Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Worldviews Network: Ecological Literacy Programming for Digital Planetariums and Beyond","California Academy of Sciences","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080017,"$311,847","Ryan Wyatt",California,"San Francisco","San Francisco",CA11,"37.77016, -122.46682","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-09-01T00:00:00","The Worldviews Network - a collaboration of institutions that have pioneered Earth systems research, education and evaluation methods - is creating innovative approaches for engaging the American public in dialogues about human-induced global changes. Leveraging the power of immersive scientific visualization environments at informal science centers across the US, we are developing transformative educational processes that integrate the benefits of visual thinking, systems thinking, and design thinking. This ""seeing, knowing, doing"" approach empowers educators with tools and techniques that help audiences to visualize, comprehend, and address complex issues from a whole-systems perspective. The Worldviews Network will make explicit the interconnections of Earth's life support systems across time and space as well as inspire community participation in design processes by providing real-world examples of successful projects that are increasing the healthy functioning of regional and global ecosystems.","American Museum of Natural History, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Institute for Learning Innovation, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, NASA Ames Exploration Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Bell Museum, Elumenati, Journey Museum & Learning Center, University of Michigan / Museum of Natural History, University of North Carolina at Asheville, WGBH Educational Foundation" "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"