Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Using Marine Mammals to Communicate Solutions to Ocean Issues: Improving Climate and Ocean Literacy","North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher","2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums",2009,NA09SEC4690038,"$583,218","Peggy Sloan","North Carolina","Kure Beach","New Hanover",NC07,"33.96303, -77.92712","2009-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-12-30T23:00:00","The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, along with the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, has created a comprehensive, innovative, and engaging approach to inspire ocean stewardship among young people. Through professional development, integration of advanced technology, and targeted presentations to underserved audiences, this project serves to build connections between marine mammals, ocean health, climate change, and people. The project offers an innovative and engaging professional development opportunity, the Marine Mammal Institute (MMI), for 32 grassroots educators in North Carolina, with priority given to representatives from economically depressed areas. Participating educators gather information and gain experience to develop interactive marine mammal activities related to climate and ocean literacy. Upon returning to their home institutions, participants engage teenagers in climate and ocean literacy programming using innovative technology to illustrate climate change impacts on marine mammals.","National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium, Discovery Place Science, Polar Bears International, Duke University Marine Laboratory (DUML), Elumenati, University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Virginia Aquarium" "Science on a Sphere: Bringing the Oceans to You","North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island","2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content",2008,NA08SEC4690031,"$200,000","Andrea Hitt","North Carolina",Manteo,Dare,NC03,"35.91781, -75.70441","2008-09-01T00:00:00 - 2009-08-31T00:00:00","Through this award, the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island (NCARI) has installed NOAA's Science on a Sphere (SOS) to enhance and expand their existing Storms exhibit. NCARI's location on the Outer Banks makes understanding ocean systems critically important. Installing SOS increases environmental literacy by exposing NCARI's 300,000 annual visitors to NOAA datasets and information. Additionally, through educational programming students, teachers, and visitors obtain current and accurate information to help them make better-informed decisions. Workshops hosted at NCARI have provided valuable professional development opportunities for both informal educators and NOAA staff.",