Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Visualizing Change: Training and Tools to Support Informal Educators","Aquarium of the Pacific","2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators",2013,NA13SEC0080009,"$174,431","David Bader",California,"Long Beach","Los Angeles",CA42,"33.76359, -118.1946","2013-10-01T00:00:00 - 2017-09-30T00:00:00","A consortium of Aquarium of the Pacific, National Aquarium in Baltimore, New England Aquarium and Seattle Aquarium will build educator capacity in the aquarium community and informal science education field to more effectively communicate about climate change and its impact on coastal zones and marine life. The project will utilize NOAA datasets and visualizations in providing interpreters with training and strategic framing communication tools based on the best available social and cognitive research. The objectives of the project are to: (1) develop and test four exemplary interpretive “visual narratives” that integrate research-based strategic communication with NOAA data visualization resources; (2) test the application of the visual narratives in a variety of geographic regions and institution types (aquarium, science center, etc.) using multiple technology platforms; (3) build a professional development program for climate change interpretation with data visualization; and (4) leverage existing networks for dissemination and peer support. Other key partners include the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (VisLab), the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Ocean Explorium in southern Massachusetts, FrameWorks Institute and New Knowledge Organization.","Exploratorium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Science Museum of Minnesota, Seattle Aquarium, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)" "Carbon Networks",Exploratorium,"2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators",2014,NA14SEC0080002,"$438,870","Mary Miller",California,"San Francisco","San Francisco",CA11,"37.79594, -122.4","2014-09-01T00:00:00 - 2017-08-31T00:00:00","Carbon Networks is a three-year collaborative project that aims to improve public understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification and atmospheric carbon dioxide on the environment. It involves three informal education partners - the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle - working together to provide professional development for staff and local educators, as well as create educational programs and activities for museum visitors using authentic ocean and atmospheric data. The project aims to address the disconnect between scientific evidence and the public's understanding of these impacts by developing and implementing professional development workshops and training programs that connect local ocean and atmospheric data with regional, Pacific, and global systems. The goal is to create meaningful place-based education narratives and activities that help people better understand the evolving narrative and impact of ocean acidification and climate change.","California Academy of Sciences, Seattle Aquarium, Pacific Science Center, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / NANOOS, University of California at Santa Barbara, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / West Coast, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Channel Islands, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Greater Farallones, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Cordell Bank, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Olympic Coast, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / CeNCOOS, University of California—Berkeley, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Monterey Bay, University of Hawaii System / Waikiki Aquarium, National Sea Grant College Program / University of Washington (UW), U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / PacIOOS, San Francisco State University (SFSU) / Romberg-Tiburon Center, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / Alaska Fisheries Science Center, University of California—Davis"