Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Earth System Science for Elementary Teachers (ESSET)","Angelo State University","2011/2012:  ELG for Formal K-12 Education",2012,NA12SEC0080014,"$403,436","Christine Purkiss",Texas,"San Angelo","Tom Green",TX11,"31.44343, -100.46636","2012-08-01T00:00:00 - 2015-07-31T00:00:00","Angelo State University (ASU), in partnership with Texas borderlands school districts and the National Weather Service Office in San Angelo, Texas, are recipients of a NOAA Environmental Literacy Grant Priority 1 grant titled ""Earth System Sciences for Elementary Teachers"" (ESSET). This project will: 1) Increase the knowledge and skills level of 25 elementary in-service teachers regarding best practices for teaching integrated Earth System Science concepts in a learner-centered, outdoor environment; 2) Increase teachers' ability to align integrated science content with Texas standards-based curriculum and NOAA's Education Strategic Plan; and 3) Integrate concepts of environmental stewardship with teachers' newly acquired pedagogy and science content. Participants will receive nine semester-hours of ASU graduate credit, and a variety of tools and equipment for their classrooms following successful completion of this 18-month project. Anticipated results include increases in overall integrated science content knowledge, best practices, and self-efficacy for participating teachers. Scaling-up this proof-of-concept project to catalyze change across Texas will occur near the end of ESSET.","Weather Channel Headquarters, NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO), Education Service Center / Region 15, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) San Angelo, TX Weather Forecast Office" "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"