Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "CoCoRaHS: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network","Colorado State University","2006: Environmental Literacy",2006,NA06SEC4690004,"$585,005","Nolan Doesken",Colorado,"Fort Collins",Larimer,CO02,"40.56877, -105.07922","2006-10-01T00:00:00 - 2010-09-30T00:00:00","The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) involves thousands of people of all ages in the observation and study of weather, climate and water resources. In CoCoRaHS, citizens of all ages help measure and report rain, hail and snow from their own homes, schools and businesses. These data are then efficiently collected via the internet, archived in a national database, and made immediately available to participants, scientists and the general public showing the fascinating patterns of precipitation from each passing storm (see http://www.cocorahs.org). The measurement of precipitation and the patterns, variations and impacts that result, open the door to creative study of our environment. It is the ""lowest common denominator"" of hydroclimatic exploration. In this project, data from the CoCoRaHS citizen science network will be shared with and utilized by NOAA partners to help monitor drought, to help detect local severe storms, to alert local authorities to developing flash flood situations, to provide ""ground truth"" for NOAA and NASA remote sensing technologies, and to provide verification for both local and national weather and climate forecast products.","American Meteorological Society (AMS)" "Ocean Sciences Curriculum Sequence for Grades 3-5","Lawrence Hall of Science","2007: ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2007,NA07SEC4690003,"$720,641","Craig Strang",California,Berkeley,Alameda,CA12,"37.87921, -122.24652","2007-10-01T00:00:00 - 2010-09-30T00:00:00","In close collaboration and partnership, the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOL), Rutgers University Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, and the Carolina Biological Supply Company will update, adapt, transform, and widely disseminate existing instructional materials from the LHS Marine Activities Resources & Education (MARE) and Great Explorations in Mathematics and Sciences (GEMS) programs. The materials will provide teachers with a standards-based tool for teaching basic science using the ocean as a compelling integrating context. The materials will be grounded in current research on teaching and learning and designed to connect to the Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts, and national and state science standards. The activities will be thoroughly pilot and field tested to ensure their effectiveness and applicability nationwide. The finished product will include print materials for teachers, with inquiry-based learning activities, student readings and data sheets, curriculum-embedded assessments, and commercially available materials kits that will allow the Sequence to be adopted by whole school systems and/or states (see http://www.lhsgems.org/CurriculumSequences.htm).","National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Jacques Cousteau, Rutgers University"