Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Science on a Sphere and Flood Forums: Education to Action","Nurture Nature Center","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080020,"$341,274","Catherine Brandes",Pennsylvania,Easton,Northampton,PA07,"40.69063, -75.21378","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-07-31T00:00:00","The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) in Easton, PA, a joint project of the multi-state Nurture Nature Foundation and NNC, Inc., will install a Science on a Sphere and develop a new SOS module about climate and flooding. Working with the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA, and science advisers from NOAA and research universities, NNC will use existing SOS datasets, as well as new data formats, to create a docent-guided program that explains the connections between climate patterns and flooding. The Flood Forums: Education to Action program will engage audiences in deliberative forum programming to promote public understanding of the atmospheric, oceanic, and other climatic factors affecting flooding in some regional communities. Project deliverables include a program on climate change and flooding for SOS users; the same program calibrated for Magic Planet users; Forum models on issues related to climate change and flooding; project and evaluation reports; and training materials for SOS network members and other informal educators.","Maryland Science Center, Da Vinci Science Center, Lehigh University, NOAA Regional Climate Center / Northeast Regional Climate Center" "Applying Social Research to Build Environmental Literacy and Public Engagement in Protecting Ocean Resources","Ocean Foundation / The Ocean Project","2010: NOAA Broad Agency Announcement for FY 2010—2011",2010,NA10SEC0080029,"$1,117,002","William Mott","District of Columbia",Washington,"District of Columbia",DC00,"38.90543, -77.04676","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-09-30T00:00:00","This project will expand and enhance an initiative that offers zoos, aquariums, and science museums the market research they need to engage and motivate the public on issues related to the ocean and climate change. The three-year project will measure changes in public awareness and action on ocean and climate-related issues. It will integrate these research findings into recommendations offered to staff working at zoos, aquariums, and science museums as well as to the ocean conservation community and provide professional development for staff members at these institutions in order to support and shape public outreach efforts that connect climate change, the ocean and individual actions, especially among our nation's youth.","Aquarium of the Pacific, North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Science Museum of Minnesota, Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium, Seattle Aquarium, John G. Shedd Aquarium / Shedd Aquarium, Tennessee Aquarium, Florida Aquarium, Pacific Science Center, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Detroit Zoological Society, Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Gladys Porter Zoo, Texas State Aquarium, Aquarium of the Bay, Lincoln Park Zoo, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Virginia Aquarium, Utah's Hogle Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Georgia Aquarium, New York Aquarium, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, San Antonio Zoological Society, YouthMuse, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Brevard Zoo, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Chicago Botanic Garden"