Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Understanding the Impact of Science on a Sphere","Institute for Learning Innovation","2008: Science On a Sphere Program Evaluation",2008,NA08SEC4690057,"$72,100","Kate Haley-Goldman",Maryland,Edgewater,"Anne Arundel",MD05,"38.93189, -76.56664","2008-10-01T00:00:00 - 2010-03-31T00:00:00","The Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI) will undertake a rigorous study of the public learning impact of the Science on a Sphere (SOS) museum education program that was began by NOAA in 2005. As proposed, this study will identify and evaluate the range and depth of SOS audience impacts and outcomes to provide the essential baseline understanding for its ongoing and future uses. The study will further explore the role and impact of data visualization in contemporary society as an effective means of deepening public understanding of such complex issues as Earth natural systems.", "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.",