Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)","Colorado State University","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080012,"$1,252,392","Chris Kummerow",Colorado,"Fort Collins",Larimer,CO02,"40.56877, -105.07922","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2015-09-30T00:00:00","The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) is a citizen science program where thousands of volunteers across the country measure and report the amount of precipitation that falls each day in their own neighborhood. In the next three years CoCoRaHS will use strategies from the “Citizen Science Toolkit” and align activities to the “Essential Principles to Climate Science” to engage thousands more participants in collecting, reporting and exploring precipitation. Evapotranspiration measurements will be added to teach and demonstrate the hydrologic cycle in action. Through strong NOAA partnerships with the National Weather Service, the National Climatic Data Center, the Earth Systems Research Lab and the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, precipitation data quality and accessibility for professional users will be enhanced. The CoCoRaHS network will be constructing training, data entry and visualization tools utilizing Web 2.0 concepts, cyberlearning tools and hand-held device applications with a goal of increasing participation and expanding the volunteer network into broader, younger, more diverse audiences.","Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Oregon State University / PRISM Climate Group, Colorado Division of Water Resources, State Engineers Office, University of South Carolina (USC) / Department of Geography, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Avalanche Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)" "Hurricanes and Climate Change: Local Impacts and Global Systems","Miami Museum of Science / Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080024,"$500,921","Jennifer Santer",Florida,Miami,Miami-Dade,FL27,"25.78533, -80.19013","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2012-12-30T23:00:00","The Miami Science Museum, in collaboration with Ideum and the Institute for Learning Innovation, is designing and developing an interactive multi-user exhibit that allows visitors to explore the global dimensions and local impacts of climate change. The exhibit will raise public understanding about the underlying science, the human causes, and the potential impacts of climate change by combining the attraction of a 4-foot spherical display with a user-controlled interface that lets visitors control the sphere and choose from a range of global and local content they wish to explore. A particular focus is on climate-related impacts on coastal communities, including the dangers posed by rising sea level and the possibility of more intense hurricanes. The project emphasizes engagement of diverse, multigenerational audiences through development of an interface that is fully bilingual and that promotes social interaction. The open-source learning module will be adaptable by other museums, to explore climate impacts specific to their region.","Institute for Learning Innovation, Ideum, University of Miami / Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)"