Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Engaging ESL Adult and Youth Learners in Technologically Facilitated Outdoor Experiential Learning to Improve Environmental, Ocean, Climate and English Literacy","Literacy Volunteers America of Monroe County","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080025,"$203,454","Mary Casanova",Florida,"Key West",Monroe,FL28,"24.55448, -81.78707","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2012-09-30T00:00:00","Literacy Volunteers America of Monroe County and The College of Exploration are developing and implementing a pilot project to target traditionally under-represented ethnic groups who are limited English proficient – many reading and writing in English at the grade 0 - grade 5.5 level. The project goals are for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to use digital photo cameras, digital video cameras, waterproof underwater HD cameras and GPS technologies to geo-locate, explore, observe, record, display and tell stories in English both in words, photos and short HD video clip sequences. Stories will be about the exploration of places like the National Marine Sanctuaries and other areas of the country and coasts where there are scientific observation and monitoring opportunities created and supported by NOAA partners.","College of Exploration, Cooke Communications Florida, LLC., ProLiteracy, Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), Pigeon Key Foundation, Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida (VALF)" "Interpretation of Real-Time Weather and Climate Data for Spherical Displays","University of Maryland / Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-M)","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080013,"$158,250","Phillip Arkin",Maryland,"College Park","Prince George's",MD04,"38.98539, -76.9395","2010-11-01T00:00:00 - 2015-10-31T00:00:00","The Interpretation of Real-time Weather and Climate for Spherical Displays (EarthNow) project utilizes the Science on a Sphere (SOS) Network to enable meaningful interpretation of real-time weather and climate data by museum docents and visitors viewing SOS exhibits nationwide. The project will generate and provide real-time NOAA weather, climate and ocean data to the SOS Network along with appropriate training for docents. It will also provide data interpretation summaries, data discussions and concise talking points on a regularly updated blog. This project is being implemented by a collaborative team of two weather and climate centers of NOAA/NESDIS: the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), in association with the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, the I.M. Systems Group, and the Maryland Science Center.","Maryland Science Center, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago, University of Wisconsin–Madison / Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), National Maritime Center (TNMC) Nauticus Museum, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Grand Canyon Visitor Center, Space Foundation, NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory"