Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Planet Earth Decision Theater","Science Museum of Minnesota","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080021,"$504,386","Patrick Hamilton",Minnesota,"Saint Paul",Ramsey,MN04,"44.94354, -93.09868","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2014-09-30T00:00:00","Through the Planet Earth Decision Theater project, the Science Museum of Minnesota and its partners will upgrade the museum's current SOS exhibit with new SOS learning experiences, produce for the SOS community a new SOS film about the role of humans as the dominant agents of global change and two new presenter-led SOS programs based on the film with one version utilizing an audience feedback mechanism called iClickers. SMM also will complement its Planet Earth Decision Theater and the Maryland Science Center's SOS exhibit with the addition of Rain Table (a new interactive scientific visualization platform) at both locations to further reinforce the Anthropocene messages of the new SOS film and programs. SMM will conduct extensive evaluations of the new SOS film, programs and Rain Tables. SMM's partners on this project include the NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab, University of Minnesota's National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota's Antarctic Geospatial Information Center, University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, Maryland Science Center, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Institute for Learning Innovation, George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication, and the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at University of Illinois-Chicago.","Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Institute for Learning Innovation, Maryland Science Center, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of Colorado Boulder / Fiske Planetarium, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, George Mason University / Center for Climate Change Communication (4C), University of Minnesota / Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota / National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED)" "Families by the Seaside: Building Community-based Outdoor Ocean Science Learning Experiences","Seacoast Science Center","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080026,"$489,574","Wendy Lull","New Hampshire",Rye,Rockingham,NH01,"43.04527, -70.71414","2010-11-01T00:00:00 - 2014-09-30T00:00:00","This 2-year program will advance the way informal ocean science education institutions reach underserved/underrepresented families by facilitating and formalizing relationships between informal science education centers and community based organizations. Project teams in five New England communities will collaborate to create a practicable, outdoor ocean-science learning experience specifically designed for families in their shared service area. Building on a needs assessment produced through target-audience focus groups, the program will combine coastal field experiences with web-based interactive and participatory learning activities developed and tested by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL; www.eol.org/) and the Northeast Regional Association for Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) to support in-field and ongoing learning. Science content will be informed and vetted by NOAA research scientists and work between the science centers and community organizations will be professionally facilitated. Formats and effectiveness will be evaluated by external evaluators and revised throughout the project.","New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium, BOAT CAMP, Inc., Girls Incorporated of Lynn, JumpStart Youth Connection, U.S. Navy / Naval Submarine Base / New London, Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), Portsmouth Housing Authority, Center for Teen Empowerment, Harvard University / Encyclopedia of Life, Northeastern University (NU) / Marine Science Center (MSC)"