Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Connections: A Comprehensive Environmental Education Program Centered on NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS)","Bishop Museum","2005: Environmental Literacy",2005,NA05SEC4691011,"$493,970","Mike Shanhan",Hawaii,Honolulu,Honolulu,HI01,"21.33281, -157.87055","2005-10-01T00:00:00 - 2007-09-30T00:00:00","The Bishop Museum will develop, implement and evaluate of a full set of informal education programs centered on the Science On a Sphere® exhibit. This project includes the following programs and exhibits: -Eleven classroom modules on earth and ocean sciences (one module for each grade from kindergarten through 10th) using a field trip to the Science On a Sphere® (SOS) and the new Science Adventure Center at Bishop Museum as the keystone for each module. - Exhibits in the planetarium lobby that will augment the SOS display by providing additional content information, local tie-ins, and information on how SOS works. - Daily live demonstrations at the sphere. This includes public demonstrations (1200 shows, 22,000 attendees during the grant period) and school children (400 shows, 9600 attendees during the grant period) for a total attendance of 31,600. -Yearly teacher workshops (2 total, 80 educators) to promote the use of the classroom modules mentioned above with NOAA staff and museum staff. Special-event programming incorporating the sphere will also include an eight-session lecture series featuring NOAA staff; two annual ""Mad About Science"" Festivals; eight Family Sunday events; and twenty local television news and weather broadcasts using the sphere and its programs for content and background.","Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), Hawaii State Department of Education" "NOAA's Science On a Sphere at Bishop Museum (Installation Award)","Bishop Museum","2005: Environmental Literacy",2005,NA05SEC4691013,"$170,000","Mike Shanhan",Hawaii,Honolulu,Honolulu,HI01,"21.33281, -157.87055","2005-10-01T00:00:00 - 2008-09-30T00:00:00","Bishop Museum is installing Science On a Sphere® (SOS) at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu , Hawai’i. Science on a Sphere, a spherical multimedia display on which NOAA data can be displayed, provides an unparalleled opportunity for innovative and meaningful environmental education for all ages. Hawai’i's natural environment is ideal for conducting research and education on significant topics of earth and ocean sciences, and NOAA scientists currently play a large role in ongoing research in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The addition of a SOS unit to the Museum will allow visitors to learn about the global earth systems that underlie the ""science of Hawai’i"" featured in the Science Adventure Center at the Bishop Museum. The Science On a Sphere® globe will feature a variety of data sets and serve as the centerpiece of live educational presentations. In addition, Bishop Museum staff and scientists will assist in creating new and exciting visuals for SOS.","Hawaii State Department of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa"