Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Global Connections: Science on a Sphere","Boonshoft Museum of Discovery","2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content",2008,NA08SEC4690029,"$200,000","Susan Pion",Ohio,Dayton,Montgomery,OH10,"39.78855, -84.2033","2008-08-01T00:00:00 - 2010-07-31T00:00:00","The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery/Discovery Zoo in Dayton, OH has developed and implemented a new, permanent exhibition featuring NOAA's Science on a Sphere. The exhibition builds environmental literacy among public visitors, K-12 students, and the myriad of groups that the Museum reaches. A significant portion of the audience is from underrepresented groups. A special display within the exhibition focuses on the Mississippi Watershed and how it is related to the health of the oceans. The exhibition also includes three interactive stations where visitors can engage in hands-on activities related to NOAA datasets.", "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.",