Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Environmental Service-Learning Project (ESLP)","Earth Force","2011/2012:  ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2012,NA12SEC0080007,"$677,192","Jan Sneddon",Colorado,Denver,Denver,CO01,"39.74862, -104.98088","2012-08-01T00:00:00 - 2015-10-31T00:00:00","The Great Lakes Science and Service Learning Initiative (GLSSLI) is a collaborative effort to take Earth Force's proven science-based service learning approach to scale in Michigan by institutionalizing the model within Michigan school districts. By working with the Michigan Community Service Commission's Learn & Serve program and the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative we are able to leverage statewide structures to make grants directly to school districts, support school districts as they institutionalize the programs and provide on-going professional development to educators. Scaling the GREEN model will deepen student understanding of science by working directly on the environmental problems facing their communities and develop the skills and personal commitment inherent in environmental literacy.","Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, Michigan Community Service Commission, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative, West Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition (SEMIS), Adams Township School District, Lake Linden–Hubbell Public School District, Stanton Township Public Schools, Houghton–Portage Township School District, North Muskegon Public Schools, Montague Area Public Schools, Brandeis University / Center for Youth and Communities" "Into the Woods (ITW)","Research Foundation of the City University of New York / Queens College","2011/2012:  ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2012,NA12SEC0080010,"$1,355,463","Peter Schmidt","New York","New York","New York",NY12,"40.75572, -73.98886","2012-08-01T00:00:00 - 2017-07-31T00:00:00","Queens College’s Into the Woods (ITW) project is an environmental literacy program for New York City Elementary School Teachers enhancing content knowledge about the Earth System and extending their classrooms outdoors into Nature. The classrooms continue to evolve into school stewardship and service learning in partnerships with parks and environmental organizations. The ITW project starts with five Elementary Globe books that link science, math and literacy. Fiction becomes reality during field training that uses GLOBE books as blueprints for how teachers can guide their students to conduct their own research to enhance understanding of the environment. The project trains teachers to design and supervise grade-appropriate research projects using GLOBE protocols in local parks; support them during those projects; and host annual research symposia during which students present their results. The project's template of immersing teachers and students in environmental research is becoming a national model for improving environmental literacy in all school systems. The NYU Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education works in partnership with Into the Woods to connect teachers to the resources, materials, and strategies required to successfully implement environmental education, outdoor learning, service learning and hands-on experiences across all grade levels and curriculum areas.","Center for Educational Innovation, Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology, New York City (NYC) Department of Education (DOE), New York University (NYU), National Sea Grant College Program / New York Sea Grant College Program, Bronx River Alliance, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc., Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), New York City (NYC) Urban Park Rangers, Cornell University / Institute for Resource Information Sciences (IRIS)"