Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Educational Applications of the National Maritime Center Science on a Sphere","University of Wisconsin–Madison / Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)","2005: Environmental Literacy",2005,NA05SEC4691010,"$298,134","Steven Ackerman",Wisconsin,Madison,Dane,WI02,"43.06818, -89.39998","2005-10-01T00:00:00 - 2009-09-30T00:00:00","This project is developing and implementing a strong environmental literacy and science education program to accompany NOAA's Science on a Sphere® (SOS) at The National Maritime Center's Nauticus museum. The program will use the SOS as a focal point to support learning about global oceanic and atmospheric circulations and their effect on local environments. The team is creating real-time global displays of environmental phenomena for the SOS from the expansive University of Wisconsin environmental satellite database. Computer visualization systems and user-driven interactive displays will allow viewers to move from global scale to regional and local scale in order to explore specific features of the phenomena being visualized and to understand them in greater detail. The displays will be integrated with high quality education materials that are aligned with national standards and specifically address the NOAA Education Strategic Plan. The teaming of the University of Wisconsin, Hampton University, and the National Maritime Center offers the opportunity to expose students from ethnic minority groups to various NOAA career paths and help produce graduates with solid technical backgrounds.","Bishop Museum, Hampton University, Hampton University, National Maritime Center (TNMC) Nauticus Museum" "Interpretation of Real-Time Weather and Climate Data for Spherical Displays","University of Wisconsin–Madison / Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080015,"$1,001,637","Steven Ackerman",Wisconsin,Madison,Dane,WI02,"43.06818, -89.39998","2010-11-01T00:00:00 - 2016-10-31T00:00:00","The Interpretation of Real-time Weather and Climate for Spherical Displays (EarthNow) project utilizes the Science on a Sphere (SOS) Network to enable meaningful interpretation of real-time weather and climate data by museum docents and visitors viewing SOS exhibits nationwide. The project will generate and provide real-time NOAA weather, climate and ocean data to the SOS Network along with appropriate training for docents. It will also provide data interpretation summaries, data discussions and concise talking points on a regularly updated blog. This project is being implemented by a collaborative team of two weather and climate centers of NOAA/NESDIS: the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), in association with the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, the I.M. Systems Group, and the Maryland Science Center.","Maryland Science Center, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago, University of Maryland / Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-M), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Buttonwood Park Zoological Society, National Maritime Center (TNMC) Nauticus Museum, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Grand Canyon Visitor Center, Space Foundation, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / Climate Prediction Center, NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, University of Maryland / Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)"