Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Promoting Environmental Literacy through Teacher Professional Development Workshops and Climate Change Student Summits (C2S2)","University of Nebraska-Lincoln","2008/2009: ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2009,NA09SEC4690009,"$696,672","Frank Rack",Nebraska,Lincoln,Lancaster,NE01,"40.81605, -96.70093","2009-09-01T00:00:00 - 2013-12-30T23:00:00","This project will provide K-12 teacher professional development and focused student activities to promote environmental literacy using the essential principles of ocean and climate literacy. In partnerships with NOAA entities, school districts, and museums across the United States, we will provide: (1) high-energy face-to-face professional development workshops for teachers, facilitated by experienced educators; (2) ongoing support and interactions among teachers and students through an online collaborative website, or group-hub; and, (3) high-profile, focused events in which students interact with scientists and the public to share what they've learned, both locally and internationally. The primary goal of this project is to increase the environmental literacy of K-12 teachers and their students from school districts that are part of existing science museum networks. Each summer, we will work with 4 to 6 partner museums to invite 30 to 40 teachers from their local school districts to take part in a pair of workshops.","Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago, Technical Education Research Centers / TERC, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, California State University at San Marcos, Virginia Tech / College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Grossmont College, Hardin Public Schools 17-H&1, Little Big Horn College, Oak Park Unified School District, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, San Diego Unified School District, Anchorage School District (ASD), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) / Campbell Creek Science Center, Carteret County Public School System, Montana State University / Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences (LRES), North Carolina Maritime Museum, Northern Illinois University / Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Alaska (UA-Anchorage)/ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), University of Alaska (UA-Fairbanks), University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Michigan / Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan / Museum of Natural History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) / Institute of Marine Science, University of Washington (UW) / School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS), Virginia Tech / Biocomplexity Institute, University of Michigan / Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences" "NOAA Earth System Science Courses: Building on the Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA)","Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)","2008/2009: ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2009,NA09SEC4690011,"$645,815","Robert Myers",Virginia,Arlington,Arlington,VA08,"38.8943, -77.07719","2009-09-01T00:00:00 - 2012-08-31T00:00:00","The Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) is a successful teacher professional development program enhancing K-12 teachers' environmental literacy and ability to teach Earth System Science. The ESSEA 40+ educational institution consortium is supporting universities and other educational institutions in teacher preparation and professional development for pre-service and in-service K-12 teachers. This NOAA-funded project enhances and builds on this foundation by: 1) Using the ESSEA online courses as a model to introduce newly upgraded Earth system science undergraduate and graduate courses for teachers; 2) Introducing new Earth System Science data, analysis tools and educational resources to support the teacher courses; and 3) Disseminating model teaching practices and program success through annual conferences, continuing support, and presentations at geoscience and education conferences.","Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Texas A&M University at College Station, University of Maine / Ocean Systems Central Office School of Marine Sciences (COSEE)"