanctuaries and other areas of the country and coasts where there are scientific observation and monitoring opportunities created and supported by NOAA partners.","College of Exploration, Cooke Communications Florida, LLC., ProLiteracy, Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), Pigeon Key Foundation, Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida (VALF)" "Science on a Sphere and Flood Forums: Education to Action","Nurture Nature Center","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080020,"$341,274","Catherine Brandes",Pennsylvania,Easton,Northampton,PA07,"40.69063, -75.21378","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-07-31T00:00:00","The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) in Easton, PA, a joint project of the multi-state Nurture Nature Foundation and NNC, Inc., will install a Science on a Sphere and develop a new SOS module about climate and flooding. Working with the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA, and science advisers from NOAA and research universities, NNC will use existing SOS datasets, as well as new data formats, to create a docent-guided program that explains the connections between climate patterns and flooding. The Flood Forums: Education to Action program will engage audiences in deliberative forum programming to promote public understanding of the atmospheric, oceanic, and other climatic factors affecting flooding in some regional communities. Project deliverables include a program on climate change and flooding for SOS users; the same program calibrated for Magic Planet users; Forum models on issues related to climate change and flooding; project and evaluation reports; and training materials for SOS network members and other informal educators.","Maryland Science Center, Da Vinci Science Center, Lehigh University, NOAA Regional Climate Center / Northeast Regional Climate Center"