**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0437307                                          

  **Award Title text    Tinkerzeum Planning Grant                        
  :**                                                                    

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                              

  **Award Instr. :**    Standard Grant                                   

  **Program Manager.                                                     
  :**                                                                    

  **Division :**        11020000                                         

  **Start Date :**      09-01-2004                                       

  **Expiration Date :** 02-28-2005                                       

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$0.00                                           

  **Investigator:**     Clifford Konold                                  

  **Sponsor:**          University of Massachusetts Amherst              

                        Grant & Contract Administration 70 Butterfield   
                        Terrace Amherst ,Massachusetts 010039242         

  **Program Element     7259                                             
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  The Scientific                                                         
  Reasoning Research                                                     
  Institute at the                                                       
  University of                                                          
  Massachusetts,                                                         
  Amherst will conduct                                                   
  a feasibility study                                                    
  for engaging museum                                                    
  visitors in data                                                       
  analysis through this                                                  
  planning grant.                                                        
  Intellectual Merit:                                                    
  This project builds                                                    
  on the extensive                                                       
  prior work of the PI                                                   
  in developing                                                          
  Tinkerplots software                                                   
  for middle school                                                      
  students. At the same                                                  
  time, it potentially                                                   
  takes advantage of                                                     
  the many museum                                                        
  exhibitions that                                                       
  include various kinds                                                  
  of data but provide                                                    
  no mechanisms for                                                      
  visitors to analyze                                                    
  the data and draw                                                      
  conclusions. This                                                      
  project makes the                                                      
  connection by seeking                                                  
  to demonstrate the                                                     
  proof of concept for                                                   
  the transfer of this                                                   
  data analysis program                                                  
  from the formal to                                                     
  the informal setting.                                                  
  Broader Impact: This                                                   
  project will                                                           
  purposefully test                                                      
  three very different                                                   
  settings \-- Museum                                                    
  of Science, Boston,                                                    
  MA; Naismith                                                           
  Basketball Hall of                                                     
  Fame, Springfield,                                                     
  MA; and Missouri                                                       
  Botanical Garden, St.                                                  
  Louis, MO \-- to                                                       
  explore the                                                            
  advantages and                                                         
  limitations of this                                                    
  approach in those                                                      
  learning                                                               
  environments. If                                                       
  successful, the                                                        
  software could have                                                    
  very wide                                                              
  application.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0439102                                          

  **Award Title text    Conference & Proceedings: \"Crafting and         
  :**                   Evaluating Interactive Educational Websites,\"   
                        Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell       
                        University, Ithaca, New York, Spring, 2005       

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                              

  **Award Instr. :**    Standard Grant                                   

  **Program Manager.                                                     
  :**                                                                    

  **Division :**        11020000                                         

  **Start Date :**      10-01-2004                                       

  **Expiration Date :** 09-30-2006                                       

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$0.00                                           

  **Investigator:**     Richard Bonney                                   

  **Sponsor:**          Cornell University - State                       

                        Office of Sponsored Programs 120 Day Hall Ithaca 
                        ,New York 148532801                              

  **Program Element     7259                                             
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  The \"Crafting &                                                       
  Evaluating                                                             
  Interactive                                                            
  Educational                                                            
  Websites\" conference                                                  
  will be developed                                                      
  through a                                                              
  collaboration between                                                  
  the Cornell                                                            
  University Laboratory                                                  
  of Ornithology and                                                     
  the Exploratorium.                                                     
  The PIs will develop                                                   
  and host a three-day                                                   
  invitational                                                           
  conference focusing                                                    
  on the practice of                                                     
  interactive web site                                                   
  design, development,                                                   
  evaluation and                                                         
  maintenance intended                                                   
  to achieve or support                                                  
  informal STEM                                                          
  learning. The                                                          
  conference, which                                                      
  will be held in                                                        
  Spring, 2005, will                                                     
  involve 50                                                             
  individuals with a                                                     
  wide range of                                                          
  expertise who will                                                     
  focus on a variety of                                                  
  issues including                                                       
  audience expectations                                                  
  and abilities,                                                         
  designing for learner                                                  
  outcomes, testing for                                                  
  usability, evaluation                                                  
  tools and                                                              
  accessibility. With                                                    
  regard to                                                              
  intellectual merit,                                                    
  conference attendees                                                   
  will explore                                                           
  challenges and                                                         
  barriers that hinder                                                   
  development of truly                                                   
  interactive web sites                                                  
  and identify best                                                      
  practices and                                                          
  promising models,                                                      
  tools and                                                              
  technologies for                                                       
  encouraging authentic                                                  
  public interaction.                                                    
  Conversations begun                                                    
  at the conference                                                      
  will be extended to a                                                  
  broader audience                                                       
  through development                                                    
  of an online manual,                                                   
  informed by the                                                        
  conference                                                             
  presentations and                                                      
  commentaries, and                                                      
  designed for use by                                                    
  the museum, media and                                                  
  research communities.                                                  
  An interactive Web                                                     
  site developed after                                                   
  the conference will                                                    
  allow Web developers                                                   
  to locate content and                                                  
  ideas for design, and                                                  
  to share new ideas                                                     
  and results of                                                         
  usability studies and                                                  
  evaluations.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0426378                                         

  **Award Title text   Too Small To See                                
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Anna Waldron                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Cornell University - Endowed                    

                       Office of Sponsored Programs 120 Day Hall       
                       Ithaca ,New York 148532801                      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Cornell University,                                                  
  through Main Street                                                  
  Science (the                                                         
  education program of                                                 
  its                                                                  
  Nanobiotechnology                                                    
  Center), proposes to                                                 
  create a 3,500 sq.                                                   
  ft. traveling                                                        
  exhibition on                                                        
  nanoscale science                                                    
  and engineering in                                                   
  partnership with                                                     
  Sciencenter of                                                       
  Ithaca, New York.                                                    
  Intellectual Merit:                                                  
  The exhibition will                                                  
  address two                                                          
  questions: How do we                                                 
  see things too small                                                 
  to see, and how do                                                   
  we make things too                                                   
  small to see? In                                                     
  sections titled                                                      
  Small, Smaller,                                                      
  Nano; Seeing Nano                                                    
  Structures; Making                                                   
  Nano Stuff; and Nano                                                 
  and Me, hands-on                                                     
  activities and                                                       
  experiences will                                                     
  present the tools,                                                   
  processes and                                                        
  applications of                                                      
  nanoscale science                                                    
  and engineering for                                                  
  children ages 8 to                                                   
  13 and adults.                                                       
  Broader Impact: This                                                 
  traveling exhibition                                                 
  is projected to                                                      
  reach some three                                                     
  million visitors in                                                  
  at least six sites                                                   
  as part of its                                                       
  national tour. It                                                    
  will then become a                                                   
  permanent exhibition                                                 
  at Sciencenter.                                                      
  Dissemination will                                                   
  be supported by a                                                    
  web site, take-home                                                  
  materials, a                                                         
  children\'s book and                                                 
  activities to carry                                                  
  out at home, along                                                   
  with links to formal                                                 
  education.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0000586                                         

  **Award Title text   Materials MicroWorld: A National Museum         
  :**                  Exhibition and Education Project on Materials   
                       Science                                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,539,254.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Elizabeth Fleischer                             

  **Sponsor:**         Materials Research Society                      

                       506 Keystone Drive Warrendale ,Pennsylvania     
                       150867573                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  0000586 FLEISCHER                                                    
  The Materials                                                        
  Research Society                                                     
  will develop                                                         
  \"Materials                                                          
  MicroWorld.\" This                                                   
  will be a nationally                                                 
  traveling exhibition                                                 
  that promotes public                                                 
  understanding of                                                     
  basic scientific                                                     
  principles, issues,                                                  
  and trends in                                                        
  materials research.                                                  
  \"Materials                                                          
  MicroWorld\" will be                                                 
  developed in two                                                     
  exhibit versions,                                                    
  5000-sq.ft. and                                                      
  1500- sq.ft., to                                                     
  serve large and                                                      
  small science                                                        
  centers nationwide.                                                  
  Accompanying                                                         
  educational                                                          
  materials and                                                        
  training videos will                                                 
  enable each museum                                                   
  to tailor                                                            
  exhibit-related                                                      
  programming to suit                                                  
  the needs of                                                         
  audiences and the                                                    
  capabilities of                                                      
  staff. An electronic                                                 
  \'Best of Materials                                                  
  Science Activities                                                   
  \' booklet will be                                                   
  developed for                                                        
  publication on the                                                   
  Materials Research                                                   
  Society website to                                                   
  deepen understanding                                                 
  of exhibit concepts                                                  
  and provide parents                                                  
  and educators with a                                                 
  variety of                                                           
  explorations on                                                      
  materials science                                                    
  that can be safely                                                   
  conducted at home or                                                 
  in school.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0000589                                         

  **Award Title text   TEAMS Traveling Exhibit Collaborative           
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,872,706.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    David Goudy                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Montshire Museum of Science                     

                       One Montshire Road Norwich ,Vermont 05055       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  0000589 GOUDY The                                                    
  Montshire Museum of                                                  
  Science, on behalf                                                   
  of the TEAMS                                                         
  Collaborative, will                                                  
  develop \"TEAMS                                                      
  Traveling Exhibit                                                    
  Collaborative.\"                                                     
  Four charter members                                                 
  of the TEAMS                                                         
  collaborative, a                                                     
  partnership that                                                     
  includes the                                                         
  Monthshire Museum of                                                 
  Science, Norwich,                                                    
  VT; the Catawba                                                      
  Science Center,                                                      
  Hickory, NC; the                                                     
  ScienCenter, Ithaca,                                                 
  NY; and the                                                          
  Discovery Center                                                     
  Museum, Rockford,                                                    
  IL, request funding                                                  
  to expand the                                                        
  collaborative by                                                     
  incorporating three                                                  
  new museum partners.                                                 
  They will develop,                                                   
  evaluate, and                                                        
  produce two copies                                                   
  each of four                                                         
  1500-square foot                                                     
  traveling                                                            
  exhibitions. Each                                                    
  TEAMS exhibition                                                     
  will be accompanied                                                  
  by maintenance                                                       
  manuals, teacher\'s                                                  
  guides, and program                                                  
  materials for                                                        
  community science                                                    
  events. Three                                                        
  charter museums will                                                 
  mentor the three new                                                 
  museum members,                                                      
  which include the                                                    
  Health Adventure in                                                  
  Asheville, NC; the                                                   
  Rochester Museum and                                                 
  Science Center in                                                    
  Rochester, NY; and                                                   
  the Family Museum of                                                 
  Arts and Science in                                                  
  Bettendorf, IA. The                                                  
  four new exhibit                                                     
  topics being                                                         
  proposed by the                                                      
  collaborative are                                                    
  Sound Slices, The                                                    
  Body as a Machine,                                                   
  The Physics of                                                       
  Motion, and The                                                      
  Science of Sports.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0000604                                         

  **Award Title text   ScienceQuest                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$907,109.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Judith Zorfass                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Education Development Center                    

                       55 Chapel Street Newton ,Massachusetts          
                       024581060                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  0000604 ZORFASS                                                      
  \"ScienceQuest\" is                                                  
  an innovative                                                        
  program created by                                                   
  the Education                                                        
  Development Center                                                   
  that fosters an                                                      
  interest in science                                                  
  and technology among                                                 
  adolescents ages                                                     
  10-14. This program                                                  
  builds on the                                                        
  successful                                                           
  \"ThinkQuest\"                                                       
  model, in which                                                      
  small teams of 2-3                                                   
  students work with                                                   
  adult coaches to                                                     
  research subjects of                                                 
  interest and share                                                   
  their knowledge                                                      
  through the creation                                                 
  of websites.                                                         
  \"ScienceQuest\"                                                     
  teams focus on                                                       
  science topics and                                                   
  are housed in HUD                                                    
  Neighborhood Network                                                 
  technology centers,                                                  
  located in                                                           
  communities with                                                     
  HUD-assisted or                                                      
  insured housing                                                      
  residents.                                                           
  Participants include                                                 
  individuals with and                                                 
  without disabilities                                                 
  from low-income                                                      
  urban areas.                                                         
  Students select a                                                    
  science topic and                                                    
  research it using                                                    
  online resources,                                                    
  hands-on experiments                                                 
  and visits to                                                        
  museums and science                                                  
  centers. Coaches                                                     
  such as scientists,                                                  
  teachers, museum                                                     
  staff and other role                                                 
  models, as well as                                                   
  on-line scientists,                                                  
  provide assistance                                                   
  by setting goals,                                                    
  devising an action                                                   
  plan and identifying                                                 
  appropriate                                                          
  resources. The                                                       
  \"I-Search\" model,                                                  
  a four-step strategy                                                 
  used to direct                                                       
  student inquiry, is                                                  
  used to guide                                                        
  investigations and                                                   
  aid in content                                                       
  acquisition. Once                                                    
  completed, websites                                                  
  are mounted on the                                                   
  \"ThinkQuest\"                                                       
  server. Parental                                                     
  participation is                                                     
  encouraged                                                           
  throughout the                                                       
  process.                                                             
  \"ScienceQuest\"                                                     
  will be piloted in                                                   
  the greater Boston                                                   
  area in year one,                                                    
  and disseminated to                                                  
  75 Neighborhood                                                      
  Network sites                                                        
  throughout the                                                       
  country in years two                                                 
  and three of the                                                     
  grant. Each site may                                                 
  have one or more                                                     
  teams. With more                                                     
  than 500                                                             
  Neighborhood                                                         
  Networks in place,                                                   
  \"ScienceQuest\" has                                                 
  the potential for                                                    
  widespread                                                           
  dissemination.                                                       
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0000610                                         

  **Award Title text   The Elegant Universe                            
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$838,163.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Peter McGhee                                    

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  0000610 MCGHEE WGBH                                                  
  is producing a                                                       
  three-hour                                                           
  television series                                                    
  about the scientific                                                 
  quest for a unified                                                  
  set of laws                                                          
  governing the                                                        
  universe. The                                                        
  programs, to be                                                      
  broadcast as part of                                                 
  the on-going NOVA                                                    
  series, will place                                                   
  special emphasis on                                                  
  the new development                                                  
  in physics known as                                                  
  string theory.                                                       
  Inspired by Columbia                                                 
  University physicist                                                 
  Brian Greene\'s                                                      
  best-selling book of                                                 
  the same name, \"The                                                 
  Elegant Universe\"                                                   
  will explore the                                                     
  ways in which our                                                    
  understanding of                                                     
  matter and forces,                                                   
  space and time have                                                  
  shifted over the                                                     
  years, most recently                                                 
  with the emergence                                                   
  of string theory in                                                  
  the 1980s and its                                                    
  resurgence in the                                                    
  last five years.                                                     
  Greene will play a                                                   
  prominent role in                                                    
  the series, both on                                                  
  camera and as a                                                      
  consultant helping                                                   
  the producers shape                                                  
  the programs. The                                                    
  series, planned for                                                  
  broadcast in the                                                     
  fall of 2002, will                                                   
  communicate critical                                                 
  scientific concepts                                                  
  through filmed                                                       
  experiments,                                                         
  carefully crafted                                                    
  explanations, and                                                    
  the latest in                                                        
  computer animation.                                                  
  Interviews with                                                      
  scientists and                                                       
  historians,                                                          
  re-creations of key                                                  
  breakthroughs in the                                                 
  history of science,                                                  
  and sequences                                                        
  featuring physicists                                                 
  working on today\'s                                                  
  most pressing                                                        
  problems will allow                                                  
  viewers to share in                                                  
  the excitement of                                                    
  scientific                                                           
  discovery. Outreach                                                  
  material will be                                                     
  developed for the                                                    
  public and for                                                       
  teachers. NOVA                                                       
  Online will produce                                                  
  a rich companion Web                                                 
  site to allow                                                        
  viewers whose                                                        
  interest is piqued                                                   
  by the series to                                                     
  enhance their                                                        
  learning in a number                                                 
  of ways, including                                                   
  interactive                                                          
  animations of famous                                                 
  experiments and                                                      
  essays that go                                                       
  deeper into subjects                                                 
  than the programs                                                    
  could.                                                               
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0000624                                         

  **Award Title text   The Weather Notebook Expansion Project          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-15-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$704,500.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Peter Crane                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Mount Washington Observatory Inc                

                       Gorham ,New Hampshire 03581                     

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  0000624 CRANE The                                                    
  Mount Washington                                                     
  Observatory is                                                       
  expanding the daily,                                                 
  nationally broadcast                                                 
  radio program, \"The                                                 
  Weather Notebook.\"                                                  
  The two-minute                                                       
  programs inform an                                                   
  estimated 2.5                                                        
  million weekly                                                       
  listeners about the                                                  
  science underlying                                                   
  weather. During this                                                 
  three-year phase of                                                  
  the project, the                                                     
  project will broaden                                                 
  the range of science                                                 
  content by deepening                                                 
  the connections of                                                   
  weather and climate                                                  
  with other                                                           
  scientific                                                           
  disciplines,                                                         
  especially earth                                                     
  systems science. The                                                 
  project also hopes                                                   
  to double the size                                                   
  of the listening                                                     
  audience by                                                          
  increasing the                                                       
  number of stations                                                   
  carrying the series.                                                 
  In addition, they                                                    
  will produce                                                         
  Spanish-language                                                     
  versions of the                                                      
  programs and                                                         
  distribute them                                                      
  through the Hispanic                                                 
  Radio Network. In                                                    
  response to                                                          
  listeners\' requests                                                 
  for longer programs,                                                 
  the project will                                                     
  produce 20 to 30                                                     
  approximately                                                        
  five-minute modules                                                  
  that will be                                                         
  broadcast in                                                         
  existing radio                                                       
  series such as                                                       
  \"Marketplace\" and                                                  
  \"The Cultivated                                                     
  Gardener.\"                                                          
  Ancillary                                                            
  educational                                                          
  materials will be                                                    
  provided for                                                         
  students, teachers,                                                  
  families and others                                                  
  interested in                                                        
  further learning                                                     
  about topics                                                         
  included in the                                                      
  broadcast programs.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0000636                                         

  **Award Title text   Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS)        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,157,296.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Dale McCreedy                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Franklin Institute Science Museum               

                       222 North 20th Street Philadelphia              
                       ,Pennsylvania 19103                             

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  0000636 MCCREEDY                                                     
  Parent Partners in                                                   
  School Science                                                       
  (PPSS) is a                                                          
  partnership project                                                  
  between The Franklin                                                 
  Institute and the                                                    
  Philadelphia School                                                  
  District. This is a                                                  
  three and one-half                                                   
  year program which                                                   
  will provide a                                                       
  pivotal role for the                                                 
  informal science                                                     
  learning center to                                                   
  be a facilitator in                                                  
  parental support of                                                  
  K-4 school                                                           
  instruction in                                                       
  science. The PPSS                                                    
  program will involve                                                 
  teachers, families                                                   
  and children in                                                      
  grades K-2 the first                                                 
  year, grades 1-3 the                                                 
  next, and finally                                                    
  grades 2-4 in the                                                    
  third year. The                                                      
  incorporation of the                                                 
  national science                                                     
  standards and                                                        
  working with Home                                                    
  and School                                                           
  Associations (HSA)                                                   
  in the area schools,                                                 
  the program will                                                     
  impact over 3600                                                     
  children, 5400                                                       
  parents and 45                                                       
  educators                                                            
  participating over                                                   
  the life of the                                                      
  project. There are                                                   
  several goals and                                                    
  elements in the                                                      
  program. This will                                                   
  certainly                                                            
  demonstrate how an                                                   
  informal science                                                     
  center supports                                                      
  learning and it is                                                   
  also hoped to become                                                 
  a model for                                                          
  effective                                                            
  parent-teacher and                                                   
  parent-child                                                         
  collaboration to                                                     
  support learning.                                                    
  There will be                                                        
  Exploration Cards                                                    
  developed, which are                                                 
  at-home schince                                                      
  challenges for                                                       
  families, Discovery                                                  
  Days that are                                                        
  museum-based days of                                                 
  science inquiry                                                      
  using the yearly                                                     
  theme,                                                               
  Parent/Teacher                                                       
  Workshops at the                                                     
  museum, and finally                                                  
  a Science                                                            
  Celebration which is                                                 
  a showcase of                                                        
  participants\'                                                       
  year-long                                                            
  achievements via an                                                  
  exhibit to be                                                        
  displayed at The                                                     
  Franklin Institute                                                   
  for a month, then                                                    
  traveling the                                                        
  exhibit to                                                           
  participating                                                        
  schools. The                                                         
  project\'s                                                           
  structure,                                                           
  disseminination                                                      
  acitivites and                                                       
  products are                                                         
  designed for                                                         
  national application                                                 
  and as a model for                                                   
  use in both formal                                                   
  and informal                                                         
  education                                                            
  communities. It is                                                   
  hoped the program                                                    
  will offer new                                                       
  opportunities for                                                    
  science center                                                       
  methology and                                                        
  pratice to provide                                                   
  direct support for                                                   
  the school agenda in                                                 
  science.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0003519                                         

  **Award Title text   The Magic School Bus Gets Weather Wise: A       
  :**                  National Traveling Exhibit and Educational      
                       Programs on Meteorology                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,614,111.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Cheryl McCallum                                 

  **Sponsor:**         The Children\'s Museum of Houston               

                       1500 Binz Houston ,Texas 770047112              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Children\'s                                                      
  Museum of Houston,                                                   
  in cooperation with                                                  
  Scholastic                                                           
  Entertainment, the                                                   
  National Weather                                                     
  Service and the                                                      
  American                                                             
  Meteorological                                                       
  Society (AMS), will                                                  
  develop, produce and                                                 
  nationally circulate                                                 
  two (2) copies of a                                                  
  2,500-sq.ft.                                                         
  interactive exhibit.                                                 
  Using the popular                                                    
  icon of the Magic                                                    
  School Bus, the                                                      
  exhibit will take                                                    
  young children on a                                                  
  journey of discovery                                                 
  to explore the                                                       
  science involved in                                                  
  the Earth\'s                                                         
  weather. The                                                         
  exhibit, \"The Magic                                                 
  School Bus Gets                                                      
  Weather Wise,\" and                                                  
  accompanying                                                         
  educational                                                          
  materials and                                                        
  programs will be                                                     
  bilingual in Spanish                                                 
  and English and will                                                 
  support national and                                                 
  Texas standards for                                                  
  science and                                                          
  mathematics learning                                                 
  for children aged                                                    
  5-10. It is                                                          
  estimated that the                                                   
  exhibit and programs                                                 
  will serve 2,000,000                                                 
  children and adults                                                  
  in 36 national                                                       
  venues over six (6)                                                  
  years. Weather                                                       
  Exploration Stations                                                 
  will precede the                                                     
  exhibit to encourage                                                 
  community engagement                                                 
  prior to the                                                         
  exhibit\'s arrival                                                   
  at the host venue.                                                   
  AMS scientists,                                                      
  local meteorologists                                                 
  and media                                                            
  weathercasters will                                                  
  assist visitor                                                       
  experiences and help                                                 
  museums with                                                         
  strategies for                                                       
  publicity campaigns                                                  
  and development of                                                   
  local programming.                                                   
  The visiting                                                         
  audiences of                                                         
  children and their                                                   
  families will learn                                                  
  meteorology is a                                                     
  study of weather,                                                    
  there are different                                                  
  types of weather, a                                                  
  variety of tools are                                                 
  used in predicting                                                   
  weather and the                                                      
  water cycle plays a                                                  
  role in weather                                                      
  events. Visitors                                                     
  will read data from                                                  
  maps, graphs,                                                        
  thermometers,                                                        
  anemometers,                                                         
  experiment with                                                      
  variables and model                                                  
  weather conditions                                                   
  using interactive                                                    
  exhibit components.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0003521                                         

  **Award Title text   Home, School and Community: After School Math   
  :**                  for Grades 3-5                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,571,000.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Frank Snyder                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Developmental Studies Center                    

                       2000 Embarcadero Suite 305 Oakland ,California  
                       946065300                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Developmental                                                    
  Studies Center (DSC)                                                 
  will implement                                                       
  \"Home, School and                                                   
  Community:                                                           
  AfterSchool Math for                                                 
  Grades 3-5,\" a                                                      
  program that targets                                                 
  at-risk and low                                                      
  income children in                                                   
  afterschool                                                          
  programs.                                                            
  AfterSchool Math                                                     
  trains youth workers                                                 
  to help students in                                                  
  grades 3-5 better                                                    
  understand                                                           
  measurement and                                                      
  geometry concepts,                                                   
  building on the                                                      
  success of the                                                       
  NSF-funded Home,                                                     
  School and Community                                                 
  mathematics program                                                  
  for grades K-2 (ESI                                                  
  #97-05421). The                                                      
  project develops,                                                    
  field-tests and                                                      
  evaluates thirty                                                     
  math games and ten                                                   
  story guides, which                                                  
  support the social                                                   
  and mathematical                                                     
  development of                                                       
  children, while                                                      
  emphasizing                                                          
  cooperative                                                          
  learning. The                                                        
  content for all                                                      
  materials will be                                                    
  aligned with                                                         
  national standards                                                   
  in mathematics. A                                                    
  12-hour professional                                                 
  development workshop                                                 
  for youth workers                                                    
  and an 18-hour                                                       
  workshop for                                                         
  facilitators or                                                      
  youth worker leaders                                                 
  are also planned.                                                    
  Two training videos                                                  
  and a facilitator                                                    
  manual will be                                                       
  produced to support                                                  
  this aspect of the                                                   
  project. Field                                                       
  testing will occur                                                   
  in Kansas, Louisiana                                                 
  and Missouri. This                                                   
  proposal has been                                                    
  augmented to include                                                 
  a special emphasis                                                   
  on rural communities                                                 
  which doubles the                                                    
  number of field test                                                 
  sites from 50 to                                                     
  100. A Rural                                                         
  Outreach Specialist                                                  
  will conduct focus                                                   
  group meetings to                                                    
  determine needs                                                      
  unique to rural                                                      
  programs and lead                                                    
  the field testing in                                                 
  these communities.                                                   
  It is anticipated                                                    
  that over 3,200                                                      
  youth workers will                                                   
  be trained and a                                                     
  national cadre of                                                    
  more than 300 youth                                                  
  worker leaders will                                                  
  be created.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0003613                                         

  **Award Title text   The Great Lakes Story \-- An Interactive        
  :**                  Traveling Exhibit                               

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$910,561.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Valence Davillier                               

  **Sponsor:**         Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and  
                       Technology                                      

                       601 Erieside Avenue Cleveland ,Ohio 44114       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"The Great Lakes                                                    
  Story\" is a 3,000                                                   
  sq. ft. interactive                                                  
  traveling exhibit                                                    
  based on the highly                                                  
  successful and                                                       
  unique permanent                                                     
  exhibition at the                                                    
  Great Lakes Science                                                  
  Center. Its focus is                                                 
  devoted to                                                           
  highlighting the                                                     
  natural history of                                                   
  the Great Lakes                                                      
  ecosystem. The                                                       
  traveling exhibit                                                    
  will allow even more                                                 
  visitors around the                                                  
  country to                                                           
  understand the                                                       
  beauty, majesty and                                                  
  restoration efforts                                                  
  of this important                                                    
  national resource.                                                   
  Through a planned                                                    
  six-year tour, it is                                                 
  estimated \"The                                                      
  Great Lakes Story\"                                                  
  will be experienced                                                  
  by as many as three                                                  
  million people.                                                      
  There will be                                                        
  several components,                                                  
  including hands-on                                                   
  exhibits, organized                                                  
  with a centerpiece                                                   
  of a walk-around                                                     
  model of the Great                                                   
  Lakes region, and                                                    
  other interactive                                                    
  components. The four                                                 
  major areas of the                                                   
  exhibit are physical                                                 
  characteristics of                                                   
  the Lakes, the                                                       
  natural cycles and                                                   
  processes which                                                      
  shaped them over                                                     
  time, changes and                                                    
  threats to the Lakes                                                 
  (especially                                                          
  human-induced), and                                                  
  finally, restoration                                                 
  efforts to bring the                                                 
  Lakes back to being                                                  
  the rich and                                                         
  productive ecosystem                                                 
  they should be.                                                      
  Along with these                                                     
  exhibit areas, other                                                 
  project components                                                   
  are educational and                                                  
  marketing materials                                                  
  to ensure that host                                                  
  science centers are                                                  
  able to provide a                                                    
  complete learning                                                    
  experience to their                                                  
  youth, family, and                                                   
  adult audiences                                                      
  around the country.                                                  
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0003623                                         

  **Award Title text   The Hispanic National Community Science         
  :**                  Festivals Project                               

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,928,303.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Arturo Vasquez                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Self Reliance Foundation                        

                       529 14th St., NW Washington ,District of        
                       Columbia 200025810                              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Self-Reliance                                                    
  Foundation (SRF)                                                     
  will implement a                                                     
  comprehensive                                                        
  three-year project                                                   
  that provides                                                        
  Hispanics with                                                       
  greater access to                                                    
  science resources                                                    
  and increases their                                                  
  participation in                                                     
  informal science                                                     
  activities. The                                                      
  Hispanic National                                                    
  Community Science                                                    
  Festivals Project                                                    
  makes optimal use of                                                 
  radio and print                                                      
  media, as well as                                                    
  the Internet, to                                                     
  deliver much-needed                                                  
  services to the                                                      
  families in their                                                    
  homes and                                                            
  communities. First,                                                  
  the SRF will partner                                                 
  with the Hispanic                                                    
  Radio Network (HRN)                                                  
  and the Hispanic                                                     
  Broadcasting                                                         
  Corporation (HBC) to                                                 
  reach major Hispanic                                                 
  markets in Los                                                       
  Angeles, Miami,                                                      
  Chicago, Dallas and                                                  
  Yakima, Washington.                                                  
  A community                                                          
  coalition, including                                                 
  members of the radio                                                 
  station, community                                                   
  organizations and                                                    
  science centers,                                                     
  will be created in                                                   
  each of the targeted                                                 
  locales to plan                                                      
  events and support                                                   
  the project. Radio                                                   
  broadcasts will                                                      
  include information                                                  
  on community science                                                 
  festivals organized                                                  
  by science centers                                                   
  in these cities.                                                     
  Daily science radio                                                  
  capsules will also                                                   
  be developed,                                                        
  produced and                                                         
  distributed                                                          
  nationwide. Topics                                                   
  for radio capsules                                                   
  will include                                                         
  parental involvement                                                 
  and participation in                                                 
  informal science                                                     
  activities, and                                                      
  pathways to science                                                  
  careers. The                                                         
  Self-Reliance                                                        
  Foundation will                                                      
  serve as a                                                           
  clearing-house for                                                   
  community science                                                    
  resources by                                                         
  establishing an 800                                                  
  number-hotline and                                                   
  bilingual Internet                                                   
  site with referral                                                   
  information on                                                       
  science                                                              
  opportunities within                                                 
  the community. It is                                                 
  anticipated that the                                                 
  festivals alone will                                                 
  reach                                                                
  100,000-200,000                                                      
  visitors per                                                         
  weekend, while                                                       
  broadcasts have the                                                  
  potential to reach                                                   
  the majority of the                                                  
  U.S. Hispanic                                                        
  population of 32                                                     
  million people.                                                      
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**Award Information**

  --------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**          0003630                                         

  **Award Title text    Boat Building: Art and Science                  
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      09-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 08-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$575,093.00                                    

  **Investigator:**     David Beard                                     

  **Sponsor:**          Independence Seaport Museum                     

                        211 S. Columbus Boulevard Philadelphia          
                        ,Pennsylvania 191063199                         

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  The Independence                                                      
  Seaport Museum will                                                   
  create \"Boat                                                         
  Building: Art and                                                     
  Science,\" a                                                          
  3,000-square foot                                                     
  permanent exhibit                                                     
  that is designed to                                                   
  educate visitors                                                      
  about the science of                                                  
  boat building and                                                     
  design. Concepts such                                                 
  as buoyancy, water                                                    
  displacement,                                                         
  turbulence and drag                                                   
  will be explored                                                      
  through interactives,                                                 
  maritime artifacts,                                                   
  models and oral                                                       
  histories of                                                          
  tradesmen. By using                                                   
  the principles                                                        
  identified by the                                                     
  Family Science                                                        
  Learning Research                                                     
  Project of the                                                        
  Philadelphia/Camden                                                   
  Informal Science                                                      
  Education                                                             
  Collaborative                                                         
  (PISEC), the exhibit                                                  
  will be user-friendly                                                 
  for families with                                                     
  young children.                                                       
  Visitor workstation                                                   
  topics may include                                                    
  boat building,                                                        
  floating, buoyancy,                                                   
  sails, wind and boat                                                  
  shape. Visitors will                                                  
  use science processes                                                 
  while learning                                                        
  through open-ended                                                    
  play and exploration.                                                 
  Creative programs for                                                 
  families and school                                                   
  groups, as well as                                                    
  curriculum materials                                                  
  will support the                                                      
  exhibit. A website                                                    
  and technical                                                         
  training manual will                                                  
  also be produced.                                                     
  Four phases of                                                        
  evaluation are                                                        
  planned, and include                                                  
  front-end analysis                                                    
  which will                                                            
  incorporate focus                                                     
  groups with children                                                  
  ages 7-12, and                                                        
  formative evaluation                                                  
  using prototypes of                                                   
  interactives.                                                         
  Remedial evaluation                                                   
  will be carried out                                                   
  once the exhibit                                                      
  opens, and summative                                                  
  evaluation will use                                                   
  tracking and exit                                                     
  interviews to assess                                                  
  learning and                                                          
  understanding. The                                                    
  estimated annual                                                      
  audience of over                                                      
  130,000 visitors will                                                 
  be expanded by                                                        
  replicating and                                                       
  traveling various                                                     
  components to other                                                   
  maritime museums in                                                   
  partnership with the                                                  
  Association of                                                        
  Science and                                                           
  Technology Centers.                                                   
  Evaluation of                                                         
  traveling components                                                  
  will also be                                                          
  undertaken to                                                         
  determine if they                                                     
  present an                                                            
  appropriate model for                                                 
  maritime-based                                                        
  exhibits.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0087760                                         

  **Award Title text   Citizen Science Online                          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,250,705.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    John Fitzpatrick                                

  **Sponsor:**         Cornell University - State                      

                       Office of Sponsored Programs 120 Day Hall       
                       Ithaca ,New York 148532801                      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Cornell University                                                   
  will develop                                                         
  \"Citizens\' Science                                                 
  Online.\" This                                                       
  project will use the                                                 
  Internet to develop                                                  
  ways of allowing                                                     
  citizens, at any                                                     
  level of prior                                                       
  sophistication, to                                                   
  participate in                                                       
  science by gathering                                                 
  data that will                                                       
  contribute to an                                                     
  understanding of the                                                 
  population biology                                                   
  of birds and for                                                     
  managing the natural                                                 
  ecosystems these                                                     
  birds inhabit. The                                                   
  program has five                                                     
  components: (1)                                                      
  software, user                                                       
  interfaces and                                                       
  background resources                                                 
  on an Internet-based                                                 
  program that is                                                      
  accessible to any                                                    
  North American                                                       
  participant; (2)                                                     
  nine existing                                                        
  citizen-science                                                      
  projects will be                                                     
  modified to make                                                     
  online data entry                                                    
  more accurate, to                                                    
  make participation                                                   
  more user-friendly                                                   
  and to facilitate                                                    
  feedback of results                                                  
  to the participants                                                  
  and public; (3) an                                                   
  extensive library of                                                 
  online support                                                       
  materials and                                                        
  tutorials, including                                                 
  photos, audioclips                                                   
  of vocalizations,                                                    
  maps and other                                                       
  information; (4)                                                     
  integration of all                                                   
  of these                                                             
  Internet-based                                                       
  projects and                                                         
  information via a                                                    
  comprehensive Web                                                    
  portal, Citizen                                                      
  Science Online; and                                                  
  (5) testing and                                                      
  modifying of the                                                     
  interactive database                                                 
  tools through                                                        
  partnerships with                                                    
  other organizations.                                                 
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0087783                                         

  **Award Title text   ISE: Money                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    10-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,791,162.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Raymond Vandiver                                

  **Sponsor:**         Oregon Museum of Science and Industry           

                       1945 SE Water Ave. Portland ,Oregon 972143354   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  MONEY is a traveling                                                 
  exhibition using the                                                 
  familiar and                                                         
  fascinating subject                                                  
  of money to build                                                    
  math skills and                                                      
  promote economic                                                     
  literacy. The                                                        
  exhibit will provide                                                 
  an engaging and                                                      
  relevant context in                                                  
  which to explore                                                     
  mathematics using                                                    
  experiences such as                                                  
  making change,                                                       
  comparing prices,                                                    
  saving, balancing a                                                  
  checkbook, paying                                                    
  bills or budgeting                                                   
  \-- which are all                                                    
  direct applications                                                  
  of math. This                                                        
  exhibit will address                                                 
  the needs of                                                         
  children and their                                                   
  families for                                                         
  economic literacy as                                                 
  they make decisions                                                  
  that shape their                                                     
  futures. Through a                                                   
  mix of hands-on                                                      
  interactives, audio                                                  
  and video                                                            
  components,                                                          
  computer-based                                                       
  activities,                                                          
  graphics, text and                                                   
  artifacts, the                                                       
  exhibition                                                           
  emphasizes the                                                       
  mathematical skills,                                                 
  concepts and                                                         
  problem-solving                                                      
  strategies necessary                                                 
  for economic                                                         
  literacy. Areas in                                                   
  the exhibit will                                                     
  address the history                                                  
  of money, how it is                                                  
  made, prices and                                                     
  markets, and world                                                   
  trade. Within these                                                  
  contexts, visitors                                                   
  will develop                                                         
  computational skills                                                 
  and gain an                                                          
  understanding of                                                     
  concepts such as                                                     
  operations,                                                          
  patterns, functions,                                                 
  algebra, data                                                        
  analysis,                                                            
  probability and                                                      
  mathematical                                                         
  representation. The                                                  
  concepts are highly                                                  
  correlated with \--                                                  
  and build upon \--                                                   
  the NCTM National                                                    
  Standards in                                                         
  mathematics.                                                         
  Families, children                                                   
  and learners of all                                                  
  ages will be able to                                                 
  experience the                                                       
  exhibit during its                                                   
  national tour. There                                                 
  will be ancillary                                                    
  resources in the                                                     
  form of family                                                       
  take-home                                                            
  activities, a                                                        
  teacher\'s guide                                                     
  with classroom                                                       
  activities, and an                                                   
  exhibit website.                                                     
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0087813                                         

  **Award Title text   The PIE Network: Promoting Science Inquiry and  
  :**                  Engineering through Playful Invention and       
                       Exploration with New Digital Technologies       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,078,635.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Mitchel Resnick                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Massachusetts Institute of Technology           

                       77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge               
                       ,Massachusetts 021394307                        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The MIT Media                                                        
  Laboratory, in                                                       
  collaboration with                                                   
  six museums, will                                                    
  develop the                                                          
  \"Playful Invention                                                  
  and Exploration                                                      
  (PIE) Network,\"                                                     
  with the goal of                                                     
  engaging a broader                                                   
  audience in science                                                  
  inquiry and                                                          
  engineering by                                                       
  enabling more people                                                 
  to create, invent                                                    
  and explore with new                                                 
  digital                                                              
  technologies. PIE                                                    
  museums will                                                         
  integrate the latest                                                 
  MIT technologies and                                                 
  educational research                                                 
  into their ongoing                                                   
  public programs. The                                                 
  museums will                                                         
  organize MindFest                                                    
  events, modeled                                                      
  after a two-day                                                      
  event at MIT in                                                      
  1999, at which                                                       
  youth, educators,                                                    
  artists, engineers,                                                  
  hobbyists and                                                        
  researchers came                                                     
  together to                                                          
  collaborate on                                                       
  invention projects.                                                  
  The PIE Network will                                                 
  disseminate PIE                                                      
  ideas and activities                                                 
  to educators and                                                     
  families nationally.                                                 
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0087844                                         

  **Award Title text   Going APE: Achieving Active, Prolonged          
  :**                  Engagement with Science Center Exhibits         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,284,590.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Thomas Humphrey                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Exploratorium                                   

                       3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                       941231099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Exploratorium                                                    
  will develop exhibit                                                 
  designs that                                                         
  encourage visitors                                                   
  to become more                                                       
  cognitively engaged                                                  
  with exhibits \-- to                                                 
  use exhibits as                                                      
  tools for                                                            
  self-directed                                                        
  exploration, rather                                                  
  than as                                                              
  authoritative                                                        
  demonstrations. To                                                   
  do this, the staff                                                   
  is drawing on new                                                    
  work in the fields                                                   
  of education,                                                        
  visitor research,                                                    
  human factors                                                        
  engineering,                                                         
  computer interface                                                   
  design and                                                           
  interactive exhibit                                                  
  development at other                                                 
  museums. The                                                         
  Exploratorium                                                        
  proposes to conduct                                                  
  evaluative research                                                  
  and exhibit                                                          
  development that                                                     
  maximizes                                                            
  possibilities for                                                    
  visitor-authored                                                     
  questions, activity                                                  
  and discovery, or                                                    
  active, prolonged                                                    
  engagement (APE).                                                    
  The project team                                                     
  plans to create 15                                                   
  new exhibits and                                                     
  renovate an                                                          
  additional 15                                                        
  exhibits in the                                                      
  physical sciences.                                                   
  The team will                                                        
  strategically                                                        
  position the                                                         
  exhibits to support                                                  
  active, prolonged                                                    
  engagement                                                           
  throughout the                                                       
  collection. Although                                                 
  the project focuses                                                  
  on physical science                                                  
  \-- the most                                                         
  fundamental part of                                                  
  the Exploratorium                                                    
  exhibit collection                                                   
  \-- the results will                                                 
  apply to exhibits in                                                 
  nearly all science                                                   
  disciplines.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0087912                                         

  **Award Title text   Handling Calculus: Math in Motion               
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$986,504.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    J. Shipley Newlin                               

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Science Museum                                                   
  of Minnesota will                                                    
  develop, test and                                                    
  disseminate                                                          
  \"Handling Calculus:                                                 
  Math in Motion.\" At                                                 
  the heart of                                                         
  \"Handling                                                           
  Calculus\" is a set                                                  
  of model exhibits                                                    
  and accompanying                                                     
  programs designed to                                                 
  introduce museum                                                     
  visitors to calculus                                                 
  through interactive                                                  
  physical models that                                                 
  illustrate                                                           
  mathematical                                                         
  concepts both                                                        
  kinesthetically and                                                  
  conceptually. The                                                    
  project focuses on                                                   
  three central                                                        
  concepts: (1) how                                                    
  graphs show changes                                                  
  in rates; (2) how                                                    
  summing quantities                                                   
  over time                                                            
  (integration) can                                                    
  provide important                                                    
  information about                                                    
  results of a                                                         
  process; and (3) how                                                 
  the use of                                                           
  parametric functions                                                 
  can provide a simple                                                 
  way to describe a                                                    
  complex motion.                                                      
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**Award Information**

  --------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**          0104478                                         

  **Award Title text    Outdoor Exploratorium: Experiments in Noticing  
  :**                   and Understanding                               

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.    Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      09-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 08-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$1,855,212.00                                  

  **Investigator:**     Kathleen McLean                                 

  **Sponsor:**          Exploratorium                                   

                        3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                        941231099                                       

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  The Exploratorium                                                     
  will create the                                                       
  \"Outdoor                                                             
  Exploratorium,\" a                                                    
  10,000-square-foot,                                                   
  open-air exhibit                                                      
  environment                                                           
  comprising 20 to 25                                                   
  original                                                              
  installations. Each                                                   
  exhibit will allow                                                    
  visitors to interact                                                  
  directly with a                                                       
  variety of elements,                                                  
  that is water, wind,                                                  
  sound, light, and                                                     
  living things, as                                                     
  they exist in the                                                     
  natural world. One of                                                 
  the key components of                                                 
  this project will be                                                  
  the use of \"Noticing                                                 
  Tours.\" Led by staff                                                 
  scientists, artists,                                                  
  educators, exhibit                                                    
  developers, and other                                                 
  \"expert noticers,\"                                                  
  the tours will                                                        
  initiate a dialogue                                                   
  with the visitors as                                                  
  a starting point for                                                  
  exhibit development.                                                  
  To augment visitor                                                    
  learning and unify                                                    
  the museum\'s entire                                                  
  collection, exhibit                                                   
  text will relate the                                                  
  \"Outdoor                                                             
  Exploratorium\"                                                       
  experiences to                                                        
  exhibits. The project                                                 
  will culminate in a                                                   
  workbook for the                                                      
  field and two                                                         
  workshops for museum                                                  
  professionals. The                                                    
  Exploratorium Teacher                                                 
  Institute staff will                                                  
  develop two-week                                                      
  institutes that make                                                  
  extensive use of the                                                  
  \"Outdoor                                                             
  Exploratorium.\"                                                      
  Classroom activities                                                  
  and inquiry-based                                                     
  learning experiences                                                  
  will be developed                                                     
  based on the new                                                      
  exhibits.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104504                                         

  **Award Title text   \"QUEST: Investigating Our World\" \-- A        
  :**                  Regional Public Television Science Series for   
                       Northern New England                            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,000,295.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Barbara Pulling                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation           

                       1450 Libson Street Lewiston ,Maine 042403595    

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Maine Public                                                         
  Broadcasting                                                         
  Corporation is                                                       
  producing three                                                      
  seasons of a                                                         
  regional television                                                  
  series that will                                                     
  enable audiences to                                                  
  explore, appreciate                                                  
  and learn about the                                                  
  relationship between                                                 
  science and everyday                                                 
  life in Northern New                                                 
  England. The project                                                 
  is being developed                                                   
  in collaboration                                                     
  with public                                                          
  television stations                                                  
  in Vermont and New                                                   
  Hampshire and will                                                   
  attract viewers by                                                   
  focusing on content                                                  
  and issues that are                                                  
  of unique interest                                                   
  to this area. It                                                     
  addresses the                                                        
  critical need to                                                     
  improve science                                                      
  literacy in this                                                     
  predominantly rural                                                  
  region of the                                                        
  country. Ancillary                                                   
  materials will be                                                    
  developed for use at                                                 
  home, in the                                                         
  community, and in                                                    
  classrooms and will                                                  
  consist of: Quest                                                    
  \"Take-Home\"                                                        
  Activity Pages, \"In                                                 
  Your Community\"                                                     
  Guides, Quest                                                        
  Community Events,                                                    
  and Classroom Lesson                                                 
  Plans and Suggested                                                  
  Activities.                                                          
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104538                                         

  **Award Title text   Forces that Shape the San Francisco Bay         
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,445,839.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Ian S. Carmichael                               

  **Sponsor:**         University of California-Berkeley               

                       Sponsored Projects Office 336 Sproul Hall       
                       Berkeley ,California 947205940                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Lawrence Hall of                                                 
  Science (LHS)                                                        
  proposes to develop                                                  
  a permanent,                                                         
  one-acre, outdoor                                                    
  exhibition                                                           
  overlooking the San                                                  
  Francisco Bay called                                                 
  called \"The Forces                                                  
  That Shape the San                                                   
  Francisco Bay.\" The                                                 
  exhibition will                                                      
  focus on the                                                         
  geologic and                                                         
  hydrologic forces                                                    
  and the human                                                        
  impacts that have                                                    
  shaped the San                                                       
  Francisco Bay and                                                    
  its environs. The                                                    
  exhibition\'s                                                        
  interactive                                                          
  components and                                                       
  related programs                                                     
  will involve                                                         
  visitors in learning                                                 
  about erosion, river                                                 
  sediment and                                                         
  deposition, mountain                                                 
  building, folding of                                                 
  strata and                                                           
  thrusting, faulting                                                  
  and seismicity.                                                      
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104555                                         

  **Award Title text   Science and Everyday Experiences (SEE)          
  :**                  Initiative                                      

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,754,139.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Sue White                                       

  **Sponsor:**         Delta Research and Educational Foundation       

                       1703 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington        
                       ,District of Columbia 20009                     

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Delta Research &                                                 
  Education Foundation                                                 
  (DREF) is following                                                  
  up on a successful                                                   
  planning grant with                                                  
  the Science and                                                      
  Everyday Experiences                                                 
  (SEE) Initiative.                                                    
  The SEE Initiative                                                   
  will be implemented                                                  
  by the Delta Sigma                                                   
  Theta Sorority, a                                                    
  non-profit                                                           
  organization                                                         
  composed of 190,000                                                  
  predominantly                                                        
  African-American                                                     
  professionals, that                                                  
  provides programs                                                    
  and services to                                                      
  promote human                                                        
  welfare. The program                                                 
  offers a five-year,                                                  
  comprehensive                                                        
  approach to the                                                      
  delivery of                                                          
  resources designed                                                   
  to help parents and                                                  
  caregivers of                                                        
  African-American                                                     
  children in grades                                                   
  K-8 effectively                                                      
  support informal                                                     
  science and math                                                     
  learning. By                                                         
  partnering with the                                                  
  AAAS, SEE provides                                                   
  members of the 800+                                                  
  Delta chapters with                                                  
  leadership and                                                       
  professional                                                         
  development training                                                 
  in informal science                                                  
  education. The first                                                 
  phase of training is                                                 
  a three-day                                                          
  professional                                                         
  development workshop                                                 
  for Delta regional                                                   
  officers and                                                         
  members. Regional                                                    
  leaders are prepared                                                 
  to conduct State                                                     
  Chapter Leadership                                                   
  Professional                                                         
  Development                                                          
  Workshops. State                                                     
  Chapter workshops                                                    
  are 12-hour sessions                                                 
  that train 4,200                                                     
  sorority members per                                                 
  year to sponsor                                                      
  ongoing family                                                       
  science events.                                                      
  Finally, Delta                                                       
  members that are                                                     
  K-12 or community                                                    
  educators will be                                                    
  designated as Parent                                                 
  Educators. SEE                                                       
  Parent Educators                                                     
  will receive 40-hour                                                 
  training sessions                                                    
  from AAAS, which                                                     
  enables participants                                                 
  to provide parents                                                   
  with 24 hours of                                                     
  informal science                                                     
  education. It is                                                     
  anticipated that                                                     
  2,800 SEE Parent                                                     
  Educators will be                                                    
  trained during the                                                   
  life of the grant.                                                   
  Delta chapters are                                                   
  located in seven                                                     
  geographical                                                         
  regions, which                                                       
  encompass 40 states                                                  
  and will serve as                                                    
  the primary mode of                                                  
  dissemination.                                                       
  Promotion of the SEE                                                 
  Initiative will                                                      
  occur in conjunction                                                 
  with media partners.                                                 
  A 30-minute science                                                  
  radio talk show for                                                  
  families will                                                        
  broadcast nationally                                                 
  on Radio One and                                                     
  inquiry-based                                                        
  science inserts will                                                 
  be placed in the                                                     
  Afro-American                                                        
  Newspaper, which has                                                 
  a circulation of 6.5                                                 
  million. Other                                                       
  outcomes include an                                                  
  informational                                                        
  website, as well as                                                  
  science activity                                                     
  cards for families                                                   
  and training                                                         
  materials. This                                                      
  project will impact                                                  
  17,500 families per                                                  
  year.                                                                
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104589                                         

  **Award Title text   Mars Quest Online                               
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$764,375.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Daniel Barstow                                  

  **Sponsor:**         TERC Inc                                        

                       2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge             
                       ,Massachusetts 02140                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"MarsQuest Online\"                                                 
  is an                                                                
  exploration-based                                                    
  website designed to                                                  
  complement the                                                       
  innovative MarsQuest                                                 
  traveling exhibit                                                    
  launched by the                                                      
  Space Science                                                        
  Institute (SSI) in                                                   
  1997. \"MarsQuest                                                    
  Online\" will                                                        
  enhance and extend                                                   
  the exhibit, which                                                   
  is currently on a                                                    
  six-year, 18-city                                                    
  tour. TERC, working                                                  
  in collaboration                                                     
  with the Space                                                       
  Science Institute                                                    
  and NASA\'s Jet                                                      
  Propulsion                                                           
  Laboratory (JPL),                                                    
  will create a                                                        
  virtual version of                                                   
  the exhibit using                                                    
  software such as                                                     
  Java, Quicktime VR                                                   
  and JPL\'s                                                           
  sophisticated                                                        
  MarsNet Viewer                                                       
  system. Users will                                                   
  be immersed in an                                                    
  integrated,                                                          
  interactive                                                          
  environment complete                                                 
  with the tools and                                                   
  resources to carry                                                   
  out investigations                                                   
  and enhance                                                          
  inquiry-based                                                        
  learning.                                                            
  \"MarsQuest\" will                                                   
  expand users\'                                                       
  understanding of the                                                 
  history of Mars,                                                     
  scientific                                                           
  exploration, the                                                     
  climate and related                                                  
  earth science                                                        
  concepts, while                                                      
  enabling them to                                                     
  follow the                                                           
  exploration of                                                       
  various landers and                                                  
  orbiters, and access                                                 
  NASA scientists. A                                                   
  diverse collection                                                   
  of Guided Inquiry                                                    
  experiences will                                                     
  foster the ability                                                   
  of users to develop                                                  
  inquiry and analysis                                                 
  skills, while                                                        
  offering options for                                                 
  novice, intermediate                                                 
  and advanced                                                         
  learners. Finally, a                                                 
  comprehensive                                                        
  evaluation plan will                                                 
  examine how the                                                      
  website and exhibit                                                  
  compare in promoting                                                 
  the understanding of                                                 
  science, broadening                                                  
  public interest in                                                   
  space exploration,                                                   
  and motivating                                                       
  further learning.                                                    
  The site will be                                                     
  promoted for use by                                                  
  schools as a tool                                                    
  for teaching earth                                                   
  science and space                                                    
  exploration. It is                                                   
  estimated that                                                       
  300,000 people will                                                  
  visit \"MarsQuest                                                    
  Online\" annually.                                                   
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104600                                         

  **Award Title text   Monarch Butterfly Larval Monitoring: A          
  :**                  Nationwide Citizen Science Initiative           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$713,032.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Karen Oberhauser                                

  **Sponsor:**         University of Minnesota-Twin Cities             

                       450 McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE    
                       Minneapolis ,Minnesota 554552070                

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The University of                                                    
  Minnesota is                                                         
  requesting funding                                                   
  to implement a                                                       
  nationwide citizen                                                   
  science project                                                      
  focused on the life                                                  
  cycle of monarch                                                     
  butterflies.                                                         
  Scientists from the                                                  
  University will                                                      
  train naturalists                                                    
  and environmental                                                    
  educators throughout                                                 
  the U.S. at nine                                                     
  host sites.                                                          
  Participants in the                                                  
  first round of                                                       
  training will then                                                   
  conduct regional                                                     
  training sessions                                                    
  for naturalists, who                                                 
  will in turn train                                                   
  volunteer monitors.                                                  
  The target audience                                                  
  for volunteers will                                                  
  be adult/child                                                       
  teams. Results will                                                  
  be disseminated                                                      
  using the University                                                 
  of Minnesota\'s                                                      
  Environmental                                                        
  Spatial Analysis                                                     
  Center to show                                                       
  temporal and spatial                                                 
  data via the WWW.                                                    
  Listserves will also                                                 
  be created to                                                        
  support the project,                                                 
  to augment a monthly                                                 
  newsletter and the                                                   
  website.                                                             
  Mini-exhibits will                                                   
  be created to                                                        
  highlight the                                                        
  project at                                                           
  participating nature                                                 
  centers. Exhibits                                                    
  will focus on                                                        
  monarch and insect                                                   
  ecology and                                                          
  conservation, as                                                     
  well as local and                                                    
  population-wide                                                      
  monitoring efforts.                                                  
  It is estimated that                                                 
  90-150 nature                                                        
  centers will                                                         
  participate in the                                                   
  regional training,                                                   
  and they will in                                                     
  turn train almost                                                    
  5,000 volunteers.                                                    
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104613                                         

  **Award Title text   Native Waters                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,505,590.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer                        

  **Sponsor:**         Montana State University                        

                       309 Montana Hall Bozeman ,Montana 597172470     

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Native Waters is a                                                   
  comprehensive                                                        
  four-year tribal                                                     
  science education                                                    
  program focused on                                                   
  water. Working                                                       
  closely with leaders                                                 
  from 28 Missouri                                                     
  River Basin Tribes,                                                  
  the project will                                                     
  explore the Missouri                                                 
  River Flood Basin                                                    
  from a scientific                                                    
  and cultural                                                         
  standpoint. Partners                                                 
  are The Watercourse                                                  
  and International                                                    
  Project WET (Water                                                   
  Education for                                                        
  Teachers).                                                           
  Activities include                                                   
  Leadership                                                           
  Institutes for                                                       
  community educators                                                  
  and Native Waters                                                    
  Future Leaders Camps                                                 
  for secondary school                                                 
  and college                                                          
  students. Products                                                   
  to be developed                                                      
  include an                                                           
  interactive                                                          
  traveling exhibit,                                                   
  which will focus on                                                  
  the Missouri River                                                   
  watershed and the                                                    
  physical properties                                                  
  of water, as well as                                                 
  its uses from a                                                      
  cultural and                                                         
  scientific                                                           
  standpoint. The                                                      
  exhibit will travel                                                  
  to cultural centers,                                                 
  tribal colleges and                                                  
  school libraries                                                     
  throughout the ten                                                   
  Missouri River Basin                                                 
  states. A 250-page                                                   
  Native Water\'s                                                      
  Educators Guide will                                                 
  be disseminated                                                      
  nationally and                                                       
  impact over 500,000                                                  
  individuals, both                                                    
  youth and adults.                                                    
  Finally, a 16-page                                                   
  student activity                                                     
  book and a Native                                                    
  Waters film will be                                                  
  produced to                                                          
  introduce youth and                                                  
  community members to                                                 
  water resource                                                       
  issues. The training                                                 
  materials will be                                                    
  used in cultural                                                     
  centers, museums,                                                    
  area water councils                                                  
  and schools.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0104671                                         

  **Award Title text   Kinetic City After School: An On-line Adventure 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,233,883.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Robert Hirshon                                  

  **Sponsor:**         American Association For Advancement Science    

                       1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington ,District   
                       of Columbia 200054707                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Kinetic City After                                                 
  School\" is a                                                        
  two-year project                                                     
  that will produce a                                                  
  web-based                                                            
  after-school program                                                 
  for children ages                                                    
  9-11. The on-line                                                    
  adventure will                                                       
  enable users to                                                      
  enter a virtual                                                      
  universe where a                                                     
  computer virus (Deep                                                 
  Delete)                                                              
  systematically                                                       
  attacks a new area                                                   
  of science each                                                      
  month (analogous to                                                  
  one of the 12                                                        
  Project 2061                                                         
  Benchmarks for                                                       
  Science Literacy).                                                   
  As students battle                                                   
  the virus, they                                                      
  learn Benchmarks                                                     
  learning goals. Each                                                 
  unit invites                                                         
  children to think                                                    
  about the problem,                                                   
  take action and                                                      
  reflect on their                                                     
  experience. The                                                      
  activities                                                           
  accommodate                                                          
  different learning                                                   
  styles and are                                                       
  supplemented by live                                                 
  audio chats with                                                     
  scientists and a                                                     
  self-assessment                                                      
  enables students to                                                  
  earn Kinetic City                                                    
  Power Points. Power                                                  
  Points can be                                                        
  donated to after                                                     
  school programs                                                      
  without computers                                                    
  and Internet access.                                                 
  These sites may in                                                   
  turn, exchange their                                                 
  accumulated Power                                                    
  Points to obtain                                                     
  computers, Internet                                                  
  service and a site                                                   
  license for                                                          
  \"Kinetic City After                                                 
  School.\" Although                                                   
  the program is                                                       
  web-based, most of                                                   
  the activity                                                         
  extensions are done                                                  
  off-line. \"Kinetic                                                  
  City After School\"                                                  
  will be introduced                                                   
  to after-school                                                      
  sites with a two-day                                                 
  training workshop,                                                   
  with follow-up via                                                   
  phone meetings and                                                   
  site visits.                                                         
  Supporting materials                                                 
  will include a                                                       
  Leader Guide,                                                        
  Journal and Kinetic                                                  
  City Home Crew                                                       
  activity pages for                                                   
  use in the home.                                                     
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104691                                         

  **Award Title text   Cyborgs: A Natural History of Machines and      
  :**                  Humans                                          

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,881,283.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Donald Pohlman                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Science Museum                                                   
  of Minnesota (SMM)                                                   
  will develop                                                         
  \"Cyborgs: A Natural                                                 
  History of Machines                                                  
  and Humans.\" The                                                    
  Project will result                                                  
  in a national                                                        
  traveling exhibit, a                                                 
  web site, and a                                                      
  complement of                                                        
  related educational                                                  
  programs focused on                                                  
  the boundaries                                                       
  between humans and                                                   
  their machines and                                                   
  on recent scientific                                                 
  efforts to                                                           
  understand the human                                                 
  body and mind. The                                                   
  6,000-square-foot                                                    
  exhibit will open at                                                 
  the SMM before                                                       
  traveling to the six                                                 
  large museums in the                                                 
  Science Museum                                                       
  Exhibit                                                              
  Collaborative                                                        
  (SMEC), and then                                                     
  will be available                                                    
  for lease by other                                                   
  museums.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104698                                         

  **Award Title text   An Intergenerational Program in Science,        
  :**                  Mathematics, and Technology                     

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     11-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,671,531.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Russell Morgan                                  

  **Sponsor:**         SPRY (Setting Priorities for Retirement Years)  
                       Foundation                                      

                       10 G Street, NE Suite 600 Washington ,District  
                       of Columbia 200024215                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This creative                                                        
  project pairs                                                        
  grandparents or                                                      
  other senior                                                         
  citizens with                                                        
  children in grades                                                   
  K-7 for an                                                           
  intergenerational                                                    
  hands-on SMT                                                         
  program. The OASIS                                                   
  institute, which has                                                 
  a large national                                                     
  membership of adults                                                 
  55 and older with                                                    
  centers based in 25                                                  
  cities across the                                                    
  US, is the source of                                                 
  adults. Twenty                                                       
  intergenerational                                                    
  modules will be                                                      
  developed which                                                      
  address the learning                                                 
  styles of both                                                       
  children and older                                                   
  adults, half of                                                      
  which will be linked                                                 
  with the NSF-funded                                                  
  \"Find Out Why\"                                                     
  materials. Master                                                    
  training sessions                                                    
  will be conducted                                                    
  for OASIS trainers,                                                  
  who would then train                                                 
  volunteers at their                                                  
  local centers.                                                       
  Anticipated outcomes                                                 
  include increased                                                    
  knowledge of                                                         
  standards-based SMT                                                  
  concepts, enhanced                                                   
  problem-solving                                                      
  skills and a better                                                  
  understanding of how                                                 
  science, math and                                                    
  technology apply to                                                  
  everyday life. In                                                    
  addition to the                                                      
  modules, the program                                                 
  would also result in                                                 
  the creation of a                                                    
  supplementary guide                                                  
  for volunteers,                                                      
  materials kits and a                                                 
  comprehensive                                                        
  training program. It                                                 
  is anticipated that                                                  
  this exciting                                                        
  program will be                                                      
  piloted in the                                                       
  following nine                                                       
  states: MO, IN, OR,                                                  
  MD, AZ, TX, CA, IL                                                   
  and OH. Over 100,000                                                 
  individuals will be                                                  
  impacted during the                                                  
  three years of the                                                   
  project.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**                  0104700                                         

  **Award Title text :**        \"Peep and the Big Wide World:\" A Television   
                                Science Series for Three to Five Year Olds      

  **NSF Org :**                 ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**            Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**        Valentine Kass                                  

  **Division :**                11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**              09-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date :**         08-31-2007                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**           \$5,911,050.00                                  

  **Investigator:**             Kate Taylor                                     

  **Sponsor:**                  WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                                125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element code:**     7259                                            

  **Abstract :**                                                                

  WGBH is producing and                                                         
  disseminating two seasons of                                                  
  a daily, half-hour television                                                 
  science series and                                                            
  accompanying outreach for                                                     
  three to five year olds. The                                                  
  series will be carried                                                        
  nationally as part of                                                         
  Discovery Television\'s newly                                                 
  expanded Discovery Kids. The                                                  
  project, \"Peep and the Big                                                   
  Wide World,\" will model a                                                    
  developmentally-appropriate                                                   
  process of inquiry and                                                        
  exploration, nurture young                                                    
  children\'s innate curiosity,                                                 
  catalyze further hands-on                                                     
  exploration of the world                                                      
  around them, and motivate                                                     
  parents and care-givers to                                                    
  support and encourage these                                                   
  activities. The television                                                    
  programs will combine                                                         
  animation and short,                                                          
  live-action segments. The                                                     
  animation will weave the                                                      
  early childhood science                                                       
  curriculum into stories about                                                 
  three birds and their animal                                                  
  friends as they explore the                                                   
  world. Science content,                                                       
  unifying concepts, and habits                                                 
  of mind will be reinforced                                                    
  through two-minute                                                            
  live-action segments that                                                     
  show kids engaged in science                                                  
  play relating directly to the                                                 
  previous story. The                                                           
  television series will be                                                     
  supported by a comprehensive                                                  
  \"Anywhere Science\" outreach                                                 
  component of the project.                                                     
  \"Anywhere Science\"                                                          
  reinforces the fact that                                                      
  opportunities to experience                                                   
  and enjoy science exist in                                                    
  most facets of life. It will                                                  
  offer a range of activities                                                   
  \-- through both web and                                                      
  print materials \-- that can                                                  
  be enjoyed by just about                                                      
  anyone, just about anywhere.                                                  
  \"Anywhere Science\" is being                                                 
  designed to show parents and                                                  
  caregivers how important it                                                   
  is to support children\'s                                                     
  curiosity and how easy it is                                                  
  to engage in activities that                                                  
  help develop their science                                                    
  \"habits of mind.\" The                                                       
  outreach campaign will be                                                     
  built around the new National                                                 
  Association for the Education                                                 
  of Young Children                                                             
  professional development                                                      
  standards and Head Start\'s                                                   
  science framework. The                                                        
  content director for \"Peep                                                   
  and the Big Wide World\" is                                                   
  Karen Worth, Senior Scientist                                                 
  at the Education Development                                                  
  Center and the Co-Director of                                                 
  the Center for Urban Science                                                  
  Education Reform. She is also                                                 
  the Principal Investigator of                                                 
  \"Tool Kits for Early                                                         
  Childhood Science Education\"                                                 
  that is developing national                                                   
  standards for preschool                                                       
  science education. The                                                        
  Executive Producer for the                                                    
  project is Kate Taylor who                                                    
  has previously served as                                                      
  Executive Producer                                                            
  for\"ZOOM,\" \" Where in the                                                  
  World is Carmen Sandiego,\"                                                   
  and \"Degrassi Junior High.\"                                                 
  The creator of PEEP and                                                       
  animation artist is Kai                                                       
  Pindal, former Head of                                                        
  Animation at Danish                                                           
  Television. The head writer                                                   
  is Kathy Waugh who has                                                        
  written four seasons of the                                                   
  Emmy winning children\'s                                                      
  series, \"Arthur.\"                                                           
  Evaluation will be conducted                                                  
  by Rockman et al. Advisors                                                    
  for the series include                                                        
  Barbara Bowman, President of                                                  
  the Erikson Institute for                                                     
  Advanced Study in Child                                                       
  Development; Diane Levin,                                                     
  Professor of Education at                                                     
  Wheelock College; Tera                                                        
  O\'Hora, Consultant and                                                       
  Workshop Facilitator for                                                      
  \"Science Beyond the                                                          
  Sandtable;\" Kathy Paget, an                                                  
  early childhood educator                                                      
  working as a science                                                          
  curriculum developer and                                                      
  evaluator of science-related                                                  
  educational projects at the                                                   
  Technical Education Research                                                  
  Center; Diane Whitehead, a                                                    
  Quality Initiative                                                            
  Coordinator for the National                                                  
  Head Start Association; and                                                   
  Elizabeth Young, Director of                                                  
  Head Start Child Care in                                                      
  Cambridge, MA.                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0104703                                         

  **Award Title text   Bringing Astronomy and Space Science to         
  :**                  Shopping Centers                                

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,150,190.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Dennis Schatz                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Pacific Science Center Foundation               

                       200 2nd Ave No. Seattle ,Washington 981094895   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Pacific Science                                                  
  Center, in                                                           
  collaboration and                                                    
  with support from                                                    
  the Washington NASA                                                  
  Space Grant                                                          
  Consortium, proposes                                                 
  a three-year program                                                 
  to develop and test                                                  
  a model for                                                          
  delivering                                                           
  mid-scale, astronomy                                                 
  and space-themed                                                     
  exhibits and                                                         
  programming in a                                                     
  shopping center                                                      
  environment,                                                         
  especially in rural                                                  
  locations. The                                                       
  program targets an                                                   
  audience that does                                                   
  not have easy access                                                 
  to a science center                                                  
  or that may not be                                                   
  inclined to take                                                     
  advantage of such a                                                  
  facility. The                                                        
  exhibits and                                                         
  curriculum for this                                                  
  project will be                                                      
  based on Pacific                                                     
  Science Center\'s                                                    
  well-tested Space                                                    
  Odyssey Van Program,                                                 
  which presently                                                      
  tours elementary                                                     
  schools in                                                           
  Washington State.                                                    
  Phase One of the                                                     
  project will be a                                                    
  test delivery of the                                                 
  existing exhibits                                                    
  and programming to                                                   
  two malls. Phase Two                                                 
  involves                                                             
  construction and                                                     
  testing of the                                                       
  final, larger                                                        
  exhibits and                                                         
  reworking existing                                                   
  programming to                                                       
  better fit a mall                                                    
  delivery                                                             
  environment. Phase                                                   
  Three takes the                                                      
  newly tested devices                                                 
  to ten malls in                                                      
  suburban and rural                                                   
  Washington.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0104704                                         

  **Award Title text   Understanding Birds                             
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,668,053.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Richard Bonney                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Cornell University - State                      

                       Office of Sponsored Programs 120 Day Hall       
                       Ithaca ,New York 148532801                      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Cornell Lab of                                                   
  Ornithology (CLO)                                                    
  will develop                                                         
  \"Understanding                                                      
  Birds\", a suite of                                                  
  exhibits and related                                                 
  programming in the                                                   
  new environmental                                                    
  science center to be                                                 
  opened in Sapsucker                                                  
  Woods in 2002. The                                                   
  new building will                                                    
  house the Lab\'s                                                     
  research, education,                                                 
  and outreach                                                         
  operations,                                                          
  including the                                                        
  Library of Natural                                                   
  Sounds, a new                                                        
  Library of Nature                                                    
  Videos, and                                                          
  Cornell\'s                                                           
  systematic                                                           
  collection of                                                        
  vertebrates. The                                                     
  building also will                                                   
  include a                                                            
  multi-media-based                                                    
  interactive Visitors                                                 
  Center providing                                                     
  both real and                                                        
  virtual learning                                                     
  activities for                                                       
  visitors of all                                                      
  ages, backgrounds                                                    
  and skill levels.                                                    
  Plans for                                                            
  replication of the                                                   
  exhibits will be                                                     
  made available                                                       
  broadly to museums,                                                  
  nature centers and                                                   
  other organizations.                                                 
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104712                                         

  **Award Title text   Tune In To Math                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,935,097.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Marian Schwarz                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Education Development Center                    

                       55 Chapel Street Newton ,Massachusetts          
                       024581060                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Education                                                            
  Development Center                                                   
  (EDC) is developing                                                  
  and implementing a                                                   
  three-year project                                                   
  to promote the                                                       
  informal learning of                                                 
  key basic                                                            
  mathematical                                                         
  concepts and skills                                                  
  among undereducated                                                  
  adults throughout                                                    
  the country. The                                                     
  effort will be part                                                  
  of EDC\'s Adult                                                      
  Literacy Media                                                       
  Alliance (ALMA). The                                                 
  principal components                                                 
  of the project will                                                  
  be: Ten new,                                                         
  half-hour episodes                                                   
  of the television                                                    
  series, TV411, which                                                 
  is currently carried                                                 
  by approximately 100                                                 
  public television                                                    
  stations. The new                                                    
  programs will shift                                                  
  the emphasis of the                                                  
  series from reading                                                  
  literacy to                                                          
  mathematics skills.                                                  
  In addition to                                                       
  covering a broad                                                     
  array of                                                             
  mathematical                                                         
  concepts, procedures                                                 
  and vocabulary, the                                                  
  programs will have                                                   
  an explicit focus on                                                 
  problem-solving                                                      
  strategies and                                                       
  attitudes about                                                      
  mathematics. A                                                       
  multi-level national                                                 
  outreach and                                                         
  marketing campaign                                                   
  to attract viewers                                                   
  and users to the                                                     
  materials and to                                                     
  increase carriage of                                                 
  the series. An                                                       
  in-depth                                                             
  implementation                                                       
  effort will be                                                       
  conducted with                                                       
  outreach partners is                                                 
  six large                                                            
  metropolitan areas.                                                  
  EDC will adapt the                                                   
  outreach, marketing                                                  
  and promotion                                                        
  aspects of this                                                      
  focused effort so                                                    
  that it can be used                                                  
  by all television                                                    
  stations that commit                                                 
  to carry the series.                                                 
  Formative and                                                        
  summative evaluation                                                 
  to enhance the                                                       
  quality and                                                          
  effectiveness of the                                                 
  materials and to                                                     
  inform the                                                           
  understanding of the                                                 
  impact on viewers                                                    
  and users of these                                                   
  types of materials.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0104720                                         

  **Award Title text   Master Science Educators                        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$745,058.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Maureen Hosty                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Oregon State University                         

                       312 Kerr Administration Corvallis ,Oregon       
                       973312140                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Oregon State                                                         
  University will                                                      
  expand its                                                           
  successful Master                                                    
  Science Educators                                                    
  program and create a                                                 
  national model for                                                   
  the delivery of                                                      
  natural science                                                      
  education to                                                         
  elementary and                                                       
  middle school youth.                                                 
  Master Science                                                       
  Educators are                                                        
  volunteers who                                                       
  undergo a rigorous                                                   
  30-hour training and                                                 
  commit to 50 hours                                                   
  of service to a                                                      
  community site, such                                                 
  as a community                                                       
  center, housing                                                      
  project or school.                                                   
  Volunteers work in                                                   
  teams of two so that                                                 
  each site receives                                                   
  100 hours of service                                                 
  devoted to the                                                       
  research and                                                         
  development of a                                                     
  natural science                                                      
  project. Volunteers                                                  
  and on-site and                                                      
  off-site scientists                                                  
  who act as virtual                                                   
  volunteers, guide                                                    
  youth ages K-8, in                                                   
  the design,                                                          
  development and                                                      
  evaluation of their                                                  
  project. Wildlife                                                    
  habitat projects                                                     
  provide a means for                                                  
  participants to                                                      
  learn inquiry and                                                    
  are tailored to                                                      
  address local                                                        
  science standards. A                                                 
  trainer\'s guide, a                                                  
  volunteer handbook,                                                  
  a guide for                                                          
  community sites and                                                  
  promotional and                                                      
  training videos will                                                 
  be produced, as well                                                 
  as a web-based                                                       
  science course. It                                                   
  is anticipated that                                                  
  240 volunteers will                                                  
  be trained to work                                                   
  with over 12,000                                                     
  youth during the                                                     
  course of the                                                        
  project.                                                             
  Dissemination will                                                   
  occur through the                                                    
  4-H Extension                                                        
  service, impacting                                                   
  both urban and rural                                                 
  populations.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0104724                                         

  **Award Title text   The Accidental Scientist: Internet Resources    
  :**                  Exploring Science in Everyday Life              

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$987,992.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Robert Semper                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Exploratorium                                   

                       3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                       941231099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Exploratorium                                                    
  will develop a                                                       
  series of Internet                                                   
  resources on three                                                   
  popular topics \--                                                   
  cooking, gardening,                                                  
  and making music \--                                                 
  to encourage users                                                   
  in science education                                                 
  activities in                                                        
  relation to daily                                                    
  activities. The                                                      
  three-year project                                                   
  will include the                                                     
  development and                                                      
  testing of resources                                                 
  that explore the                                                     
  science behind these                                                 
  topics, using the                                                    
  notion that we all,                                                  
  consciously or not,                                                  
  are \"accidental                                                     
  scientists\" who                                                     
  engage in the                                                        
  scientific process                                                   
  in the course of                                                     
  everyday life.                                                       
  Target audiences                                                     
  include general                                                      
  public adults and                                                    
  youth. Components of                                                 
  the site will                                                        
  feature aspects of                                                   
  cooking, gardening,                                                  
  and making music                                                     
  that are intended to                                                 
  appeal to diverse                                                    
  communities. The                                                     
  resources will also                                                  
  serve formal                                                         
  education through                                                    
  the Exploratorium\'s                                                 
  national and local                                                   
  network of                                                           
  educators.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0104732                                         

  **Award Title text   Exploring Time Television                       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,053,135.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Richard Hudson                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Twin Cities Public Television                   

                       172 East Fourth Street St. Paul ,Minnesota      
                       551011400                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Twin Cities Public                                                   
  Television, in                                                       
  association with Red                                                 
  Hill Studios, is                                                     
  producing and                                                        
  disseminating an                                                     
  Exploring Time                                                       
  television special                                                   
  and associated                                                       
  outreach material.                                                   
  The project will                                                     
  augment and leverage                                                 
  the Exploring Time                                                   
  traveling exhibit                                                    
  now being developed                                                  
  by the Science                                                       
  Museum of Minnesota                                                  
  (NSF grant                                                           
  #99-01919). The goal                                                 
  of both the exhibit                                                  
  and the television                                                   
  special is to                                                        
  increase the                                                         
  public\'s                                                            
  understanding of our                                                 
  world by revealing                                                   
  the unseen world of                                                  
  natural change \--                                                   
  the multitude of                                                     
  changes that are                                                     
  occurring in the                                                     
  present but at rates                                                 
  too slow or too fast                                                 
  to be seen. The                                                      
  television special                                                   
  will provide visual                                                  
  explorations of                                                      
  changes that take                                                    
  place over a vast                                                    
  range of timescales                                                  
  \-- from billionths                                                  
  of seconds to                                                        
  billions of years.                                                   
  The television                                                       
  series and exhibit                                                   
  will be supplemented                                                 
  by a range of                                                        
  materials. Both low-                                                 
  and high-bandwidth,                                                  
  web-based material                                                   
  will be available                                                    
  and a teacher\'s                                                     
  guide will be                                                        
  developed for middle                                                 
  school classrooms. A                                                 
  \"Time Explorers                                                     
  Toolkit\" will be                                                    
  available to both                                                    
  formal and informal                                                  
  learners. This                                                       
  CD-ROM includes                                                      
  detailed,                                                            
  step-by-step                                                         
  instructions on how                                                  
  to create time-lapse                                                 
  movies. The project                                                  
  also will coordinate                                                 
  outreach with the                                                    
  Community Technology                                                 
  Centers Network, the                                                 
  organization that                                                    
  supports technology                                                  
  centers that serve                                                   
  individuals from                                                     
  underrepresented and                                                 
  low-income groups.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0125087                                         

  **Award Title text    Earth & Sky\'s \'I Wonder\' series              
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      01-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 12-31-2004                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$820,564.00                                    

  **Investigator:**     Deborah Byrd                                    

  **Sponsor:**          EarthTalk Incorporated                          

                        Austin ,Texas 787034777                         

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  EarthTalk                                                             
  Incorporated will be                                                  
  producing three                                                       
  seasons of \"I                                                        
  Wonder,\" 225                                                         
  ninety-second radio                                                   
  programs that answer                                                  
  listeners\' questions                                                 
  about science.                                                        
  Questions will be                                                     
  collected from                                                        
  listeners via the                                                     
  projects\' web site,                                                  
  by mail, and during                                                   
  special \"field                                                       
  recording events\" in                                                 
  which questions are                                                   
  solicited from museum                                                 
  visitors at nine                                                      
  science centers                                                       
  across the nation.                                                    
  Each program will                                                     
  feature a listener\'s                                                 
  science question with                                                 
  its answer provided                                                   
  by interviews with                                                    
  scientists/experts.                                                   
  \"I Wonder\" will be                                                  
  carried on the over                                                   
  700 public and                                                        
  commercial radio                                                      
  stations that                                                         
  currently broadcast                                                   
  the producers\'                                                       
  \"Earth and Sky\"                                                     
  radio series.                                                         
  Ancillary support for                                                 
  the series will be                                                    
  provided by a special                                                 
  \"I Wonder\" section                                                  
  of Earth & Sky Online                                                 
  and direct mailing of                                                 
  the nine \"I Wonder\"                                                 
  CDs to 90,000                                                         
  classroom teachers.                                                   
  Promotion for the                                                     
  series will include                                                   
  placement of print                                                    
  ads that are timed                                                    
  with the field                                                        
  recording events.                                                     
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0125417                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  \"Invention at Play\"                           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,513,181.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Gretchen Jennings                               

  **Sponsor:**         Smithsonian Institution                         

                       P. O. Box 37012 Victor Bldg. Suite 9200, MRC    
                       903Washington ,District of Columbia 200137012   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Lemelson Center                                                  
  for the Study of                                                     
  Invention in                                                         
  cooperation with the                                                 
  Playful Invention                                                    
  and Exploration                                                      
  Network (a                                                           
  consortium of six                                                    
  museums) will                                                        
  develop \"Invention                                                  
  at Play.\" This will                                                 
  be a traveling                                                       
  exhibit in two sizes                                                 
  (3,500 sq. ft. &                                                     
  1,500 sq. ft.)                                                       
  exploring the value                                                  
  of play and its                                                      
  critical role in the                                                 
  development of                                                       
  creative human                                                       
  beings. Audiences                                                    
  will a) learn how                                                    
  play fosters                                                         
  creative talents                                                     
  among children as                                                    
  well as adults; b)                                                   
  experience their own                                                 
  playful and                                                          
  inventive abilities;                                                 
  and c) understand                                                    
  how children\'s play                                                 
  parallels processes                                                  
  used by innovators                                                   
  in science and                                                       
  technology. The                                                      
  exhibit will be                                                      
  divided into three                                                   
  sections: 1) the                                                     
  \"Invention                                                          
  Playhouse\" where                                                    
  visitors will be                                                     
  offered a variety of                                                 
  creative play                                                        
  activities to help                                                   
  them understand how                                                  
  playing builds                                                       
  creative and                                                         
  inventive skills; 2)                                                 
  \"Case Study                                                         
  Clusters\" where                                                     
  visitors will learn                                                  
  about the playful                                                    
  habits of five                                                       
  inventors, and 3)                                                    
  \"Issues in                                                          
  Invention and Play\"                                                 
  where visitors learn                                                 
  about ideas and                                                      
  debates among                                                        
  theorists who have                                                   
  linked inventive                                                     
  processes to                                                         
  children\'s play.                                                    
  This exhibit is                                                      
  based on                                                             
  documentation                                                        
  collected by the                                                     
  Lemelson Center                                                      
  since 1995 from and                                                  
  about inventors of                                                   
  the past and                                                         
  present, and                                                         
  symposia they have                                                   
  organized to examine                                                 
  the characteristics                                                  
  of innovative                                                        
  processes. This                                                      
  research has led to                                                  
  new insights into                                                    
  remarkable parallels                                                 
  between children\'s                                                  
  play and the way                                                     
  inventors approach                                                   
  their work. A series                                                 
  of complementary                                                     
  educational                                                          
  activities and                                                       
  programs will be                                                     
  developed and                                                        
  documented in an                                                     
  Educational Manual.                                                  
  These programs will                                                  
  be aimed at diverse                                                  
  audiences including                                                  
  families, parents,                                                   
  teachers and other                                                   
  groups in science                                                    
  and children\'s                                                      
  museums nationwide                                                   
  and will help extend                                                 
  the impact of the                                                    
  exhibit theme beyond                                                 
  the exhibit itself.                                                  
  Teacher workshops                                                    
  will be developed                                                    
  and arranged for                                                     
  each venue along                                                     
  with a special                                                       
  teacher\'s manual                                                    
  that will be                                                         
  distributed during                                                   
  exhibit-related                                                      
  school events                                                        
  offering a variety                                                   
  of activities on the                                                 
  themes of inventive                                                  
  play, creative model                                                 
  of problem solving,                                                  
  and exemplary tales                                                  
  of playful events                                                    
  and habits in the                                                    
  lives of interesting                                                 
  American inventors.                                                  
  RK & Associates have                                                 
  done the front-end                                                   
  audience surveys for                                                 
  this project and                                                     
  will do the                                                          
  summative and                                                        
  remedial evaluation                                                  
  work. The exhibit                                                    
  prototyping will be                                                  
  done by the Science                                                  
  Museum of Minnesota                                                  
  exhibit contractors.                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**                    0125471                                         

  **Award Title text :**          Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
                                  Greek Odyssey                                   

  **NSF Org :**                   ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**              Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**          Valentine Kass                                  

  **Division :**                  11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**                05-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date :**           04-30-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**             \$2,200,000.00                                  

  **Investigator:**               Greg MacGillivray                               

  **Sponsor:**                    MacGillivray Freeman Films                      

                                  P.O. Box 205 Laguna Beach ,California 92652     

  **Program Element code:**       7259                                            

  **Abstract :**                                                                  

  MacGillivray Freeman Films is                                                   
  producing and distributing                                                      
  \"Greek Odyssey,\" a                                                            
  large-format film presenting                                                    
  archaeology as a sophisticated,                                                 
  precise science that utilizes                                                   
  highly advanced technologies to                                                 
  reconstruct the past. The film                                                  
  will examine research in                                                        
  Athens, the Greek islands and                                                   
  beneath the Aegean Sea where                                                    
  archaeologists, geophysicists                                                   
  and conservationists                                                            
  collaborate to solve and record                                                 
  the mysteries of ancient                                                        
  civilizations. Audiences will                                                   
  discover the process and                                                        
  importance of scientific                                                        
  research to our understanding                                                   
  of Greece\'s past and its                                                       
  extraordinary influence on our                                                  
  world today. Outreach will                                                      
  include a Museum Resource                                                       
  Guide, Family Fun Sheet,                                                        
  Teacher\'s Guide, Website and a                                                 
  Scientist Speaker Series. Greg                                                  
  MacGillivray will serve as                                                      
  Co-Producer/Director/Director                                                   
  of Photography, Alec Lorimore                                                   
  will be Co-Producer, and                                                        
  Stephen Judson will be the film                                                 
  editor. The Lead Science                                                        
  Advisor is Mark Rose, a member                                                  
  of the Archaeological Institute                                                 
  of America and Managing Editor                                                  
  of Archaeology magazine.                                                        
  Science advisors include:                                                       
  George Bass, Institute of                                                       
  Nautical Archaeology, Texas A &                                                 
  M University; Sandy                                                             
  MacGillivray, Co-Director of                                                    
  Palaikastro excavations on                                                      
  Crete; and Floyd McCoy,                                                         
  Department of Geology and                                                       
  Geophysics, University of                                                       
  Hawaii.                                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0125582                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  Garden Mosaics                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,434,488.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Marianne Krasny                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Cornell University - State                      

                       Office of Sponsored Programs 120 Day Hall       
                       Ithaca ,New York 148532801                      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Garden Mosaics                                                   
  program will develop                                                 
  and test a model in                                                  
  which youth conduct                                                  
  research on                                                          
  community and home                                                   
  gardens in urban                                                     
  settings. Youth ages                                                 
  11-18 will be                                                        
  recruited to                                                         
  participate in                                                       
  gardening activities                                                 
  in conjunction with                                                  
  elders from their                                                    
  communities.                                                         
  Students learn the                                                   
  science content                                                      
  associated with                                                      
  organismal biology,                                                  
  community ecology,                                                   
  ecosystems and the                                                   
  physical                                                             
  environment, as well                                                 
  as                                                                   
  culturally-related                                                   
  food growing                                                         
  practices.                                                           
  Participants then                                                    
  take part in guided                                                  
  research; using                                                      
  methods such as                                                      
  transect walks,                                                      
  mapping, ecosystem                                                   
  models and soil                                                      
  tests, to document                                                   
  food-growing                                                         
  practices of                                                         
  immigrant minority                                                   
  and traditional                                                      
  gardeners. Expanded                                                  
  research                                                             
  investigations will                                                  
  be open to students                                                  
  who want to continue                                                 
  their explorations                                                   
  using the Internet                                                   
  and other resources.                                                 
  Students contribute                                                  
  to new and existing                                                  
  databases of ethnic                                                  
  and heritage                                                         
  gardening practices                                                  
  in the United                                                        
  States. Materials to                                                 
  be developed include                                                 
  an Educator\'s                                                       
  Manual, a Youth                                                      
  Handbook and a                                                       
  Garden Mosaics                                                       
  website. During the                                                  
  pilot phase a                                                        
  national leadership                                                  
  team will be                                                         
  established to test                                                  
  the program and                                                      
  materials at 10                                                      
  sites in different                                                   
  cities across the                                                    
  U.S. including San                                                   
  Antonio, Baltimore,                                                  
  Boston, Sacramento,                                                  
  New York, Brooklyn                                                   
  and Philadelphia. It                                                 
  is anticipated that                                                  
  the dissemination of                                                 
  this model will                                                      
  reach more than 750                                                  
  educators and 13,000                                                 
  youth.                                                               
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0125633                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  Birds in the \'Hood / Aves del Barrio           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,019,603.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Richard Bonney                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Cornell University - State                      

                       Office of Sponsored Programs 120 Day Hall       
                       Ithaca ,New York 148532801                      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Birds in the                                                       
  Hood\" or \"Aves del                                                 
  Barrio\" builds on                                                   
  the Cornell                                                          
  Laboratory of                                                        
  Ornithology\'s (CLO)                                                 
  successful Project                                                   
  Pigeon Watch, and                                                    
  will result in the                                                   
  creation of a                                                        
  web-based citizen                                                    
  science program for                                                  
  urban residents. The                                                 
  primary target                                                       
  audience is urban                                                    
  youth, with an                                                       
  emphasis on those                                                    
  participating in                                                     
  programs at science                                                  
  centers and                                                          
  educational                                                          
  organizations in                                                     
  Philadelphia, Tampa,                                                 
  Milwaukee, Los                                                       
  Angeles, Chicago and                                                 
  New York.                                                            
  Participants will                                                    
  develop science                                                      
  process skills,                                                      
  improve their                                                        
  understanding of                                                     
  scientific processes                                                 
  and design research                                                  
  projects while                                                       
  collecting,                                                          
  submitting and                                                       
  retrieving data on                                                   
  birds found in urban                                                 
  habitats. The three                                                  
  project options                                                      
  include a.) mapping                                                  
  of pigeon and dove                                                   
  habitats and                                                         
  sightings, b.)                                                       
  identifying and                                                      
  counting gulls and                                                   
  c.) recording                                                        
  habitat and bird                                                     
  count data for birds                                                 
  in the local                                                         
  community. Birds in                                                  
  the Hood will                                                        
  support CLO\'s Urban                                                 
  Bird Studies                                                         
  initiative by                                                        
  contributing data on                                                 
  population,                                                          
  community and                                                        
  landscape level                                                      
  effects on birds.                                                    
  Support materials                                                    
  are web-based,                                                       
  bilingual and                                                        
  include downloadable                                                 
  instructions, tally                                                  
  sheets, exercises                                                    
  and results. The                                                     
  website will also                                                    
  include a web-based                                                  
  magazine with                                                        
  project results and                                                  
  participant                                                          
  contributions. A                                                     
  training video and                                                   
  full color                                                           
  identification                                                       
  posters will also be                                                 
  produced. The                                                        
  program will be                                                      
  piloted at five                                                      
  sites in year one,                                                   
  and then                                                             
  field-tested at 13                                                   
  sites in year two.                                                   
  Regional                                                             
  dissemination and                                                    
  training will occur                                                  
  in year three. It is                                                 
  anticipated that                                                     
  5,000 urban bird                                                     
  study groups will be                                                 
  in place by the end                                                  
  of the funding                                                       
  period, representing                                                 
  nearly 50,000                                                        
  individuals.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0125641                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  ZOOMsci Club (ZOOM Season V)                    

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,303,776.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Brigid Sullivan                                 

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The ZOOM children\'s                                                 
  television series,                                                   
  which reaches over                                                   
  5.4 million children                                                 
  each week, teaches                                                   
  viewers the                                                          
  scientific processes                                                 
  as well as                                                           
  delivering science                                                   
  and mathematics                                                      
  content. The                                                         
  outreach materials                                                   
  and activities                                                       
  provide viewers with                                                 
  opportunities to                                                     
  explore, experiment                                                  
  and share their                                                      
  creativity. WGBH is                                                  
  requesting                                                           
  \$1,303,776 of a                                                     
  total budget of                                                      
  \$3,977,936 to                                                       
  produce 20 new shows                                                 
  for the ZOOM series.                                                 
  There also will be a                                                 
  new ZOOM campaign,                                                   
  the ZOOMsci Club,                                                    
  which will provide a                                                 
  unique way for kids                                                  
  to deepen their                                                      
  science and math                                                     
  knowledge while                                                      
  engaged in ZOOM\'s                                                   
  hands-on activities.                                                 
  The campaign                                                         
  includes: the new                                                    
  television programs,                                                 
  new print materials                                                  
  and outreach                                                         
  activities, and a                                                    
  new area of the ZOOM                                                 
  website that                                                         
  includes an on-line                                                  
  forum for kids to                                                    
  share results of                                                     
  their                                                                
  experimentation.                                                     
  ZOOM has been chosen                                                 
  by PBS as the first                                                  
  children\'s                                                          
  \"local/national\"                                                   
  show. This PBS                                                       
  initiative                                                           
  capitalizes on the                                                   
  strength of local                                                    
  public television                                                    
  stations and                                                         
  provides the                                                         
  opportunity for                                                      
  stations to                                                          
  customize ZOOM to                                                    
  serve the needs of                                                   
  their local markets.                                                 
  The stations can                                                     
  produce and insert                                                   
  segments that honor                                                  
  local kids for their                                                 
  volunteer activities                                                 
  and feature local                                                    
  kids answering                                                       
  questions. Stations                                                  
  also can localize                                                    
  outreach activities,                                                 
  producing their own                                                  
  local ZOOM websites                                                  
  and launching ZOOM                                                   
  Into Action                                                          
  campaigns to                                                         
  motivate kids to                                                     
  volunteer.                                                           
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125652                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary and Informal Education:   
  :**                  Conceptualizing and Assessing Web-based         
                       Informal Science Learning                       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$665,615.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Kevin Crowley                                   

  **Sponsor:**         University of Pittsburgh                        

                       350 Thackeray Hall 139 University Place         
                       Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania 152602600              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Learning                                                         
  Research and                                                         
  Development Center                                                   
  at the University of                                                 
  Pittsburgh has                                                       
  designed a research                                                  
  project to examine                                                   
  the process of and                                                   
  outcomes of informal                                                 
  (out of school)                                                      
  web-based learning.                                                  
  \"Conceptualizing                                                    
  and Assessing                                                        
  Web-based Informal                                                   
  Science Education\"                                                  
  will be a three-year                                                 
  research study to                                                    
  document and analyze                                                 
  how the informal                                                     
  learner, both as an                                                  
  individual and in a                                                  
  social group, uses                                                   
  and learns from                                                      
  web-based                                                            
  activities. The PIs                                                  
  will also develop a                                                  
  framework and tools                                                  
  for evaluating                                                       
  informal web-based                                                   
  learning                                                             
  environments and                                                     
  guidelines for                                                       
  effective web-based                                                  
  learning activities.                                                 
  This research will                                                   
  use web sites                                                        
  developed by museums                                                 
  and that are                                                         
  complementary to                                                     
  exhibits in those                                                    
  museums. These sites                                                 
  are being selected                                                   
  because according to                                                 
  the PIs, \"museums                                                   
  and other nonprofit                                                  
  developers are                                                       
  already going beyond                                                 
  traditional content                                                  
  to create true                                                       
  virtual informal                                                     
  learning                                                             
  environments.\" The                                                  
  outcomes of this                                                     
  research will                                                        
  include a better                                                     
  understanding of the                                                 
  cognitive and social                                                 
  processes that occur                                                 
  as learners engage                                                   
  in web-based                                                         
  activities; a                                                        
  framework and tools                                                  
  for evaluating                                                       
  informal web-based                                                   
  learning activities;                                                 
  and a web-based                                                      
  annotated                                                            
  bibliography                                                         
  relevant to this                                                     
  research.                                                            
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**Award Information**

  ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**           0125661                                         

  **Award Title text :** Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
                         A Media and Discussion Project: The Research    
                         Revolution and the Shaping of Modern Life       

  **NSF Org :**          ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**     Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**                                                 

  **Division :**         11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**       02-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date :**  12-31-2004                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**    \$664,302.00                                    

  **Investigator:**      Sally Mason Robinson                            

  **Sponsor:**           National Video Resources, Inc.                  

                         73 Spring Street, Suite 403 New York ,New York  
                         100125802                                       

  **Program Element      7259                                            
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  National Video                                                         
  Resources, in                                                          
  collaboration with the                                                 
  American Library                                                       
  Association and the                                                    
  History of Science                                                     
  Society, is developing                                                 
  and implementing                                                       
  six-week discussion                                                    
  programs at 100                                                        
  libraries across the                                                   
  country. The                                                           
  \"Research Revolution                                                  
  and the Shaping of                                                     
  Modern Life\"                                                          
  discussions will                                                       
  illuminate the                                                         
  organization and goals                                                 
  of                                                                     
  scientific-technical                                                   
  work, the critical                                                     
  outcomes of research                                                   
  and development, the                                                   
  material and social                                                    
  byproducts of such                                                     
  work, and the ethical                                                  
  issues that sometimes                                                  
  result. During the                                                     
  program participants                                                   
  will screen and                                                        
  discuss documentary                                                    
  films on topics such                                                   
  as: an introduction to                                                 
  the rise of organized                                                  
  laboratory research                                                    
  and its results; new                                                   
  developments in                                                        
  quantum technologies                                                   
  and nanotechnology;                                                    
  recent developments in                                                 
  materials science and                                                  
  how artificially                                                       
  created materials have                                                 
  defined a modern way                                                   
  of life; the impact of                                                 
  genetic engineering                                                    
  and the Human Genome                                                   
  Project; medical                                                       
  imaging from x-rays to                                                 
  MRIs and CT-scans; and                                                 
  the science of                                                         
  meteorology and the                                                    
  problems of global                                                     
  climate change.                                                        
  Discussions will be                                                    
  lead by local scholars                                                 
  from Universities and                                                  
  research laboratories                                                  
  located near a                                                         
  participating library.                                                 
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125693                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  Forging Partnerships with Libraries:            
                       \'Explore!\' and \'Fun with Science\'           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$555,332.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Stephanie Shipp                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Universities Space Research Association         

                       10211 Wincopin Circle Suite 500 Columbia        
                       ,Maryland 210443432                             

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Lunar and                                                        
  Planetary Institute                                                  
  will expand a                                                        
  successful pilot                                                     
  program in which                                                     
  libraries in Texas                                                   
  and Louisiana are                                                    
  used as community                                                    
  learning centers.                                                    
  The program is                                                       
  two-fold and                                                         
  includes both                                                        
  \"Explore!\"                                                         
  resource materials                                                   
  and \"Fun with                                                       
  Science\" modules.                                                   
  \"Explore!\"                                                         
  materials are a                                                      
  collection of space                                                  
  science posters,                                                     
  brochures, fact                                                      
  sheets, videotapes                                                   
  and references.                                                      
  These resources are                                                  
  disseminated to                                                      
  librarians for use                                                   
  as part of their                                                     
  collections and to                                                   
  support the \"Fun                                                    
  with Science\"                                                       
  modules. \"Fun with                                                  
  Science\" consists                                                   
  of eight space                                                       
  science modules that                                                 
  librarians are                                                       
  trained to use in                                                    
  after-school and                                                     
  summer youth                                                         
  programs. Module                                                     
  topics include                                                       
  rocketry, comets,                                                    
  impact cratering,                                                    
  remote sensing and                                                   
  space capsule                                                        
  design. Each year,                                                   
  3-4 new modules will                                                 
  be produced.                                                         
  Librarians receive                                                   
  training on content,                                                 
  activities and NASA                                                  
  resources in 2-3 day                                                 
  sessions. The                                                        
  dissemination plan                                                   
  would enable the                                                     
  program to expand to                                                 
  include public                                                       
  libraries in Texas,                                                  
  Illinois (Chicago)                                                   
  and South Carolina,                                                  
  as well as school                                                    
  libraries as a                                                       
  secondary audience.                                                  
  Rural sites will be                                                  
  targeted and                                                         
  distance learning                                                    
  will be used for                                                     
  training when                                                        
  possible. CD ROMs                                                    
  containing the                                                       
  modules, training                                                    
  videos and a website                                                 
  will be developed to                                                 
  support this                                                         
  project.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125738                                         

  **Award Title text   DragonflyTV, Seasons Two and Three              
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,961,933.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Richard Hudson                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Twin Cities Public Television                   

                       172 East Fourth Street St. Paul ,Minnesota      
                       551011400                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Twin Cities Public                                                   
  Television is                                                        
  producing the second                                                 
  and third seasons of                                                 
  Dragonfly TV, the                                                    
  science television                                                   
  series targeted at                                                   
  children ages 9 -                                                    
  12. The series                                                       
  presents children                                                    
  showing their own                                                    
  scientific                                                           
  investigations and                                                   
  sharing the                                                          
  excitement that                                                      
  comes from making                                                    
  their own                                                            
  discoveries. Adult                                                   
  scientists are                                                       
  interspersed among                                                   
  the several groups                                                   
  of children who                                                      
  present research.                                                    
  They present their                                                   
  own research, their                                                  
  discoveries and                                                      
  their love of                                                        
  science. These adult                                                 
  reports are laced                                                    
  with home movies and                                                 
  snapshots of the                                                     
  adults when they                                                     
  were kids, linking                                                   
  childhood                                                            
  experiences to                                                       
  successful careers                                                   
  in science. Outreach                                                 
  for Dragonfly TV                                                     
  consists of a                                                        
  Dragonfly insert in                                                  
  the magazine                                                         
  Explorations, an                                                     
  interactive website                                                  
  where children can                                                   
  share their science                                                  
  investigations and                                                   
  programs at selected                                                 
  Boys and Girls Clubs                                                 
  of America and 4H                                                    
  Clubs. Teacher\'s                                                    
  Guides will be                                                       
  developed by Miami                                                   
  University of Ohio                                                   
  and distributed                                                      
  through the journals                                                 
  of the National                                                      
  Science Teachers                                                     
  Association.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125740                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  \"My Place by the Bay\" \-- Prepared            
                       Environments for Early Science Learning         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,479,751.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Janet Petitpas                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Bay Area Discovery Museum                       

                       Fort Baker-557 McReynolds Road Sausalito        
                       ,California 949652601                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Bay Area                                                         
  Discovery Museum                                                     
  will expand their                                                    
  \"My Place by the                                                    
  Bay\" theme with new                                                 
  programmatic                                                         
  elements that                                                        
  \"reinforce the                                                      
  theme that people,                                                   
  plants and animals                                                   
  live together and                                                    
  depend upon each                                                     
  other to survive.\"                                                  
  Three new activity                                                   
  areas will be                                                        
  developed that focus                                                 
  on science learning:                                                 
  A) an outdoor \"Tot                                                  
  Lot\" for early                                                      
  science learners; B)                                                 
  an outdoor                                                           
  \"Discovery Cove\"                                                   
  focusing on                                                          
  place-specific                                                       
  elements of their                                                    
  bayshore site; and                                                   
  C) an indoor                                                         
  recreated \"Research                                                 
  Vessel\" outfitted                                                   
  with a simulated                                                     
  navigaion station                                                    
  and marine biology                                                   
  laboratory. The                                                      
  learning goals for                                                   
  these three areas                                                    
  are: 1) \"The Bay                                                    
  environment is home                                                  
  to many living                                                       
  things\"; and 2) \"I                                                 
  can do science to                                                    
  explore and learn                                                    
  about my world\".                                                    
  The \"Tot Lot,\"                                                     
  built into a hill,                                                   
  will be a one-half                                                   
  acre, multi-sensory,                                                 
  outdoor, prepared                                                    
  environment for                                                      
  children under five                                                  
  to learn about                                                       
  animals living in                                                    
  three distinct Bay                                                   
  habitats: woodland,                                                  
  stream and meadow.                                                   
  The \"Discovery                                                      
  Cove\" will be a                                                     
  two-acre area                                                        
  prepared environment                                                 
  for children up to                                                   
  age eight. Learners                                                  
  will be encouraged                                                   
  to see the bay as an                                                 
  integrated system                                                    
  that includes animal                                                 
  adaptations,                                                         
  ecological                                                           
  relationships and                                                    
  human activity. The                                                  
  \"Research Vessel\"                                                  
  is inspired by the                                                   
  R/V Questuary and is                                                 
  the place where                                                      
  visitors will use                                                    
  authentic tools to                                                   
  do science. Other                                                    
  features of this                                                     
  project include an                                                   
  integrated system of                                                 
  Parenting Messages                                                   
  that includes                                                        
  special signage for                                                  
  parents and a                                                        
  Families Ask Guide                                                   
  for families with                                                    
  children ages seven                                                  
  and under that is a                                                  
  joint effort of                                                      
  DABM, Golden Gate                                                    
  National Recreation                                                  
  Area and the Golden                                                  
  Gate National Parks                                                  
  Association. They                                                    
  will also develop a                                                  
  series of teacher                                                    
  workshops that will                                                  
  link this informal                                                   
  learning space with                                                  
  the needs of formal                                                  
  education. One                                                       
  specific school                                                      
  group with whom they                                                 
  will work is the                                                     
  Junipero Serra, an                                                   
  NSF Urban Systemic                                                   
  Intiative site.                                                      
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125750                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  Huntington Conservatory for Botanical Science   

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,753,657.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    James Folsom                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Huntington Library, Art Collections, and        
                       Botanical Gardens                               

                       1151 Oxford Road San Marino ,California         
                       911081218                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Huntington                                                       
  Library will develop                                                 
  the Rose Hills                                                       
  Foundation                                                           
  Conservatory for                                                     
  Botanical Science to                                                 
  engage visitors of                                                   
  all ages in the                                                      
  study of plants.                                                     
  Conceived as a                                                       
  synthesis of a                                                       
  traditional                                                          
  conservatory and an                                                  
  interactive science                                                  
  center, the                                                          
  Conservatory will be                                                 
  a 16,000-square-foot                                                 
  permanent exhibition                                                 
  featuring                                                            
  spectacular plants                                                   
  in a family-oriented                                                 
  setting. Using a                                                     
  living collection of                                                 
  plants from around                                                   
  the world, visitors                                                  
  will explore the                                                     
  diversity of plants.                                                 
  Interactive exhibits                                                 
  will encourage                                                       
  visitors to make                                                     
  observations and                                                     
  comparisons of plant                                                 
  structures.                                                          
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125757                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                  The Real Astronomy Experience: An Exhibit for   
                       ISE Centers                                     

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     12-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,584,402.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Carlton Pennypacker                             

  **Sponsor:**         University of California-Berkeley               

                       Sponsored Projects Office 336 Sproul Hall       
                       Berkeley ,California 947205940                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Lawrence Hall of                                                 
  Science at the                                                       
  University of                                                        
  California at                                                        
  Berkeley will                                                        
  develop the \"Real                                                   
  Astronomy Experience                                                 
  (RAE)\" in which                                                     
  science center                                                       
  visitors will                                                        
  explore the universe                                                 
  by controlling and                                                   
  viewing robotic                                                      
  telescopes via the                                                   
  Internet; by using                                                   
  image processing                                                     
  software to                                                          
  understand the                                                       
  images they capture;                                                 
  and by capturing                                                     
  images with a                                                        
  hands-on, functional                                                 
  telescope equipped                                                   
  with a                                                               
  Charge-Coupled                                                       
  Device (CCD) camera                                                  
  to learn how a                                                       
  modern telescope                                                     
  image-capture system                                                 
  works. Guided by                                                     
  project materials,                                                   
  visitors learn about                                                 
  the cosmos, tools                                                    
  and methods of                                                       
  scientific research,                                                 
  data analysis and                                                    
  the general progress                                                 
  of modern                                                            
  astrophysics.                                                        
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0125762                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education   
  :**                  \-- Stardust: Our Search for Origins (A         
                       Travelling Exhibition)                          

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,114,039.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Paul Dusenbery                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Space Science Institute                         

                       4750 Walnut Street Suite 205 Boulder ,Colorado  
                       80301                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Space Science                                                    
  Institute (SSI)                                                      
  seeks to develop the                                                 
  \"Stardust                                                           
  Project,\" designed                                                  
  to introduce the                                                     
  public to concepts                                                   
  related to the birth                                                 
  of stars, the search                                                 
  for planets beyond                                                   
  our solar system and                                                 
  the search for life                                                  
  beyond earth. The                                                    
  project\'s three                                                     
  components include a                                                 
  2,500 square-foot                                                    
  travelling                                                           
  exhibition called                                                    
  \"Stardust: Our                                                      
  Search for                                                           
  Origins;\" a                                                         
  comprehensive                                                        
  education program                                                    
  for museum staff and                                                 
  grades 4-9 school                                                    
  teachers and a                                                       
  public Web site that                                                 
  incorporates and                                                     
  builds on the                                                        
  exhibit and                                                          
  education content.                                                   
  The project proposes                                                 
  to assemble                                                          
  standards-based                                                      
  educational                                                          
  materials for                                                        
  dissemination                                                        
  through workshops                                                    
  conducted at museums                                                 
  that host the                                                        
  exhibit. The                                                         
  educational programs                                                 
  \-- particularly                                                     
  professional                                                         
  development                                                          
  workshops for                                                        
  teachers \-- target,                                                 
  among other groups,                                                  
  underserved Native                                                   
  American and                                                         
  Hispanic teachers                                                    
  associated with a                                                    
  partnership between                                                  
  SSI and the NSF                                                      
  Rural Systematic                                                     
  Initiatives in the                                                   
  American West. The                                                   
  project is built                                                     
  around strong                                                        
  partnerships with                                                    
  two NASA Origins                                                     
  Program missions and                                                 
  with established                                                     
  informal education                                                   
  institutions                                                         
  including the New                                                    
  York Hall of                                                         
  Science, the                                                         
  Lawrence Hall of                                                     
  Science, the Denver                                                  
  Museum of Nature and                                                 
  Science, TERC and                                                    
  the SETI Institute.                                                  
  Its goals are to                                                     
  make it possible for                                                 
  teachers, students                                                   
  and the public to                                                    
  learn about: The                                                     
  formation of stars,                                                  
  planets, and the                                                     
  solar system; The                                                    
  conditions necessary                                                 
  for life; The effect                                                 
  of life on Earth\'s                                                  
  environment; The                                                     
  methods used to                                                      
  detect planets                                                       
  orbiting distant                                                     
  stars and The                                                        
  scientific tools                                                     
  used in origin                                                       
  research \-- from                                                    
  space-based                                                          
  telescopes to                                                        
  microscopes.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  --------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**          0125765                                         

  **Award Title text    Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education:  
  :**                   Thinking SMART                                  

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.    Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      05-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 04-30-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$2,232,418.00                                  

  **Investigator:**     Janet Stanton                                   

  **Sponsor:**          Girls Incorporated                              

                        120 Wall Street New York ,New York 10005        

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  \"Thinking SMART\" is                                                 
  a comprehensive                                                       
  five-year program                                                     
  that will encourage                                                   
  young women to pursue                                                 
  careers in science,                                                   
  mathematics and                                                       
  technology. The                                                       
  project focuses on                                                    
  girls ages 12-18, and                                                 
  will especially                                                       
  target those who are                                                  
  underserved and                                                       
  underrepresented in                                                   
  the sciences,                                                         
  including girls from                                                  
  diverse backgrounds                                                   
  and persons with                                                      
  disabilities. Key                                                     
  elements include four                                                 
  science/engineering                                                   
  module options, a                                                     
  two-tiered mentoring                                                  
  component, training,                                                  
  resource materials,                                                   
  online activities and                                                 
  an awards program.                                                    
  The modules (Material                                                 
  Girls, Eco Girls,                                                     
  Galactic Girls, Net                                                   
  Girls), focus on                                                      
  engineering, ecology,                                                 
  physics and computer                                                  
  science respectively,                                                 
  and will be aligned                                                   
  with national                                                         
  standards. The                                                        
  modules are                                                           
  implemented during                                                    
  the school year and                                                   
  include weekly                                                        
  programming, a summer                                                 
  camp and a spring                                                     
  \"Women in Science                                                    
  and Engineering\"                                                     
  conference organized                                                  
  by girls. Weekly                                                      
  meetings are                                                          
  augmented by online                                                   
  activities, in which                                                  
  girls interact with                                                   
  other participants                                                    
  and mentors, publish                                                  
  reports and obtain                                                    
  career information.                                                   
  Additionally,                                                         
  participants who                                                      
  complete all four                                                     
  modules are eligible                                                  
  to become paid                                                        
  mentors for younger                                                   
  participants. Five                                                    
  publications will be                                                  
  produced to support                                                   
  the program,                                                          
  including manuals for                                                 
  mentors (both adults                                                  
  and youth), module                                                    
  activities, a parent                                                  
  guide and a guide for                                                 
  implementation sites                                                  
  on community                                                          
  partnerships.                                                         
  Thinking SMART                                                        
  materials will be                                                     
  developed and piloted                                                 
  tested at eight sites                                                 
  in conjunction with                                                   
  Girls, Inc.                                                           
  affiliates in Nashua,                                                 
  NH, Worcester, MA,                                                    
  Oakridge, TN and                                                      
  Shelbyville, IN, with                                                 
  input from the                                                        
  Society of Women                                                      
  Engineers. Extensive                                                  
  training will also be                                                 
  provided for pilot                                                    
  programs and future                                                   
  dissemination.                                                        
  Finally the E3 Awards                                                 
  Program will motivate                                                 
  implementation sites                                                  
  to create high                                                        
  quality local                                                         
  programs. It is                                                       
  anticipated that more                                                 
  than 1,500 Girls,                                                     
  Inc. affiliates will                                                  
  adopt \"Thinking                                                      
  SMART.\"                                                              
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0128985                                         

  **Award Title text   Earth & Sky\'s \"Edge of Discovery\" Radio      
  :**                  Series for NSF\'s Public Understanding of       
                       Research Program                                

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$780,692.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Deborah Byrd                                    

  **Sponsor:**         EarthTalk Incorporated                          

                       Austin ,Texas 787034777                         

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  EarthTalk                                                            
  Incorporated is                                                      
  producing and                                                        
  distributing 282                                                     
  \"Edge of                                                            
  Discovery\" radio                                                    
  programs. Each of                                                    
  the 90-second                                                        
  programs will                                                        
  explore an area of                                                   
  on-going research                                                    
  and will feature                                                     
  \"actualities\" or                                                   
  recorded voices of                                                   
  scientists                                                           
  explaining their                                                     
  work. The programs                                                   
  will be carried on                                                   
  700+ public and                                                      
  commercial radio                                                     
  stations. The                                                        
  broadcast programs                                                   
  will be supplemented                                                 
  by an \"Edge of                                                      
  Discovery\" web                                                      
  presence that will                                                   
  contain the radio                                                    
  programs themselves                                                  
  plus a \"More Info\"                                                 
  section for each                                                     
  program that                                                         
  includes references                                                  
  to printed articles                                                  
  and links to other                                                   
  web sites on the                                                     
  day\'s topic as well                                                 
  as supplementary                                                     
  background material                                                  
  such as transcripts                                                  
  of interviews with                                                   
  scientists. The                                                      
  \"Edge of                                                            
  Discovery\" web page                                                 
  also will feature a                                                  
  \"Meet the                                                           
  Scientists\" section                                                 
  in which a new                                                       
  scientist will be                                                    
  profiled each month,                                                 
  and it will feature                                                  
  live online                                                          
  \"chats\" with                                                       
  scientists six times                                                 
  each year. The                                                       
  producers/hosts for                                                  
  the series are                                                       
  Deborah Byrd and                                                     
  Joel Block who                                                       
  created, produced                                                    
  and hosted the                                                       
  highly successful                                                    
  radio series Earth                                                   
  and Sky. The Senior                                                  
  Producer is Marc                                                     
  Airhart who will be                                                  
  primary liaison with                                                 
  the team of                                                          
  researchers and                                                      
  writers. Review of                                                   
  all material                                                         
  developed for the                                                    
  projected will be                                                    
  done by the                                                          
  project\'s review                                                    
  committee of 95                                                      
  scientists.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0129775                                         

  **Award Title text   Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education   
  :**                  Conference: \'Museums, Media, and the Public    
                       Understanding of Research,\' Science Museum of  
                       Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, September, 2002        

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2001                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$279,577.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    David Chittenden                                

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Science Museum                                                   
  of Minnesota is                                                      
  requesting                                                           
  \$279,577, of a                                                      
  total budget of                                                      
  \$339,074, to plan                                                   
  and conduct a                                                        
  four-day                                                             
  international                                                        
  conference exploring                                                 
  issues, current                                                      
  practices and future                                                 
  directions related                                                   
  to furthering public                                                 
  understanding of                                                     
  current research in                                                  
  science and                                                          
  technology. The                                                      
  conference will                                                      
  bring together                                                       
  leading museum                                                       
  professionals,                                                       
  scientific                                                           
  researchers, science                                                 
  journalists,                                                         
  television                                                           
  producers, web                                                       
  developers and                                                       
  others who are                                                       
  already engaged in                                                   
  preliminary work for                                                 
  such an effort and                                                   
  who stand to learn                                                   
  from each other\'s                                                   
  experiences. The                                                     
  conference will                                                      
  center on the role                                                   
  of museums in                                                        
  informing the public                                                 
  about research, but                                                  
  will include                                                         
  representatives from                                                 
  other media and                                                      
  institutions crucial                                                 
  to its success. The                                                  
  specific goals of                                                    
  the conference are                                                   
  to: Explore                                                          
  challenges and                                                       
  barriers that hinder                                                 
  the development of                                                   
  public understanding                                                 
  of research                                                          
  programs. Identify                                                   
  \"best practices\"                                                   
  and promising                                                        
  models, tools and                                                    
  technologies for                                                     
  presenting current                                                   
  research to the                                                      
  public. Develop                                                      
  partnership                                                          
  strategies for                                                       
  creating public                                                      
  understanding of                                                     
  research program                                                     
  collaborations                                                       
  across the museum,                                                   
  media and research                                                   
  communities.                                                         
  Identify strategies                                                  
  for selecting                                                        
  significant research                                                 
  stories that are                                                     
  relevant to the                                                      
  public. Develop                                                      
  funding strategies                                                   
  and operational                                                      
  approaches that help                                                 
  sustain a consistent                                                 
  public understanding                                                 
  of research effort.                                                  
  The project will be                                                  
  under the direction                                                  
  of David Chittenden,                                                 
  Vice President for                                                   
  Education at the                                                     
  Science Museum of                                                    
  Minnesota. Advisors                                                  
  to the project                                                       
  include: Carol Lynn                                                  
  Alpert, Museum of                                                    
  Science, Boston;                                                     
  John Beatty,                                                         
  Distinguished                                                        
  Teaching Professor,                                                  
  University of                                                        
  Minnesota; Graham                                                    
  Farmelo, Head of                                                     
  Science                                                              
  Communications,                                                      
  Science Museum of                                                    
  London; Richard                                                      
  Hudson, Twin Cities                                                  
  Public Television,                                                   
  St. Paul; Ken                                                        
  Keller, Hubert H.                                                    
  Humphrey Institute                                                   
  of Public Affairs,                                                   
  University of                                                        
  Minnesota; Rob                                                       
  Semper, The                                                          
  Exploratorium; David                                                 
  Ucko, Koshland                                                       
  Science Center and                                                   
  Science Outreach,                                                    
  National Academy of                                                  
  Sciences; and Bonnie                                                 
  VanDorn, Executive                                                   
  Director,                                                            
  Association of                                                       
  Science-Technology                                                   
  Centers.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0138030                                         

  **Award Title text   Enhancing Natural History Museum Visitor        
  :**                  Understanding of Evolution: A National          
                       Conference                                      

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$144,847.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Betty Camp                                      

  **Sponsor:**         University of Florida                           

                       219 Grinter Hall PO Box 115500 Gainesville      
                       ,Florida 32611                                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This award will                                                      
  support two years of                                                 
  work to plan and                                                     
  implement a national                                                 
  conference of                                                        
  approximately 30                                                     
  participants                                                         
  representing the                                                     
  major research-based                                                 
  natural history                                                      
  museums in America                                                   
  to consider best                                                     
  practices for                                                        
  enhancing museum                                                     
  visitor                                                              
  understanding of                                                     
  evolution. Evolution                                                 
  is the central                                                       
  paradigm of the life                                                 
  sciences, and                                                        
  natural history                                                      
  museums are of                                                       
  fundamental                                                          
  importance to an                                                     
  understanding of the                                                 
  paradigm of                                                          
  evolution. Despite                                                   
  this fact, recent                                                    
  surveys indicate                                                     
  that the majority of                                                 
  the American public,                                                 
  including visitors                                                   
  to natural history                                                   
  museums, neither                                                     
  understands nor                                                      
  believes in                                                          
  evolutionary theory.                                                 
  The three-day                                                        
  conference to be                                                     
  held at the Florida                                                  
  Museum of Natural                                                    
  History in 2003 will                                                 
  be preceded by a                                                     
  pre-conference                                                       
  planning workshop in                                                 
  2002 and a synthesis                                                 
  of literature and                                                    
  practices pertinent                                                  
  to the understanding                                                 
  of evolution in                                                      
  museums. The                                                         
  conference will                                                      
  bring together chief                                                 
  scientists,                                                          
  directors of                                                         
  education and                                                        
  exhibits, and                                                        
  directors of                                                         
  research and                                                         
  collections as                                                       
  participants in a                                                    
  program                                                              
  professionally                                                       
  facilitated by                                                       
  informal science                                                     
  education experts.                                                   
  Findings and                                                         
  outcomes of the                                                      
  conference will                                                      
  constitute \'best                                                    
  practices\' for the                                                  
  field and will be                                                    
  published in the                                                     
  professional                                                         
  literature and                                                       
  disseminated via the                                                 
  Florida Museum                                                       
  website. With more                                                   
  than 10,000,000                                                      
  visitors to natural                                                  
  history museums per                                                  
  year, once                                                           
  implemented in                                                       
  museum exhibitions                                                   
  and programs the                                                     
  results of this                                                      
  conference will have                                                 
  a broad impact on                                                    
  science literacy in                                                  
  America for years to                                                 
  come.                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0201155                                         

  **Award Title text   NOVA Minutes                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,366,657.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Eliene Augenbraun                               

  **Sponsor:**         ScienCentral Incorporated                       

                       248 W35th St 17th flr New York ,New York        
                       100012505                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  ScienCentral, Inc.                                                   
  is producing and                                                     
  distributing one                                                     
  two-minute                                                           
  television science                                                   
  story per week based                                                 
  on NOVA, the                                                         
  long-format PBS                                                      
  science series. Each                                                 
  segment will be                                                      
  produced using                                                       
  footage from the                                                     
  award-winning NOVA                                                   
  series as well as                                                    
  original and                                                         
  archival footage.                                                    
  They will be                                                         
  distributed by ABC                                                   
  News to its 200+                                                     
  local affiliates for                                                 
  their use in their                                                   
  newscasts that run                                                   
  throughout the day.                                                  
  NOVA Minutes also                                                    
  will be integrated                                                   
  into WGBH NOVA\'s                                                    
  extensive web and                                                    
  outreach materials.                                                  
  All NOVA Minutes                                                     
  will contain the                                                     
  following: A                                                         
  sentence stating:                                                    
  \"As reported (or                                                    
  explored) by PBS                                                     
  NOVA\" A lower third                                                 
  notification of                                                      
  footage from PBS                                                     
  NOVA. 30 - 80                                                        
  seconds of WGBH                                                      
  footage 30 or more                                                   
  seconds of non-WGBH                                                  
  footage A PBS NOVA                                                   
  branded element with                                                 
  a graphic,                                                           
  animation, or video                                                  
  that is integral to                                                  
  the story. Two                                                       
  versions, with/and                                                   
  without pre-recorded                                                 
  voice over (both                                                     
  have interview,                                                      
  natural sound) A                                                     
  script with a list                                                   
  and cures for                                                        
  lower-third                                                          
  supertitle of names,                                                 
  institutions and                                                     
  footage sources for                                                  
  stations to use in                                                   
  their own graphic                                                    
  style. The script                                                    
  will include a line                                                  
  for the news anchor                                                  
  to read that states                                                  
  \"Watch PBS NOVA for                                                 
  more information.\"                                                  
  A catalogue number                                                   
  and ScienCentral                                                     
  copyright notice.                                                    
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0205382                                         

  **Award Title text   Journey to Planet Earth: An Annual Report       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,788,688.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Marilyn Weiner                                  

  **Sponsor:**         SCREENSCOPE, Inc.                               

                       4330 Yuma Street, NW Washington ,District of    
                       Columbia 20016                                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Screenscope, Inc. is                                                 
  producing three                                                      
  annual \"state of                                                    
  the environment\"                                                    
  reports. The reports                                                 
  will consist of a                                                    
  yearly,                                                              
  ninety-minute,                                                       
  prime-time public                                                    
  television program                                                   
  and an extensive                                                     
  outreach initiative                                                  
  to engage families                                                   
  and the public in a                                                  
  variety of                                                           
  educational                                                          
  activities. The                                                      
  television programs                                                  
  will: Present an                                                     
  up-to-date \"state                                                   
  of the environment\"                                                 
  assessment of                                                        
  ecosystem                                                            
  performance and                                                      
  human health.                                                        
  Feature the year\'s                                                  
  most important                                                       
  environmental                                                        
  incidents. Highlight                                                 
  the year\'s most                                                     
  cutting-edge                                                         
  scientific                                                           
  breakthroughs and                                                    
  research dealing                                                     
  with environmental                                                   
  issues. Focus on                                                     
  community programs                                                   
  that have helped                                                     
  improve the quality                                                  
  of the environment                                                   
  over the past year.                                                  
  The outreach                                                         
  initiative will                                                      
  include: A Citizen                                                   
  Science Project with                                                 
  strong emphasis on                                                   
  family participation                                                 
  Neighborhood                                                         
  workshops and                                                        
  coalitions organized                                                 
  by local PBS                                                         
  stations in                                                          
  association with the                                                 
  American Association                                                 
  for Advancement of                                                   
  Science and the                                                      
  World Resources                                                      
  Institute. An                                                        
  interactive web                                                      
  component including                                                  
  real-time                                                            
  environmental                                                        
  satellite data and                                                   
  visualizations.                                                      
  Local and national                                                   
  media events                                                         
  featuring the yearly                                                 
  release of a \"State                                                 
  of the Environment\"                                                 
  report. Partnerships                                                 
  will be developed                                                    
  with environmental                                                   
  organizations to                                                     
  help promote and                                                     
  implement the                                                        
  initiative\'s                                                        
  informal education                                                   
  activities. The                                                      
  project will be                                                      
  under the direction                                                  
  of Marilyn and Hal                                                   
  Weiner with the                                                      
  television programs                                                  
  being produced by                                                    
  their company,                                                       
  Screenscope. Anthony                                                 
  Janetos, Vice                                                        
  President and Chief                                                  
  of Programs at the                                                   
  World Resources                                                      
  Institute will have                                                  
  oversight                                                            
  responsibility for                                                   
  the science                                                          
  information                                                          
  presented in the                                                     
  Annual Report.                                                       
  Project advisors                                                     
  include: Bonnie                                                      
  Cohen, former Under                                                  
  Secretary of State                                                   
  for Management and                                                   
  Board member of CARE                                                 
  Chet Cooper, former                                                  
  Deputy Director,                                                     
  Emerging                                                             
  Technologies,                                                        
  Battelle/Pacific                                                     
  Northwest National                                                   
  Laboratory Robert                                                    
  Fri, Senior Fellow                                                   
  Emeritus at                                                          
  Resources for the                                                    
  Future and former                                                    
  Director of the                                                      
  National Museum of                                                   
  Natural History                                                      
  Edward Frieman,                                                      
  Director Emeritus at                                                 
  of the Scripps                                                       
  Institution of                                                       
  Oceanography and                                                     
  Vice Chancellor of                                                   
  the University of                                                    
  California Nay Htun,                                                 
  Dean of the                                                          
  University of Peace                                                  
  and former Assistant                                                 
  Secretary-General,                                                   
  United Nations                                                       
  Development                                                          
  Programme. Thomas                                                    
  Lovejoy, Science                                                     
  Advisor to the World                                                 
  Bank and the UN                                                      
  Foundation Jessica                                                   
  Tuchman Mathews,                                                     
  President of the                                                     
  Carnegie Endowment                                                   
  for International                                                    
  Peace Per                                                            
  Pinstrup-Andersen,                                                   
  Director-General,                                                    
  International Food                                                   
  Policy Research                                                      
  Institute Maurice                                                    
  Strong, Chairman,                                                    
  Earth council and                                                    
  former                                                               
  Secretary-General of                                                 
  the United Nations                                                   
  Earth Summit in Rio                                                  
  de Janeiro There                                                     
  also will be science                                                 
  advisors for each of                                                 
  the individual                                                       
  episodes.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0205820                                         

  **Award Title text   Fossil Mysteries at the San Diego Natural       
  :**                  History Museum                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,000,000.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Paisley Cato                                    

  **Sponsor:**         San Diego Society of Natural History            

                       PO Box 121390 San Diego ,California 92112       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The San Diego                                                        
  Society of Natural                                                   
  History (SDSNH) will                                                 
  design, fabricate                                                    
  and install a 9,000                                                  
  square foot                                                          
  permanent exhibition                                                 
  exploring the                                                        
  fundamental                                                          
  scientific concepts                                                  
  of paleontology,                                                     
  geology, biology and                                                 
  ecology as they                                                      
  pertain to                                                           
  prehistoric southern                                                 
  California and the                                                   
  peninsula of Baja                                                    
  California. Playing                                                  
  the role of                                                          
  paleontologist,                                                      
  visitors will be                                                     
  invited to ponder a                                                  
  mystery, explore the                                                 
  setting, examine the                                                 
  evidence, and use                                                    
  scientific tools to                                                  
  discover answers.                                                    
  Carefully crafted                                                    
  settings will                                                        
  support exploration                                                  
  that engages                                                         
  learners of all ages                                                 
  at levels for both                                                   
  novice and                                                           
  experienced                                                          
  learners. Visitors                                                   
  will discover how                                                    
  natural patterns                                                     
  reveal natural                                                       
  processes, and                                                       
  examine the                                                          
  relationship between                                                 
  past, present and                                                    
  future. Focused                                                      
  activities will                                                      
  enable visitors to                                                   
  exercise their                                                       
  skills of                                                            
  observation and                                                      
  critical thinking,                                                   
  with exhibits that                                                   
  promote learning in                                                  
  a family context.                                                    
  The exhibits and                                                     
  activities focus on                                                  
  the Museum\'s                                                        
  collections and                                                      
  research, and are                                                    
  grounded in                                                          
  comprehensive                                                        
  visitor research                                                     
  supporting exhibit                                                   
  development. The                                                     
  exhibition and                                                       
  related science                                                      
  education materials                                                  
  will demonstrate how                                                 
  these fundamental                                                    
  concepts can be                                                      
  investigated in a                                                    
  regional setting.                                                    
  Visitors will extend                                                 
  their learning                                                       
  experience beyond                                                    
  the museum through a                                                 
  content-rich                                                         
  interactive website,                                                 
  a popular book on                                                    
  regional geology and                                                 
  paleontology, and                                                    
  related public                                                       
  programs and fossil                                                  
  displays at regional                                                 
  nature centers near                                                  
  the actual discovery                                                 
  sites. Exhibition                                                    
  planning, program                                                    
  evaluation and                                                       
  visitor research                                                     
  will be widely                                                       
  disseminated as                                                      
  contributions to the                                                 
  literature on best                                                   
  practices for                                                        
  interpretation of                                                    
  prehistoric life and                                                 
  landscapes                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0205843                                         

  **Award Title text    Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or     
  :**                   Aquarium: A Multi-institutional Research        
                        Project                                         

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.    Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 08-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$901,686.00                                    

  **Investigator:**     Bruce Carr                                      

  **Sponsor:**          American Zoo & Aquarium Association             

                        8403 Colesville Road Suite 710 Silver Spring    
                        ,Maryland 209103314                             

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  \"Assessing the                                                       
  Impact of a Visit to                                                  
  a Zoo or Aquarium: A                                                  
  Multi-institutional                                                   
  Research Project\"                                                    
  will create a                                                         
  functional taxonomy                                                   
  of zoo/aquarium                                                       
  visitors\' entering                                                   
  knowledge, attitudes                                                  
  and behaviors. This                                                   
  taxonomy, in                                                          
  conjunction with data                                                 
  about the specific                                                    
  experiences visitors                                                  
  have during their                                                     
  visit, will enable                                                    
  investigators to                                                      
  understand and                                                        
  predict the                                                           
  contribution of zoos                                                  
  and aquariums to the                                                  
  public understanding                                                  
  of animals and their                                                  
  conservation. The                                                     
  results will clarify                                                  
  the role of zoos and                                                  
  aquariums as centers                                                  
  of informal learning                                                  
  and point to ways to                                                  
  strengthen their                                                      
  educational impact.                                                   
  The AZA convened a                                                    
  national advisory                                                     
  committee that                                                        
  commissioned and                                                      
  completed a thorough                                                  
  review, confirming a                                                  
  critical need to                                                      
  conduct more                                                          
  research,                                                             
  particularly research                                                 
  that attempts to ask                                                  
  broad questions,                                                      
  collect data                                                          
  systematically, and                                                   
  includes sufficient                                                   
  number and types of                                                   
  institutions to                                                       
  permit community-wide                                                 
  generalizations.                                                      
  Twelve AZA                                                            
  institutions of                                                       
  various sizes,                                                        
  geographic regions                                                    
  and types will                                                        
  participate in the                                                    
  study. The net result                                                 
  of the study will be                                                  
  a descriptive model                                                   
  of zoo and aquarium                                                   
  visitor learning                                                      
  experiences and                                                       
  development of a set                                                  
  of diagnostic tools                                                   
  to help zoo and                                                       
  aquaria staff                                                         
  understand and                                                        
  enhance the nature                                                    
  and extent of their                                                   
  public impact.                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0205883                                         

  **Award Title text   Explore It! Science Investigations in           
  :**                  Out-of-School Programs                          

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,022,130.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Bernard Zubrowski                               

  **Sponsor:**         Education Development Center                    

                       55 Chapel Street Newton ,Massachusetts          
                       024581060                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Educational                                                      
  Develpoment Center                                                   
  (EDC) and National                                                   
  Institute on                                                         
  Out-of-School Time                                                   
  (NIOST), in                                                          
  collaboration with                                                   
  science centers in                                                   
  AZ, MA, TX, NY, NC                                                   
  and CA, will develop                                                 
  and implement a                                                      
  science curriculum                                                   
  for informal                                                         
  audiences targeting                                                  
  children ages 8-12.                                                  
  Each science center                                                  
  will work with six                                                   
  community centers                                                    
  that serve youth in                                                  
  after-school                                                         
  programs. Science                                                    
  center staff will                                                    
  train after-school                                                   
  program leaders from                                                 
  the 36 community                                                     
  centers at monthly                                                   
  sessions, in                                                         
  addition to holding                                                  
  monthly events for                                                   
  families. Curriculum                                                 
  development will use                                                 
  interesting topics                                                   
  aligned with                                                         
  national standards                                                   
  and structure                                                        
  investigations as                                                    
  games using simple                                                   
  materials. The units                                                 
  will enable children                                                 
  to work in teams,                                                    
  and include                                                          
  follow-up,                                                           
  discussion and                                                       
  extended                                                             
  investigations using                                                 
  websites. It is                                                      
  anticipated that                                                     
  each child will                                                      
  complete 4-6 related                                                 
  investigations.                                                      
  While the six                                                        
  science centers will                                                 
  provide the content                                                  
  expertise, EDC and                                                   
  NIOST will develop                                                   
  the training and                                                     
  assessment program                                                   
  and provide                                                          
  additional technical                                                 
  support for the                                                      
  community centers.                                                   
  The result will be a                                                 
  model to support                                                     
  out-of-school                                                        
  programs that                                                        
  combines science                                                     
  centers and                                                          
  community resource                                                   
  people, centered                                                     
  around an                                                            
  activity-based                                                       
  curriculum focused                                                   
  on inquiry. Up to                                                    
  1,000 children will                                                  
  be involved in field                                                 
  tests each summer.                                                   
  This proposal builds                                                 
  on \"Design It!\"                                                    
  (ESI 98-14765),                                                      
  which created an                                                     
  informal science                                                     
  curriculum focused                                                   
  on engineering                                                       
  principles.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0205992                                         

  **Award Title text   \"Forces of Nature\" \-- A Large-format Film    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,158,846.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Lisa Truitt                                     

  **Sponsor:**         National Geographic Television                  

                       1145 17th St., NW Washington ,District of       
                       Columbia 200364688                              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  National Geographic                                                  
  Television, in                                                       
  Collaboration with                                                   
  Graphic Films, is                                                    
  producing a                                                          
  40-minute,                                                           
  large-format,                                                        
  documentary film                                                     
  about the scientific                                                 
  quest to understand                                                  
  some of the most                                                     
  dramatic geological                                                  
  and meteorological                                                   
  events we experience                                                 
  \-- volcanoes,                                                       
  earthquakes and                                                      
  violent storms. The                                                  
  goals of the film                                                    
  are to inform                                                        
  audiences about                                                      
  geological and                                                       
  meteorological                                                       
  forces which greatly                                                 
  impact our planet,                                                   
  present the                                                          
  scientific research                                                  
  being performed in                                                   
  an effort to                                                         
  understand and                                                       
  predict these                                                        
  forces, portray                                                      
  scientific role                                                      
  models and to                                                        
  stimulate a greater                                                  
  appreciation and                                                     
  interest in the                                                      
  Earth sciences.                                                      
  Informal education                                                   
  outreach will                                                        
  include: A \"Forces                                                  
  of Nature\" website                                                  
  that will include                                                    
  educational                                                          
  resources targeted                                                   
  to the general                                                       
  audience as well as                                                  
  to students and                                                      
  teachers. Museum and                                                 
  Family Activity                                                      
  Guides The National                                                  
  Geographic Society                                                   
  will support public                                                  
  programs at                                                          
  science-technology                                                   
  centers by providing                                                 
  access to scientists                                                 
  who work in the                                                      
  areas of science                                                     
  covered in the film.                                                 
  National                                                             
  Geographic\'s cable                                                  
  program Explorer                                                     
  (carried on MSNBC)                                                   
  will produce a                                                       
  themed show around                                                   
  \"Forces of Nature\"                                                 
  to coincide with the                                                 
  launch of the film.                                                  
  A companion book In                                                  
  addition, outreach                                                   
  materials for formal                                                 
  education will                                                       
  include: A \"Forces                                                  
  of Nature\"                                                          
  Teacher\'s Guide A                                                   
  teacher training                                                     
  seminar to be                                                        
  conducted at the                                                     
  first 20 theaters in                                                 
  the U.S. that lease                                                  
  the film Workshops                                                   
  at the national                                                      
  conferences of the                                                   
  National Science                                                     
  Teachers                                                             
  Association, the                                                     
  National Council for                                                 
  the Social Studies                                                   
  and the National                                                     
  Council for                                                          
  Geographic                                                           
  Education.                                                           
  Instructional                                                        
  information in                                                       
  National Geographic                                                  
  for Kids, the                                                        
  classroom magazine                                                   
  for elementary                                                       
  school students in                                                   
  grades 3-6. The                                                      
  Executive Producer                                                   
  for the film will be                                                 
  Lisa Truitt. George                                                  
  Casey will be the                                                    
  Producer/Director.                                                   
  The Lead Science                                                     
  Advisors are Stephen                                                 
  Schneider, Professor                                                 
  of Environmental                                                     
  Biology and Global                                                   
  Change, Stanford                                                     
  University; James                                                    
  Shymansky, Professor                                                 
  of Science                                                           
  Education,                                                           
  University of                                                        
  Missouri-St. Louis;                                                  
  and James Walker,                                                    
  Professor Emeritus,                                                  
  Space Physics                                                        
  Research Lab,                                                        
  Department of                                                        
  Atmospheric, Oceanic                                                 
  and Space Science,                                                   
  University of                                                        
  Michigan.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206046                                         

  **Award Title text   The Brain: The Final Frontier (Production       
  :**                  Proposal)                                       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,836,683.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    JoAnna Baldwin-Mallory                          

  **Sponsor:**         Massachusetts General Hospital                  

                       Research Management 50 Staniford Street, 10th   
                       Floor Boston ,Massachusetts 02114               

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Massachusetts                                                        
  General Hospital,                                                    
  representing                                                         
  Partners HealthCare                                                  
  System, Inc., is                                                     
  producing a large                                                    
  format film on the                                                   
  brain that is                                                        
  designed to increase                                                 
  the popular                                                          
  understanding of                                                     
  brain biology and                                                    
  recent advances in                                                   
  neuroscience. Framed                                                 
  within the larger                                                    
  question of the                                                      
  unique abilities of                                                  
  the human mind, the                                                  
  project will take an                                                 
  interdisciplinary                                                    
  look at brain                                                        
  science and raise                                                    
  questions about the                                                  
  nature and                                                           
  biological basis of                                                  
  diverse aspects of                                                   
  human experience                                                     
  including                                                            
  consciousness. By                                                    
  following a rider in                                                 
  the Tour de France,                                                  
  the film will                                                        
  illustrate how the                                                   
  brain functions in                                                   
  both normal and                                                      
  stressful                                                            
  situations. Major                                                    
  sequences will                                                       
  explore vision,                                                      
  memory and emotion.                                                  
  Slightly shorter                                                     
  sequences will delve                                                 
  into imagination and                                                 
  creativity,                                                          
  language, dreams and                                                 
  pain. Brief                                                          
  \"interludes\" will                                                  
  allow the film to                                                    
  reflect on the brain                                                 
  as it is represented                                                 
  in a range of human                                                  
  capabilities.                                                        
  Finally, the film                                                    
  turns it attention                                                   
  to consciousness,                                                    
  self-awareness and                                                   
  the totality of                                                      
  experiencing life as                                                 
  a human. Outreach                                                    
  components of the                                                    
  project include: A                                                   
  weeklong national                                                    
  symposium for museum                                                 
  educators, teachers,                                                 
  and community                                                        
  organizations from                                                   
  all regions of the                                                   
  country. Follow up                                                   
  regional \"Brain                                                     
  Workshops\" designed                                                 
  to provide more                                                      
  focused project                                                      
  support. \"The                                                       
  Brain: Exploratory                                                   
  Trips Into the Final                                                 
  Frontier\" \-- An                                                    
  Educator/Student                                                     
  Activity Guide Fun                                                   
  Facts Family Guide                                                   
  to \"The Brain\" An                                                  
  Educational Lobby                                                    
  Kiosk \"Head Trip: A                                                 
  Voyage Through the                                                   
  Young Human Mind\"                                                   
  \-- An illustrated                                                   
  instructional                                                        
  brochure A Brain                                                     
  Website The film                                                     
  will be directed by                                                  
  Bayley Silleck whose                                                 
  prior large format                                                   
  films include                                                        
  \"Cosmic Voyage\"                                                    
  and \"Lost Worlds:                                                   
  Life in the                                                          
  Balance.\" The lead                                                  
  scientific advisors                                                  
  are Dr. Dennis                                                       
  Selkow, Professor of                                                 
  Neurology and                                                        
  Neuroscience at                                                      
  Harvard Medical                                                      
  School, and Dr. Anne                                                 
  Young, Julieanne                                                     
  Dorn Professor of                                                    
  Neurology at Harvard                                                 
  Medical School.                                                      
  There also will be a                                                 
  seven-member                                                         
  advisory committee                                                   
  composed of                                                          
  neuroscientists,                                                     
  psychologists and                                                    
  philosophers.                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206136                                         

  **Award Title text   Jellies: The Once and Future Kings \-- A        
  :**                  Traveling Exhibition                            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,871,228.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Bonnie Epstein                                  

  **Sponsor:**         New England Aquarium Corporation                

                       Central Wharf Boston ,Massachusetts 021103399   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The New England                                                      
  Aquarium proposes to                                                 
  develop a traveling                                                  
  exhibition based on                                                  
  recent research                                                      
  implicating human                                                    
  activities in the                                                    
  worldwide increase                                                   
  in jellies. Humans                                                   
  are changing oceans                                                  
  so that they are                                                     
  becoming more                                                        
  suitable for jellies                                                 
  than for fish. The                                                   
  exhibition is                                                        
  expected to reach 12                                                 
  million people \--                                                   
  primarily families                                                   
  with school-aged                                                     
  children \-- across                                                  
  the nation. No jelly                                                 
  exhibit to date has                                                  
  shown jellies as                                                     
  important indicator                                                  
  species and                                                          
  ecosystem linchpins.                                                 
  Dissemination will                                                   
  include materials                                                    
  and programs for                                                     
  school and community                                                 
  outreach. A Sea                                                      
  Jelly Activity Kit                                                   
  and a community                                                      
  art/science program                                                  
  will be developed.                                                   
  In each year of the                                                  
  project                                                              
  approximately 100                                                    
  urban teens will                                                     
  intern in the jelly                                                  
  culturing facility,                                                  
  where they can learn                                                 
  about the science of                                                 
  culturing jellies                                                    
  and present their                                                    
  experiences to the                                                   
  public.                                                              
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206184                                         

  **Award Title text   Commercial Television News as a Vehicle for     
  :**                  Enhancing Public Understanding of Research      
                       (PUR)                                           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$3,999,513.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Eliene Augenbraun                               

  **Sponsor:**         ScienCentral Incorporated                       

                       248 W35th St 17th flr New York ,New York        
                       100012505                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Over three years,                                                    
  Science Central is                                                   
  producing 624                                                        
  television segments                                                  
  that will present                                                    
  current, ongoing                                                     
  research through                                                     
  local newscasts on                                                   
  ABC and NBC stations                                                 
  nationwide. In                                                       
  addition to the                                                      
  regular research                                                     
  segments,                                                            
  ScienCentral will                                                    
  produce six                                                          
  \"sweeps\" series                                                    
  per year focusing on                                                 
  important new fields                                                 
  of research                                                          
  including:                                                           
  nanotechnology,                                                      
  genetics/genomics,                                                   
  ocean science,                                                       
  global climate                                                       
  change and brain                                                     
  sciences. An                                                         
  advisory board of                                                    
  scientists,                                                          
  teachers, science                                                    
  journalists and                                                      
  public information                                                   
  officers help inform                                                 
  the producers about                                                  
  individual stories                                                   
  and evolving fields                                                  
  of research, and                                                     
  they provide access                                                  
  to scientists and                                                    
  field research. They                                                 
  also provide                                                         
  scientific input and                                                 
  check the stories                                                    
  for accuracy. To                                                     
  facilitate                                                           
  production and to                                                    
  assure that research                                                 
  is covered on an                                                     
  international basis,                                                 
  ScienCentral will                                                    
  establish a footage                                                  
  consortium to                                                        
  exchange science                                                     
  news video with                                                      
  major Canadian and                                                   
  European                                                             
  newscasters. They                                                    
  also will provide                                                    
  the news stories to                                                  
  science centers for                                                  
  use in their                                                         
  interactive exhibits                                                 
  and web sites.                                                       
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0206221                                         

  **Award Title text   Predicting the Future: The Science and          
  :**                  Technology of Weather Forecasting               

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,048,027.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Cary Sneider                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Museum of Science                               

                       Science Park Boston ,Massachusetts 02114        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Building on an                                                       
  institution-wide                                                     
  strategic initiative                                                 
  to interpret the                                                     
  process of science                                                   
  for informal                                                         
  learners of all                                                      
  ages, the Museum of                                                  
  Science will work                                                    
  over four years to                                                   
  develop, evaluate                                                    
  and implement a                                                      
  project to                                                           
  communicate the                                                      
  processes of science                                                 
  through weather                                                      
  forecasting. The                                                     
  project is based on                                                  
  the idea that                                                        
  processes involved                                                   
  in short-term                                                        
  weather forecasting                                                  
  are basic to the                                                     
  process of science.                                                  
  MOS proposes to                                                      
  create a 1,800                                                       
  square foot exhibit,                                                 
  programs for                                                         
  students and                                                         
  teachers, an                                                         
  interactive website,                                                 
  and one-minute                                                       
  television spots                                                     
  aimed at helping                                                     
  people understand                                                    
  weather forecasting.                                                 
  The project is                                                       
  grounded in MOS                                                      
  strategic commitment                                                 
  to engaging people                                                   
  in the activity of                                                   
  science and the use                                                  
  of new technologies.                                                 
  The major component                                                  
  of the project is an                                                 
  exhibition of                                                        
  weather in which                                                     
  visitors will learn                                                  
  how to forecast the                                                  
  weather over the                                                     
  next few hours using                                                 
  different levels of                                                  
  technology,                                                          
  including naked eye                                                  
  observations, data                                                   
  from weather maps,                                                   
  and real-time images                                                 
  from space                                                           
  satellites and                                                       
  ground radar                                                         
  stations. Ancillary                                                  
  programs include                                                     
  educational                                                          
  materials for over                                                   
  100 WeatherNet                                                       
  schools in New                                                       
  England, an                                                          
  interactive website                                                  
  that will reach                                                      
  several hundred                                                      
  thousand users, and                                                  
  television spots on                                                  
  the process of                                                       
  weather forecasting                                                  
  to be aired on                                                       
  WBZ-TV Channel 4.                                                    
  Over the course of                                                   
  its life the project                                                 
  will engage several                                                  
  million children and                                                 
  adults in the                                                        
  process of science.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206324                                         

  **Award Title text   National Public Radio\'s Talk of the Nation     
  :**                  Science Friday                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,050,000.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Kevin Klose                                     

  **Sponsor:**         National Public Radio                           

                       635 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington          
                       ,District of Columbia 200013753                 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The long-running and                                                 
  highly successful                                                    
  National Public                                                      
  Radio series                                                         
  \"Science Friday\"                                                   
  is venturing in new                                                  
  directions. Given                                                    
  that basic research                                                  
  underlies all of the                                                 
  technological                                                        
  advances influencing                                                 
  our world and that                                                   
  tax dollars pay for                                                  
  that research, the                                                   
  public needs to be                                                   
  informed about the                                                   
  basics of research.                                                  
  To address this need                                                 
  for public                                                           
  education, \"Science                                                 
  Friday\" will                                                        
  examine the                                                          
  importance of                                                        
  research as a theme                                                  
  underlying all                                                       
  science and                                                          
  technology changes                                                   
  by: Finding the                                                      
  research roots at                                                    
  the bottom of each                                                   
  story; Exploring the                                                 
  cooperation among                                                    
  corporations,                                                        
  private                                                              
  institutions, and                                                    
  research foundations                                                 
  and illuminating how                                                 
  each plays a role in                                                 
  the research                                                         
  process; Following                                                   
  the research                                                         
  \"bumps\" along the                                                  
  road to illustrate                                                   
  that research                                                        
  success depends upon                                                 
  failures \-- not all                                                 
  research produces                                                    
  positive results;                                                    
  Illuminating the                                                     
  barriers to                                                          
  successful research;                                                 
  Helping listeners                                                    
  understand the                                                       
  thought process of                                                   
  researchers; Scaling                                                 
  the \"ivory tower\"                                                  
  by enabling                                                          
  listeners to                                                         
  question and talk                                                    
  directly with                                                        
  researchers; and                                                     
  Helping listeners                                                    
  understand the role                                                  
  of basic research in                                                 
  policy-making. Ira                                                   
  Flatow, the host,                                                    
  will take \"Science                                                  
  Friday\" on the road                                                 
  and produce programs                                                 
  in Oklahoma, Iowa,                                                   
  Michigan,                                                            
  Massachusetts,                                                       
  Arizona and other                                                    
  locations. He also                                                   
  will visit schools                                                   
  and universities and                                                 
  will speak at public                                                 
  events. NPR also                                                     
  will reactivate the                                                  
  \"Science Friday                                                     
  Kids Connection\"                                                    
  which will take each                                                 
  week\'s program and                                                  
  its guest scientists                                                 
  directly into                                                        
  classrooms across                                                    
  the country.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206350                                         

  **Award Title text   Skyscraper: Achievement and Impact \-- A        
  :**                  Permanent Exhibition                            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,674,618.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Wayne LaBar                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Liberty Science Center, Inc.                    

                       251 Phillip St. Jersey City ,New Jersey         
                       073064403                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Liberty Science                                                  
  Center, located                                                      
  across the Hudson                                                    
  River from the                                                       
  former World Trade                                                   
  Center, will                                                         
  develop, evaluate                                                    
  and install an 8,000                                                 
  square foot,                                                         
  five-story permanent                                                 
  exhibition about the                                                 
  architectural design                                                 
  and engineering,                                                     
  physics, and                                                         
  urban-related                                                        
  environmental                                                        
  science of                                                           
  skyscrapers. The                                                     
  exhibit will use a                                                   
  vertical space that                                                  
  includes a view                                                      
  overlooking southern                                                 
  Manhatten, the                                                       
  former World Trade                                                   
  Center, and one of                                                   
  the most famous                                                      
  urban skylines in                                                    
  the world. The                                                       
  exhibition is                                                        
  organized around                                                     
  three basic theme                                                    
  areas and is                                                         
  balanced between the                                                 
  advantages and                                                       
  disadvantages of                                                     
  skyscrapers.                                                         
  Visitors enter the                                                   
  exhibit through                                                      
  SKYSCRAPER WORLD, an                                                 
  advance organizer                                                    
  that sets the stage                                                  
  for the exhibit and                                                  
  identifies possible                                                  
  wayfinding pathways                                                  
  through other areas.                                                 
  BUILDING THE                                                         
  BUILDING (second and                                                 
  third levels)                                                        
  addresses principles                                                 
  in the design and                                                    
  construction of                                                      
  skyscrapers, while                                                   
  HABITAT AND IMPACT                                                   
  (fourth level)                                                       
  describes patterns                                                   
  of adaptation in the                                                 
  ecosystems created                                                   
  by skyscrapers. An                                                   
  outdoor observation                                                  
  deck (fifth level)                                                   
  facing the Manhattan                                                 
  skyline and the                                                      
  former World Trade                                                   
  Center, provides the                                                 
  opportunity for                                                      
  skyline programming.                                                 
  What is a Rooftop,                                                   
  Rooftop Garden, and                                                  
  Skyline Clock,                                                       
  assisted by                                                          
  binocular telescopes                                                 
  for observing                                                        
  detail, are                                                          
  interactive programs                                                 
  that use the skyline                                                 
  as a teaching tool.                                                  
  Taking advantage of                                                  
  the dramatic skyline                                                 
  seen from the                                                        
  Science Center, the                                                  
  project will                                                         
  document changing                                                    
  public attitudes                                                     
  about skyscrapers                                                    
  and analyze patterns                                                 
  of visitor traffic                                                   
  and wayfinding in a                                                  
  five-story                                                           
  exhibition tower.                                                    
  The exhibit is                                                       
  supported by                                                         
  mediated public                                                      
  programs in LSC and                                                  
  by experiences for                                                   
  school audiences,                                                    
  both at LSC and in                                                   
  local schools.                                                       
  Although                                                             
  \"Skyscraper\" is                                                    
  primarily an                                                         
  informal learning                                                    
  experience, it has                                                   
  significant linkages                                                 
  to formal in-school                                                  
  programs.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206377                                         

  **Award Title text   Windows on Research                             
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,488,216.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Marco Molinaro                                  

  **Sponsor:**         University of California-Berkeley               

                       Sponsored Projects Office 336 Sproul Hall       
                       Berkeley ,California 947205940                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The University of                                                    
  California, Berkeley                                                 
  is developing                                                        
  \"Windows on                                                         
  Research,\" a                                                        
  two-year                                                             
  experimental exhibit                                                 
  project at the                                                       
  Lawrence Hall of                                                     
  Science focused on                                                   
  engaging and                                                         
  informing the public                                                 
  about current                                                        
  scientific research.                                                 
  The project will                                                     
  develop and evaluate                                                 
  different media to                                                   
  translate the                                                        
  leading edge of                                                      
  nanotechnology                                                       
  research for the                                                     
  science center                                                       
  audience by                                                          
  featuring live                                                       
  demonstrations and                                                   
  presentations,                                                       
  physical- and                                                        
  technology-based                                                     
  exhibits, and                                                        
  Internet-based                                                       
  exhibits. Formative                                                  
  evaluation of all                                                    
  products, including                                                  
  ongoing public focus                                                 
  groups and surveys,                                                  
  will be used to                                                      
  establish which of                                                   
  the several media,                                                   
  alone or combined,                                                   
  work best to                                                         
  communicate research                                                 
  content. The project                                                 
  team also is                                                         
  developing new                                                       
  assessment tools to                                                  
  test usability and                                                   
  effectiveness of the                                                 
  artificial                                                           
  intelligence and                                                     
  technology-based                                                     
  components in                                                        
  conveying content.                                                   
  The results of this                                                  
  prototype effort to                                                  
  present ongoing                                                      
  research in a museum                                                 
  setting will be                                                      
  disseminated to the                                                  
  informal science                                                     
  education field. The                                                 
  PI, Marco Molinaro,                                                  
  and the team from                                                    
  the Lawrence Hall of                                                 
  Science will work                                                    
  closely with                                                         
  scientists                                                           
  representing                                                         
  research in a number                                                 
  of nanotechnology                                                    
  fields. These                                                        
  scientists bring                                                     
  expertise in the                                                     
  areas of materials                                                   
  science, chemistry,                                                  
  education,                                                           
  bioengineering,                                                      
  mechanical                                                           
  engineering,                                                         
  molecular and cell                                                   
  biology,                                                             
  geochronology and                                                    
  isotope                                                              
  geochemistry, and                                                    
  psychology.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206382                                         

  **Award Title text   Community Partnerships Serving Science          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$779,949.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    David Chittenden                                

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Science Museum                                                   
  of Minnesota would                                                   
  like to create a                                                     
  network of                                                           
  partnerships between                                                 
  the museum and small                                                 
  community-based                                                      
  science                                                              
  organizations                                                        
  (CBSOs). CBSOs will                                                  
  receive professional                                                 
  development                                                          
  workshops to                                                         
  increase their                                                       
  capacity to produce                                                  
  high quality                                                         
  exhibits and                                                         
  publications and                                                     
  offer effective                                                      
  science programming.                                                 
  A team from each                                                     
  science organization                                                 
  will participate in                                                  
  a 12-hour skills                                                     
  development workshop                                                 
  to cover such topics                                                 
  as exhibit                                                           
  development,                                                         
  audience research,                                                   
  science                                                              
  communication and                                                    
  program development.                                                 
  A workshop \"tool                                                    
  kit\" will capture                                                   
  the essence of the                                                   
  training workshops                                                   
  and be made                                                          
  available to other                                                   
  museums. Each team                                                   
  will develop a small                                                 
  traveling exhibit                                                    
  and supporting                                                       
  materials. Annual                                                    
  Science Summit                                                       
  programs will                                                        
  showcase the CBSOs                                                   
  to the general                                                       
  public, museum                                                       
  visitors and                                                         
  students, while a                                                    
  CBSO Roundtable will                                                 
  invite the                                                           
  participants to                                                      
  explore                                                              
  collaborations and                                                   
  programming                                                          
  strategies. An                                                       
  online database will                                                 
  be created and a                                                     
  complimentary                                                        
  printed resource                                                     
  guide of all local                                                   
  CBSOs will be                                                        
  available to the                                                     
  public. The model                                                    
  will be tested at                                                    
  two small science                                                    
  centers, the Kirby                                                   
  Science Discovery                                                    
  Center in Sioux                                                      
  Falls, SD, and at                                                    
  the Headwaters                                                       
  Science Center in                                                    
  Bemidji, MN. It is                                                   
  anticipated that 72                                                  
  organizations and                                                    
  450 CBSO staff                                                       
  members will be                                                      
  served by this                                                       
  project, in addition                                                 
  to over 5,000                                                        
  members of the                                                       
  general public.                                                      
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206399                                         

  **Award Title text   Build Your Internet: An Exhibition to Foster    
  :**                  Public Understanding and Participation          

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$981,928.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Peggy Monahan                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Tech Museum of Innovation                       

                       145 West San Carlos Street San Jose ,California 
                       951132006                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Tech Museum of                                                   
  Innovation is                                                        
  producing a 3,000                                                    
  square-foot                                                          
  permanent                                                            
  exhibition,                                                          
  complementary online                                                 
  acitivities, and a                                                   
  Design Challenge                                                     
  curriculum to engage                                                 
  visitors in the                                                      
  exploration of                                                       
  Internet                                                             
  techologies. The                                                     
  goals of the project                                                 
  are to enhance the                                                   
  technological                                                        
  literacy of middle                                                   
  school students,                                                     
  provide the general                                                  
  public with tools,                                                   
  experience, and                                                      
  confidence to                                                        
  participate in                                                       
  shaping the future                                                   
  of the internet, and                                                 
  advance the informal                                                 
  science education                                                    
  community through                                                    
  applied research in                                                  
  networked exhibit                                                    
  technology. Two                                                      
  distinct features of                                                 
  the exhibit are: 1)                                                  
  The Smart Museum, a                                                  
  computer network                                                     
  linking gallery and                                                  
  online expereinces,                                                  
  and 2) \"dynamic                                                     
  content,\" a set of                                                  
  strategies for rapid                                                 
  exhibit updates that                                                 
  will mirror the                                                      
  changing Internet                                                    
  for the life of the                                                  
  exhibition. The                                                      
  Design Challenge                                                     
  curriculum will be                                                   
  used at the museum,                                                  
  in outreach to                                                       
  classrooms and                                                       
  community centers,                                                   
  and in training                                                      
  sessions for science                                                 
  educators. The                                                       
  summative research                                                   
  will be shared with                                                  
  the science                                                          
  education community                                                  
  via The Tech\'s web                                                  
  site as well as                                                      
  professional                                                         
  seminars,                                                            
  publications and                                                     
  conferences.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206403                                         

  **Award Title text   Technoquest                                     
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,821,569.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Raymond Vandiver                                

  **Sponsor:**         Oregon Museum of Science and Industry           

                       1945 SE Water Ave. Portland ,Oregon 972143354   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Oregon Museum of                                                 
  Science and Industry                                                 
  (OMSI) will design,                                                  
  develop, evaluate                                                    
  and install                                                          
  \"Technoquest,\" a                                                   
  permanent 6,000                                                      
  square foot                                                          
  interactive                                                          
  technology                                                           
  exhibition for                                                       
  families,                                                            
  underrepresented                                                     
  groups, school                                                       
  groups and OMSI\'s                                                   
  general audience.                                                    
  \"Technoquest\" will                                                 
  fill OMSI\'s                                                         
  Technology Hall with                                                 
  a suite of highly                                                    
  interactive,                                                         
  exciting and                                                         
  engaging hands-on                                                    
  educational                                                          
  exhibits, computer                                                   
  simulations, audio                                                   
  and video                                                            
  components, text,                                                    
  graphics and                                                         
  artifacts. The                                                       
  exhibition hall will                                                 
  be divided into five                                                 
  thematic areas:                                                      
  industrial                                                           
  technology                                                           
  (robotics), medical                                                  
  technology,                                                          
  transportation                                                       
  technology, computer                                                 
  technology and                                                       
  communications                                                       
  technology. Other                                                    
  experiences will                                                     
  include a                                                            
  quick-change area                                                    
  for rapidly                                                          
  exhibiting emerging                                                  
  technologies and a                                                   
  Technology Lab where                                                 
  activities conveying                                                 
  a deeper                                                             
  understanding of the                                                 
  general principles                                                   
  of technology will                                                   
  be presented.                                                        
  Ancillary                                                            
  educational                                                          
  materials will be                                                    
  disseminated to the                                                  
  general public and                                                   
  to educators via                                                     
  print, the                                                           
  exhibition website,                                                  
  teacher workshops                                                    
  and professional                                                     
  development                                                          
  workshops for                                                        
  informal science                                                     
  educators. Content                                                   
  of the exhibition                                                    
  and ancillary                                                        
  materials will focus                                                 
  on general                                                           
  educational                                                          
  principles                                                           
  established by the                                                   
  International                                                        
  Technology Education                                                 
  Association (ITEA)                                                   
  that emphasize the                                                   
  processes common to                                                  
  all forms of                                                         
  technology and that                                                  
  align with state and                                                 
  national science                                                     
  standards. Principal                                                 
  concepts include The                                                 
  Nature of                                                            
  Technology,                                                          
  Technology and                                                       
  Society, Design,                                                     
  Abilities in a                                                       
  Technological World,                                                 
  and The Designed                                                     
  World. These                                                         
  principles will be                                                   
  reinforced                                                           
  throughout the                                                       
  exhibition. Each                                                     
  thematic area will                                                   
  highlight all five                                                   
  key principles of                                                    
  technology as                                                        
  defined by the ITEA.                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206411                                         

  **Award Title text   The Living Machine                              
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    10-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,263,515.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Mark Shelley                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Sea Studios Foundation                          

                       810 Cannery Row Monterey ,California 93940      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Sea Studios                                                          
  Foundation is                                                        
  developing a                                                         
  five-hour                                                            
  television-based                                                     
  project that will                                                    
  examine \"Earth                                                      
  System Science,\"                                                    
  which will be                                                        
  produced in                                                          
  association with the                                                 
  National Geographic                                                  
  Society (NGS).                                                       
  Geologists,                                                          
  biologists,                                                          
  oceanographers,                                                      
  climatologists,                                                      
  social scientists                                                    
  and others are                                                       
  joining forces to                                                    
  understand the                                                       
  planet\'s rapidly                                                    
  changing                                                             
  environment. The                                                     
  series will follow                                                   
  the on-going                                                         
  research of these                                                    
  scientists as they                                                   
  investigate the                                                      
  links between                                                        
  Earth\'s geosphere,                                                  
  biosphere,                                                           
  hydrosphere and                                                      
  atmosphere. These                                                    
  programs are planned                                                 
  as the first season                                                  
  of an annual series                                                  
  on the topic.                                                        
  Educational outreach                                                 
  will include a                                                       
  hands-on traveling                                                   
  exhibit to be                                                        
  developed and tested                                                 
  by the Maryland                                                      
  Science Center; an                                                   
  Educator\'s Guide                                                    
  for print and                                                        
  electronic                                                           
  distribution to                                                      
  informal science                                                     
  centers and                                                          
  community                                                            
  organizations; a                                                     
  \"resource toolkit\"                                                 
  to augment the                                                       
  Educator\'s Guide                                                    
  and an Internet site                                                 
  hosted by NGS that                                                   
  provides links to                                                    
  existing and new                                                     
  environmental                                                        
  resources. The                                                       
  series content also                                                  
  will be integrated                                                   
  into several NGS                                                     
  venues including:                                                    
  National Geographic                                                  
  Today, the daily                                                     
  news program on the                                                  
  National Geographic                                                  
  Channel; National                                                    
  Geographic Magazine,                                                 
  which will create a                                                  
  \"global report                                                      
  card\" as an annual                                                  
  feature; and                                                         
  National Geographic                                                  
  for Kids magazine,                                                   
  which is distributed                                                 
  to children in                                                       
  grades three through                                                 
  six. The project                                                     
  advisory board                                                       
  includes: Richard                                                    
  Barber, Professor of                                                 
  Biological                                                           
  Oceanography, Duke                                                   
  University Robert                                                    
  Costanza, Professor                                                  
  of Zoology,                                                          
  University of                                                        
  Maryland Gretchen                                                    
  Daily,                                                               
  Interdisciplinary                                                    
  Research Scientist,                                                  
  Stanford University                                                  
  Robert Dunbar,                                                       
  Specialist in Global                                                 
  Environmental                                                        
  Change, Stanford                                                     
  University Habiba                                                    
  Gitay, Senior                                                        
  Lecturer, National                                                   
  Centre for                                                           
  Development Studies,                                                 
  Asia Pacific School                                                  
  of Economics and                                                     
  Management,                                                          
  Canberra, Australia                                                  
  Michael Glantz,                                                      
  Senior Scientist,                                                    
  the Environmental                                                    
  and Societal Impacts                                                 
  Group, National                                                      
  Center for                                                           
  Atmospheric Research                                                 
  John Katzenberger,                                                   
  Executive Director                                                   
  of Aspen Global                                                      
  change Institute                                                     
  Jane Lubchenco,                                                      
  Professor of Marine                                                  
  Biology, Oregon                                                      
  State University J.                                                  
  R. McNeill,                                                          
  Professor of                                                         
  History, Georgetown                                                  
  University Harold                                                    
  Mooney, Professor of                                                 
  Environmental                                                        
  Biology, Stanford                                                    
  University Steven                                                    
  Schneider, Professor                                                 
  of Environmental                                                     
  Biology and Global                                                   
  Change, Stanford                                                     
  University Brian                                                     
  Walker, Coordinator                                                  
  of the Commonwealth                                                  
  Scientific and                                                       
  Industrial Research                                                  
  Organization\'s                                                      
  Biodiversity Sector,                                                 
  Adelaide, South                                                      
  Australia                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0206816                                         

  **Award Title text   SkyTellers: A Resource for Smaller Community    
  :**                  and School Planetariums                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$286,915.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Stephen Mackwell                                

  **Sponsor:**         Universities Space Research Association         

                       10211 Wincopin Circle Suite 500 Columbia        
                       ,Maryland 210443432                             

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Lunar and                                                        
  Planetary Institute                                                  
  (LPI) will use                                                       
  \$286,915, or 67% of                                                 
  a \$430,373 total                                                    
  project budget, over                                                 
  three years to                                                       
  develop                                                              
  \"SkyTellers,\" a                                                    
  space science and                                                    
  astronomy resource                                                   
  for small informal                                                   
  (and formal)                                                         
  learning settings                                                    
  such as                                                              
  planetariums, museum                                                 
  classes, school and                                                  
  community libraries,                                                 
  youth groups and                                                     
  home school                                                          
  settings. LPI                                                        
  educators and                                                        
  science staff, in                                                    
  consultation with a                                                  
  Native American                                                      
  master story teller,                                                 
  evaluation                                                           
  consultants, and an                                                  
  advisory board, will                                                 
  develop 12 SkyTeller                                                 
  topics. Each                                                         
  SkyTeller topic                                                      
  pairs a myth or                                                      
  legend (primarily                                                    
  but not exclusively                                                  
  Native American)                                                     
  with a relevant                                                      
  science story (Sky                                                   
  Story/Science Story)                                                 
  that explains our                                                    
  current                                                              
  understanding of the                                                 
  phenomenon that the                                                  
  ancient tale sought                                                  
  to explain.                                                          
  Ancillary materials                                                  
  (illustrations                                                       
  produced by LPI                                                      
  graphics staff,                                                      
  images from the                                                      
  latest in space                                                      
  science missions and                                                 
  research) will                                                       
  complete the 12                                                      
  story sets to be                                                     
  used by informal and                                                 
  formal science                                                       
  educators at a                                                       
  variety of venues.                                                   
  Extensive formative                                                  
  and summative                                                        
  evaluation (alpha                                                    
  and beta testing) at                                                 
  multiple test venues                                                 
  is designed to                                                       
  insure high quality                                                  
  informal science                                                     
  education products.                                                  
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0208470                                         

  **Award Title text   The Human Condition: Knowledge and Values in    
  :**                  the Age of Science                              

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,103,443.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Barinetta Scott                                 

  **Sponsor:**         SoundVision Productions                         

                       2991 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley ,California 94705 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  SoundVision                                                          
  Productions is                                                       
  developing and                                                       
  distributing a                                                       
  series of ten,                                                       
  hour-long public                                                     
  radio documentaries                                                  
  that will explore                                                    
  the turbulent                                                        
  boundary between                                                     
  science and the                                                      
  humanities,                                                          
  capturing the                                                        
  present moment of                                                    
  tremendous                                                           
  scientific and                                                       
  scholarly ferment                                                    
  with the unique and                                                  
  intimate power of                                                    
  radio. By                                                            
  introducing the                                                      
  radio audience to                                                    
  the thoughts and                                                     
  voices of some of                                                    
  the world\'s most                                                    
  accomplished                                                         
  scientists, in                                                       
  conversations with                                                   
  the counterparts in                                                  
  the humanities, the                                                  
  series will look at                                                  
  recent developments                                                  
  in science including                                                 
  physics, molecular                                                   
  and cell biology,                                                    
  environmental                                                        
  science, cognitive                                                   
  psychology and                                                       
  neuroscience, and                                                    
  the multiple                                                         
  disciplines of the                                                   
  life sciences                                                        
  reflecting the                                                       
  increasingly subtle                                                  
  and widespread                                                       
  application of                                                       
  evolutionary theory.                                                 
  In each program, a                                                   
  careful account of                                                   
  new scientific ideas                                                 
  and discoveries will                                                 
  be placed within the                                                 
  context of                                                           
  historical and                                                       
  contemporary thought                                                 
  about the human and                                                  
  natural worlds.                                                      
  Barinetta Scott, the                                                 
  Executive Producer,                                                  
  has most recently                                                    
  been the Executive                                                   
  Producer for the                                                     
  highly regarded NSF                                                  
  funded NPR series,                                                   
  \"The DNA Files.\"                                                   
  In developing this                                                   
  project, she will                                                    
  work closely with an                                                 
  advisory committee                                                   
  that includes: John                                                  
  Avise, Research                                                      
  Professor, Dept. of                                                  
  Genetics, University                                                 
  of Georgia Samuel                                                    
  Barondes, Professor                                                  
  and Director of the                                                  
  University of                                                        
  California San                                                       
  Francisco\'s Center                                                  
  for Neurobiology and                                                 
  Psychiatry Terrence                                                  
  Deacon, Associate                                                    
  Professor of                                                         
  Anthropology, Boston                                                 
  University Anne                                                      
  Foerst, Professor of                                                 
  Computer Science and                                                 
  Theology, St.                                                        
  Bonaventure                                                          
  University Ursula                                                    
  Goodenough, Dept. of                                                 
  Biology, Washington                                                  
  University, St.                                                      
  Louis William Irons,                                                 
  Professor of                                                         
  Anthropology,                                                        
  Northwestern                                                         
  University Gordon                                                    
  Kane, Professor of                                                   
  Physics, University                                                  
  of Michigan Jim                                                      
  Miller, Senior                                                       
  Program Associate                                                    
  for the AAAS Program                                                 
  of Dialogue Between                                                  
  Science and Religion                                                 
  W. Mark Richardson,                                                  
  Episcopal Priest,                                                    
  Associate Professor                                                  
  of Systematic                                                        
  Theology, General                                                    
  Theological Seminary                                                 
  Holmes Rolston,                                                      
  University                                                           
  Distinguished                                                        
  Professor in the                                                     
  Department of                                                        
  Philosophy, Colorado                                                 
  State University                                                     
  Michael Ruse,                                                        
  Professor of the                                                     
  Philosophy of                                                        
  Biology and Ethics,                                                  
  at Florida State                                                     
  University Mary                                                      
  Evelyn Tucker,                                                       
  Professor of                                                         
  Religion at Bucknell                                                 
  University Dorothy                                                   
  Wertz, Senior                                                        
  Scientist; Social                                                    
  Science, Ethics, and                                                 
  the Law; The Shriver                                                 
  Center.                                                              
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**              0223541                                         

  **Award Title text :**    Predator/Prey Relations Giant Screen Film: A    
                            Planning Grant Proposal                         

  **NSF Org :**             ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**        Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager. :**    Valentine Kass                                  

  **Division :**            11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**          07-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date :**     12-31-2004                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**       \$49,500.00                                     

  **Investigator:**         Christopher Palmer                              

  **Sponsor:**              National Wildlife Federation                    

                            1412 16th St NW Washington ,District of         
                            Columbia 200362202                              

  **Program Element code:** 7259                                            

  **Abstract :**                                                            

  National Wildlife                                                         
  productions is developing                                                 
  a large format film,                                                      
  \"Predators and Prey,\"                                                   
  and related educational                                                   
  resources. The film will                                                  
  introduce audiences to                                                    
  cutting-edge scientific                                                   
  research through a topic                                                  
  that already captures                                                     
  their imagination and                                                     
  will use visually                                                         
  exciting scenes to                                                        
  present the science                                                       
  behind predator/prey                                                      
  relations. A preliminary                                                  
  conceptual structure,                                                     
  general approach and                                                      
  potential storyline have                                                  
  already been developed.                                                   
  The planning phase will                                                   
  include the following                                                     
  activities: -Further                                                      
  define the conceptual                                                     
  structure of the film                                                     
  -Conduct                                                                  
  preproduction/front-end                                                   
  audience research -Refine                                                 
  the approaches to the                                                     
  film based on feedback                                                    
  from front-end research                                                   
  -Plan educational                                                         
  resources -Conduct a                                                      
  front-end survey of                                                       
  large-format film                                                         
  theaters to evaluate the                                                  
  title, approach and                                                       
  relevance of proposed                                                     
  educational resources.                                                    
  -Draft a film treatment                                                   
  The principals for the                                                    
  project bring a                                                           
  background of filmmaking                                                  
  and science. Christopher                                                  
  Palmer, President and                                                     
  CEO, National Wildlife                                                    
  Productions (NWP), will                                                   
  serve as Executive                                                        
  Producer for the film.                                                    
  Educational resources                                                     
  will be designed by Jim                                                   
  Stofan, Vice President,                                                   
  Education, NWP; and the                                                   
  Chief Science Consultant                                                  
  will be Sterling Miller,                                                  
  Senior Wildlife                                                           
  Biologist, NWP.                                                           
  Treatments and scripts                                                    
  will be written by Mose                                                   
  Richards and evaluation                                                   
  will be conducted by                                                      
  Robert Russell. A                                                         
  committee of scientists                                                   
  and science educators                                                     
  will help guide the                                                       
  project during the                                                        
  planning phase.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0224574                                         

  **Award Title text   Family Science: Expanding Community Support for 
  :**                  Inquiry-based Science Education                 

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-16-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$947,778.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Leroy Hood                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Institute for Systems Biology                   

                       1441 North 34th Street Seattle ,Washington      
                       98103                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Family Science:                                                    
  Expanding Community                                                  
  Support for                                                          
  Inquiry-based                                                        
  Science\" is the                                                     
  University of                                                        
  Washington\'s                                                        
  innovative five-year                                                 
  plan for reaching                                                    
  youth and families                                                   
  in the Seattle                                                       
  school district.                                                     
  This program                                                         
  represents an                                                        
  enhancement of the                                                   
  NSF-funded Family                                                    
  Science program                                                      
  targeting grades K-5                                                 
  and expansion of                                                     
  this successful                                                      
  program to include                                                   
  middle and high                                                      
  school students. The                                                 
  proposed activities,                                                 
  Science                                                              
  Explorations,                                                        
  Inquiry Science                                                      
  Conferences and                                                      
  Community                                                            
  Celebrations, are                                                    
  designed to help                                                     
  parents understand                                                   
  inquiry-based                                                        
  science instruction                                                  
  while heightening                                                    
  students\'                                                           
  confidence in their                                                  
  ability to                                                           
  understand science                                                   
  processes. The                                                       
  hands-on activities                                                  
  also support and                                                     
  complement                                                           
  Seattle\'s Local                                                     
  Systemic Change                                                      
  project by enlisting                                                 
  teachers, parents                                                    
  and community                                                        
  members to champion                                                  
  science education                                                    
  outside of the                                                       
  formal school                                                        
  setting. The                                                         
  implementation                                                       
  strategy includes                                                    
  workshops to train                                                   
  Family Science Lead                                                  
  Teachers and                                                         
  Parent/Community                                                     
  Leaders to                                                           
  coordinate Family                                                    
  Science programs.                                                    
  Subsequent                                                           
  partnerships between                                                 
  teachers and                                                         
  community                                                            
  organizations are                                                    
  designed to                                                          
  establish regional                                                   
  clusters of                                                          
  community networks                                                   
  to support                                                           
  programmatic                                                         
  activities during                                                    
  and beyond the                                                       
  funding period. It                                                   
  is estimated that                                                    
  Family Science will                                                  
  result in the                                                        
  presentation of                                                      
  nearly 300 school                                                    
  and community-based                                                  
  events impacting                                                     
  10,000 individuals.                                                  
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229063                                         

  **Award Title text   Sea Floor Science                               
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$862,984.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Harry Helling                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Ocean Institute                                 

                       24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive Dana Point        
                       ,California 926292723                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Ocean Institute                                                  
  will design,                                                         
  develop, evaluate                                                    
  and install \"Sea                                                    
  Floor Science,\" a                                                   
  5,200 sq. ft.                                                        
  site-wide exhibition                                                 
  designed in                                                          
  partnership with                                                     
  Scripps Institution                                                  
  of Oceanography, the                                                 
  Jet Propulsion                                                       
  Laboratory, and the                                                  
  Institute of                                                         
  Nautical Archaeology                                                 
  at Texas A&M                                                         
  University. \"Sea                                                    
  Floor Science\" will                                                 
  provide                                                              
  opportunities for                                                    
  families, students                                                   
  and the general                                                      
  public to use                                                        
  authentic                                                            
  oceanographic                                                        
  equipment, tools and                                                 
  technology to                                                        
  recreate a world of                                                  
  ocean research and                                                   
  discovery. Visitors                                                  
  will experience how                                                  
  oceanographers are                                                   
  exploring the                                                        
  largely unknown sea                                                  
  floor to permit                                                      
  better understanding                                                 
  of the origin of                                                     
  sediments and rocks,                                                 
  paleoclimate                                                         
  reconstruction as                                                    
  evidenced by marine                                                  
  microfossils, and                                                    
  the dynamics of                                                      
  oceanic lithospheres                                                 
  and margins. The                                                     
  project is a new                                                     
  approach to museum                                                   
  exhibits. It will                                                    
  test innovative                                                      
  convertibility                                                       
  solutions that                                                       
  enable public areas                                                  
  to serve as both                                                     
  teaching stations                                                    
  and effective                                                        
  exhibits. It will                                                    
  also implement                                                       
  cost-effective                                                       
  update strategies to                                                 
  keep visitors at the                                                 
  forefront of                                                         
  scientific research.                                                 
  \"Sea Floor                                                          
  Science\" will reach                                                 
  4,000,000 people in                                                  
  22 states including                                                  
  on-site and on-line                                                  
  visitors,                                                            
  multi-state teacher                                                  
  networks,                                                            
  videoconferencing                                                    
  participants,                                                        
  science                                                              
  professionals, and                                                   
  replication sites at                                                 
  science centers and                                                  
  aquaria nationally.                                                  
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229219                                         

  **Award Title text   The Writing Project                             
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     12-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$505,545.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Gene Searchinger                                

  **Sponsor:**         Ways of Knowing, Inc.                           

                       200 West 72nd Street, Suite 46 New York ,New    
                       York 100232824                                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Ways of Knowing,                                                     
  Inc. is producing                                                    
  two one-hour film                                                    
  documentarties for                                                   
  public television on                                                 
  the origin, nature                                                   
  and history of                                                       
  writing. \"The                                                       
  Writing Project\"                                                    
  (working title) is                                                   
  about the study of                                                   
  writing as a                                                         
  technology. The goal                                                 
  of the films is to                                                   
  explain how writing                                                  
  systems work and to                                                  
  make people aware of                                                 
  the importance of                                                    
  writing in                                                           
  societies. The                                                       
  programs will                                                        
  address what reading                                                 
  and writing is, how                                                  
  writing was invented                                                 
  and how it is used                                                   
  in dozens of                                                         
  different systems                                                    
  around the world.                                                    
  The focus is on the                                                  
  diversity, yet                                                       
  sameness, of writing                                                 
  systems and on the                                                   
  grand variety of its                                                 
  uses. The target                                                     
  audience is the PBS                                                  
  television audience,                                                 
  with follow-up                                                       
  educational                                                          
  viedocassette                                                        
  distribution to                                                      
  schools and colleges                                                 
  to be used as an                                                     
  introduction to                                                      
  linguistics \"basic                                                  
  text.\" The                                                          
  program\'s outreach                                                  
  will be enhanced by                                                  
  a companion website                                                  
  and book.                                                            
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229268                                         

  **Award Title text   Connections: An Interactive Exhibition on       
  :**                  Networking                                      

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,392,319.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Alan Friedman                                   

  **Sponsor:**         New York Hall of Science                        

                       47-01 111TH STREET Corona ,New York 113682950   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The New York Hall of                                                 
  Science will develop                                                 
  \"Connections,\" a                                                   
  3,500-sq. ft.                                                        
  interactive                                                          
  exhibition and                                                       
  related learning                                                     
  resources that will                                                  
  introduce visitors                                                   
  to the fundamental                                                   
  technology of                                                        
  networks.                                                            
  \"Connections\" will                                                 
  offer diverse                                                        
  audiences                                                            
  opportunities to                                                     
  explore networks,                                                    
  both natural and                                                     
  human-designed. The                                                  
  exhibition will                                                      
  highlight the                                                        
  fundamental                                                          
  characteristics of                                                   
  networks such as                                                     
  their structure,                                                     
  function and                                                         
  adaptability. The                                                    
  project will also                                                    
  produce supporting                                                   
  educational                                                          
  resources for                                                        
  families,                                                            
  after-school                                                         
  programs, community                                                  
  groups, students and                                                 
  teachers.                                                            
  Audio-tours will be                                                  
  produced for general                                                 
  visitors and for                                                     
  visitors with visual                                                 
  impairments. The                                                     
  Connections                                                          
  Discovery Lab, a                                                     
  750-sq. ft. enclosed                                                 
  space adjacent to                                                    
  the exhibition, will                                                 
  offer scheduled                                                      
  workshops and                                                        
  drop-in programs.                                                    
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**Award Information**

  --------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**          0229294                                         

  **Award Title text    Explore Evolution                               
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      06-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 05-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$2,851,409.00                                  

  **Investigator:**     Judy Diamond                                    

  **Sponsor:**          University of Nebraska-Lincoln                  

                        14th & R Streets 303 Administration Bldg.       
                        Lincoln ,Nebraska 685880430                     

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  \"Explore Evolution\"                                                 
  is a three-year                                                       
  project that uses a                                                   
  combination of                                                        
  traveling exhibits                                                    
  and activity kits to                                                  
  introduce the concept                                                 
  of evolution to                                                       
  museum audiences and                                                  
  4-H groups. Six                                                       
  museum partners will                                                  
  collaborate on the                                                    
  development of eleven                                                 
  interactive exhibit                                                   
  modules on the                                                        
  following topics:                                                     
  disease in humans,                                                    
  eye development in                                                    
  animals, fruit fly                                                    
  diversity, sexual                                                     
  selection, hominoid                                                   
  development and                                                       
  extinction. The                                                       
  museum consortium                                                     
  includes the Kansas                                                   
  Museum and                                                            
  Biodiversity Center,                                                  
  Museum of the Rockies                                                 
  (MT), Sam Noble                                                       
  Oklahoma Museum of                                                    
  Natural History,                                                      
  Science Museum of                                                     
  Minnesota, University                                                 
  of Nebraska State                                                     
  Museum and the                                                        
  Exhibits Museum of                                                    
  the University of                                                     
  Michigan. The                                                         
  inquiry-based                                                         
  activity kits will be                                                 
  modeled after the                                                     
  University of                                                         
  Nebraska-Lincoln\'s                                                   
  \"Wonderwise\" kits,                                                  
  funded in part by                                                     
  NSF, and designed for                                                 
  middle school                                                         
  audiences. An                                                         
  \"Explore Evolution\"                                                 
  website will be                                                       
  launched to support                                                   
  the exhibits and                                                      
  activity kits.                                                        
  Dissemination will                                                    
  occur through museum                                                  
  education programs as                                                 
  well as a consortium                                                  
  of 4-H programs in                                                    
  Iowa, Minnesota,                                                      
  Montana, Michigan,                                                    
  Nebraska and Wyoming.                                                 
  It is anticipated                                                     
  that more than 1.8                                                    
  million museum                                                        
  visitors and 800,000                                                  
  4-H members will                                                      
  participate in this                                                   
  project.                                                              
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229512                                         

  **Award Title text   Seeing in the Dark                              
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,333,955.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Timothy Ferris                                  

  **Sponsor:**         ClockDrive Productions                          

                       97 Telegraph Hill Blvd San Francisco            
                       ,California 941333106                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Seeing in the                                                      
  Dark\" will be a                                                     
  prime-time PBS                                                       
  special about                                                        
  stargazing \--                                                       
  described in the                                                     
  proposal as \"the                                                    
  interaction between                                                  
  starlight and human                                                  
  beings who have a                                                    
  look for the love of                                                 
  it, whether just                                                     
  learning the                                                         
  constellations or                                                    
  doing amateur                                                        
  astronomy so                                                         
  advanced that it                                                     
  sometimes rivals                                                     
  professional                                                         
  research.\" The                                                      
  project teaches                                                      
  \"hands-on\"                                                         
  astronomy drawing                                                    
  heavily on new                                                       
  technology (large,                                                   
  inexpensive                                                          
  \"Dobsonian\"                                                        
  telescopes;                                                          
  charged-coupled                                                      
  light-sensing                                                        
  devices \[CCDs}; and                                                 
  the Internet) that                                                   
  make astronomical                                                    
  observing practical                                                  
  for millions to whom                                                 
  it has previously                                                    
  been at best a                                                       
  remote possibility.                                                  
  The video will be                                                    
  supported by an                                                      
  extensive outreach                                                   
  effort that includes                                                 
  informal, family                                                     
  projects and formal,                                                 
  in-class exercises.                                                  
  The Astronomical                                                     
  Society of the                                                       
  Pacific will be a                                                    
  major outreach                                                       
  partner. There also                                                  
  is a companion book,                                                 
  \"Seeing in the                                                      
  Dark,\" published by                                                 
  Simon & Schuster.                                                    
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229516                                         

  **Award Title text   Emerging Science of Environmental Change        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,124,613.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Stephen Curwood                                 

  **Sponsor:**         World Media Foundation                          

                       20 HollandStreet Somerville ,Massachusetts      
                       021442749                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The World Media                                                      
  Foundation is                                                        
  producing and                                                        
  distributing                                                         
  \"Emerging Science                                                   
  of Environmental                                                     
  Change.\" This                                                       
  radio-based project                                                  
  presents new and                                                     
  cutting edge                                                         
  research to the                                                      
  public through                                                       
  National Public                                                      
  Radio broadcasts,                                                    
  Internet radio                                                       
  broadcasts,                                                          
  multi-media web                                                      
  presentations,                                                       
  Internet-based                                                       
  discussion, formal                                                   
  school curricula and                                                 
  public lectures. The                                                 
  goal of the project                                                  
  is to provide the                                                    
  public with a                                                        
  longitudinal view of                                                 
  how those engaged in                                                 
  cutting-edge science                                                 
  formulate theories,                                                  
  structure their                                                      
  inquiries and                                                        
  monitor the ongoing                                                  
  processes, pitfalls,                                                 
  unexpected results                                                   
  and successes of                                                     
  their research. The                                                  
  production team will                                                 
  closely follow the                                                   
  work and processes                                                   
  of one or more                                                       
  research teams over                                                  
  major portions of                                                    
  the 36-month project                                                 
  in order to provide                                                  
  an in-depth                                                          
  understanding of the                                                 
  research process.                                                    
  The project will                                                     
  deliver nine                                                         
  one-hour radio                                                       
  specials and nine                                                    
  additional hours of                                                  
  shorter program                                                      
  segments that will                                                   
  be included in the                                                   
  NPR \"Living on                                                      
  Earth\" series. The                                                  
  online component of                                                  
  the project will                                                     
  present expanded                                                     
  versions of the                                                      
  audio through its                                                    
  daily web radio                                                      
  service, as well as                                                  
  multi-media web                                                      
  pages with                                                           
  references and                                                       
  discussions linked                                                   
  to the core subjects                                                 
  of the specials.                                                     
  School outreach will                                                 
  be directed                                                          
  primarily at largely                                                 
  urban, under-served                                                  
  middle and high                                                      
  schools. It will use                                                 
  the audio and                                                        
  multi-media web                                                      
  presentations of                                                     
  current research as                                                  
  frames of reference                                                  
  for student                                                          
  instruction in                                                       
  environmental                                                        
  science.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229595                                         

  **Award Title text   LifeTrek                                        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,339,574.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Paul Pearson                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Brooklyn Childrens Museum                       

                       145 Brooklyn Ave. Brooklyn ,New York 112131930  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Brooklyn                                                         
  Children\'s Museum                                                   
  (BCM) will develop                                                   
  \"LifeTrek,\" a                                                      
  6000-sq. ft.                                                         
  permanent exhibition                                                 
  and related                                                          
  educational                                                          
  extensions. LifeTrek                                                 
  will be an                                                           
  integrated learning                                                  
  environment                                                          
  comprised of a                                                       
  series of immersive                                                  
  indoor habitats                                                      
  where children will                                                  
  investigate natural                                                  
  phenomena and                                                        
  processes. Designed                                                  
  for urban children                                                   
  ages 4-11 and their                                                  
  families and                                                         
  teachers, LifeTrek                                                   
  will provide a range                                                 
  of open-ended and                                                    
  challenging                                                          
  opportunities to                                                     
  practice science                                                     
  skills, and                                                          
  facilitate greater                                                   
  awareness of and                                                     
  respect for the                                                      
  natural world.                                                       
  Reflecting the                                                       
  ecological framework                                                 
  in which New York                                                    
  City resides, a                                                      
  northern estuary                                                     
  system, the                                                          
  exhibition will                                                      
  feature twelve                                                       
  object-rich                                                          
  habitats: stream\'s                                                  
  edge, flowing                                                        
  stream, freshwater                                                   
  pond, salt marsh,                                                    
  tidal pool, shore,                                                   
  dune, cliff, cave,                                                   
  meadow, fallen log                                                   
  and living tree.                                                     
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229625                                         

  **Award Title text   Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches  
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,180,533.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Sean Duran                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Miami Museum of Science Inc                     

                       3280 South Miami Avenue Miami ,Florida          
                       331292832                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Miami Museum of                                                  
  Science, in                                                          
  collaboration with                                                   
  the Science Museum                                                   
  of Minnesota, will                                                   
  develop a 5000-sq.                                                   
  ft. interactive,                                                     
  bilingual traveling                                                  
  exhibition titled                                                    
  \"Amazon Voyage:                                                     
  Vicious Fishes and                                                   
  Other Riches.\" The                                                  
  exhibition will                                                      
  immerse visitors in                                                  
  the Amazon\'s rich                                                   
  diversity through                                                    
  direct contact with                                                  
  some of its most                                                     
  (ill-deservedly)                                                     
  notorious denizens.                                                  
  Spotlighting the                                                     
  rarely seen research                                                 
  conducted by                                                         
  renowned North- and                                                  
  South American                                                       
  scientists, \"Amazon                                                 
  Voyage\" will                                                        
  present visitors                                                     
  with the                                                             
  scientists\' ongoing                                                 
  work. Visitors will                                                  
  discover that                                                        
  economy and ecology                                                  
  of the Amazon are                                                    
  intertwined, and                                                     
  explore their own                                                    
  connection to this                                                   
  region through the                                                   
  global trade in                                                      
  ornamental fish,                                                     
  arriving at a                                                        
  heightened                                                           
  appreciation of how                                                  
  personal choices can                                                 
  influence                                                            
  environmental                                                        
  outcomes.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229661                                         

  **Award Title text   MOSI Natural Hazards Exhibition                 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,583,409.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Dave Conley                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Museum of Science and Industry                  

                       4801 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa ,Florida 33617      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Museum of                                                        
  Science and Industry                                                 
  in Tampa, Florida,                                                   
  will develop a                                                       
  permanent exhibition                                                 
  and associated                                                       
  educational programs                                                 
  on natural hazards,                                                  
  phenomena that                                                       
  become \"natural                                                     
  disasters\" when                                                     
  they interact with                                                   
  the human community                                                  
  and its built                                                        
  environment. The                                                     
  exhibition, 9000                                                     
  square feet in size,                                                 
  will address the                                                     
  science of these                                                     
  phenomena, the                                                       
  science and                                                          
  technology of                                                        
  forecasting and                                                      
  mitigation                                                           
  strategies and                                                       
  techniques. The                                                      
  exhibition features                                                  
  floods, hurricanes,                                                  
  wildfires,                                                           
  lightning, hail,                                                     
  tornadoes,                                                           
  earthquakes and                                                      
  volcanoes. The                                                       
  exhibition begins                                                    
  with an overview and                                                 
  a focus on the                                                       
  dynamic earth. It                                                    
  then presents a                                                      
  streetscape of                                                       
  buildings devastated                                                 
  by the phenomena and                                                 
  eight interactive                                                    
  areas dealing with                                                   
  each of the hazards.                                                 
  The concluding                                                       
  sections include a                                                   
  demonstration stage                                                  
  and a series of                                                      
  elements that focus                                                  
  on communications,                                                   
  community                                                            
  preparedness and                                                     
  response and                                                         
  forecasting.                                                         
  Ancillary materials                                                  
  include: a family                                                    
  exhibition guide,                                                    
  teacher preparation                                                  
  materials, classroom                                                 
  materials on                                                         
  forecasting, a                                                       
  distance learning                                                    
  program and a                                                        
  brochure for the                                                     
  public (to be                                                        
  developed by IBHS).                                                  
  Central to the                                                       
  project is MOSI\'s                                                   
  partnership and                                                      
  campus neighbor,                                                     
  Institute for                                                        
  Business and Home                                                    
  Safety, a nonprofit                                                  
  arm of the insurance                                                 
  industry with a                                                      
  mandate to educating                                                 
  Americans about                                                      
  natural disasters                                                    
  and ways to mitigate                                                 
  loss and suffering.                                                  
  Other partners                                                       
  include FEMA, USGS,                                                  
  Red Cross, NFPA,                                                     
  local schools and                                                    
  community based                                                      
  organizations. The                                                   
  Institute for                                                        
  Learning Innovation                                                  
  will conduct the                                                     
  evaluation,                                                          
  supplemented by                                                      
  action research                                                      
  investigations by                                                    
  the University of                                                    
  South Florida. A                                                     
  local high school                                                    
  emphasizing design                                                   
  and art will                                                         
  participate in the                                                   
  exhibition                                                           
  development process.                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229696                                         

  **Award Title text   To Mars with MER                                
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     04-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    03-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,138,117.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Geoffrey Haines-Stiles                          

  **Sponsor:**         Geoff Haines-Stiles Productions                 

                       27 Washington Valley Road Morristown ,New       
                       Jersey 07960                                    

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Geoff Haines-Stiles                                                  
  Productions is                                                       
  producing and                                                        
  distributing a                                                       
  project that will                                                    
  follow the upcoming                                                  
  NASA 2003 Mars                                                       
  Exploration Rover                                                    
  project. To Mars                                                     
  with MER consists of                                                 
  three prime-time PBS                                                 
  programs scheduled                                                   
  to be broadcast to                                                   
  coincide with key                                                    
  events in the MER                                                    
  project: the day                                                     
  before the launch,                                                   
  the day before                                                       
  landing and after                                                    
  the 90 day surface                                                   
  mission. These                                                       
  programs will                                                        
  examine such mission                                                 
  milestones as key                                                    
  engineering tests                                                    
  and selecting where                                                  
  to land based on the                                                 
  scientific questions                                                 
  we have about Mars.                                                  
  The prime time                                                       
  specials will be                                                     
  edited and, along                                                    
  with additional live                                                 
  and taped video,                                                     
  distributed to                                                       
  science centers,                                                     
  planetariums,                                                        
  educational cable                                                    
  networks and schools                                                 
  with satellite or                                                    
  high-bandwidth                                                       
  Internet                                                             
  connections.                                                         
  Passport to                                                          
  Knowledge, a partner                                                 
  in the project, will                                                 
  adapt NASA\'s public                                                 
  domain materials and                                                 
  its own Live from                                                    
  Mars resources                                                       
  (teacher\'s guide,                                                   
  websites, etc.) to                                                   
  provide customized                                                   
  resources for                                                        
  teachers and                                                         
  students and for the                                                 
  parents and families                                                 
  who will be watching                                                 
  coverage of the                                                      
  mission on broadcast                                                 
  and cable. All                                                       
  materials will be                                                    
  made available                                                       
  online.                                                              
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229700                                         

  **Award Title text   Science and Technology of Canals and Inland     
  :**                  Waterways                                       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,430,204.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Robert Rudd                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museum, Inc      

                       30 Centre Square Easton ,Pennsylvania 180427743 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Hugh Moore                                                       
  Historical Park and                                                  
  Museum will develop                                                  
  an integrated                                                        
  framework of                                                         
  exhibits on the                                                      
  science and                                                          
  technology of canals                                                 
  and inland waterways                                                 
  at the National                                                      
  Canal Museum (NCM)                                                   
  in Easton, PA.,                                                      
  which will serve as                                                  
  a model for                                                          
  interdisciplinary                                                    
  public education and                                                 
  exhibit programs at                                                  
  other canal history                                                  
  organizations in                                                     
  more than 28 states,                                                 
  primarily east of                                                    
  the Mississippi                                                      
  River.                                                               
  Representatives from                                                 
  major waterway and                                                   
  industrial history                                                   
  sites and museums                                                    
  across the nation                                                    
  will work with NCM                                                   
  staff and a national                                                 
  advisory panel of                                                    
  leading informal                                                     
  science educators to                                                 
  develop, design and                                                  
  disseminate a series                                                 
  of interactive                                                       
  science exhibits                                                     
  that can travel or                                                   
  be replicated in                                                     
  museums, parks and                                                   
  organizations that                                                   
  interpret inland                                                     
  waterways and                                                        
  related industrial                                                   
  sites                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229721                                         

  **Award Title text   The Franklin Air Show                           
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,221,177.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Philip Hammer                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Franklin Institute Science Museum               

                       222 North 20th Street Philadelphia              
                       ,Pennsylvania 19103                             

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Franklin                                                         
  Institute Science                                                    
  Museum will develop,                                                 
  install and evaluate                                                 
  \"The Franklin Air                                                   
  Show,\" a 5,000-sq.                                                  
  ft. interactive,                                                     
  permanent exhibition                                                 
  that explores the                                                    
  science and                                                          
  technology of                                                        
  aviation and                                                         
  aeronautics. Taking                                                  
  advantage of                                                         
  nationwide interest                                                  
  in the 100th                                                         
  anniversary of                                                       
  powered flight                                                       
  occurring in 2003,                                                   
  and the institute\'s                                                 
  collection of Wright                                                 
  Brothers                                                             
  Aeronautical                                                         
  Collection                                                           
  (including a                                                         
  restored 1911 Model                                                  
  B Flyer), \"The                                                      
  Franklin Air Show\"                                                  
  presents aviation                                                    
  and aeronautical                                                     
  technology as a                                                      
  vehicle for                                                          
  demonstrating basic                                                  
  science principles                                                   
  and the practical                                                    
  application of                                                       
  scientific and                                                       
  technical knowledge                                                  
  through invention,                                                   
  innovation and                                                       
  design. To extend                                                    
  the reach of \"The                                                   
  Franklin Air Show,\"                                                 
  the Institute will                                                   
  disseminate parent                                                   
  and teacher                                                          
  curriculum guides                                                    
  through partnerships                                                 
  with the American                                                    
  Association of                                                       
  Physics Teachers and                                                 
  the Federal Aviation                                                 
  Administration. The                                                  
  exhibit is supported                                                 
  by innovative World                                                  
  Wide Web programming                                                 
  on The Franklin                                                      
  Institute Online,                                                    
  including \"Flights                                                  
  if Inspiration\" and                                                 
  digitized artifacts                                                  
  from the Wright                                                      
  collection.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229723                                         

  **Award Title text   Bringing CoCoRaHS to the Central Great Plains:  
  :**                  An Informal Science Education Project for Rural 
                       Communities                                     

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$897,341.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Robert Cifelli                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Colorado State University                       

                       Fort Collins ,Colorado 805232002                

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  CoCoRaHS or the                                                      
  Community                                                            
  Collaborative Rain                                                   
  and Hail Study                                                       
  builds on previously                                                 
  funded NSF research                                                  
  on precipitation                                                     
  patterns in the                                                      
  western portion of                                                   
  the US. This award                                                   
  will expand the                                                      
  current citizen                                                      
  science efforts to                                                   
  include those living                                                 
  in the Great Plains                                                  
  including Eastern                                                    
  Colorado, Western                                                    
  Nebraska, Northwest                                                  
  Kansas and Southeast                                                 
  Wyoming.                                                             
  Participants gain                                                    
  experience in data                                                   
  collection and                                                       
  analysis while                                                       
  working with                                                         
  scientists and                                                       
  contributing to a                                                    
  national research                                                    
  study. CoCoRaHS                                                      
  volunteers will                                                      
  learn about the                                                      
  impact of regional                                                   
  weather patterns on                                                  
  agriculture, water                                                   
  resources and                                                        
  environmental                                                        
  quality while                                                        
  collecting rain,                                                     
  hail and snow data.                                                  
  Participants are                                                     
  also invited to take                                                 
  part in other                                                        
  activities to build                                                  
  on the research                                                      
  experience including                                                 
  a series of                                                          
  seminars, field                                                      
  trips and workshops.                                                 
  The project will                                                     
  result in the                                                        
  development of the                                                   
  following materials:                                                 
  graphic depictions                                                   
  of data using                                                        
  ARC-GIS software, a                                                  
  teacher curriculum,                                                  
  an upgraded website                                                  
  and a quarterly                                                      
  newsletter.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229733                                         

  **Award Title text   Sugar from the Sun                              
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,652,287.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Thomas Antonio                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance             

                       300 N. Central Park Avenue Chicago ,Illinois    
                       606241945                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Garfield Park                                                    
  Conservatory will                                                    
  develop, install and                                                 
  evaluate \"Sugar                                                     
  from the Sun,\" a                                                    
  living plant                                                         
  exhibition that                                                      
  explores the                                                         
  fundamental                                                          
  biological process                                                   
  of photosynthesis.                                                   
  The exhibit                                                          
  addresses common                                                     
  misunderstandings                                                    
  and misconceptions                                                   
  about photosynthesis                                                 
  by engaging children                                                 
  and adults in                                                        
  activities that                                                      
  explore the primary                                                  
  concepts that plants                                                 
  require air, water                                                   
  and light to produce                                                 
  sugar, and that the                                                  
  sun is the energy                                                    
  source. The exhibit                                                  
  will be constructed                                                  
  in the                                                               
  Conservatory\'s                                                      
  Sweet House, where                                                   
  tropical plants such                                                 
  as mangos and                                                        
  bananas will provide                                                 
  the stimulus to                                                      
  engage visitors in                                                   
  learning how plants                                                  
  manufacture sugar                                                    
  from the sun.                                                        
  Exhibits convey the                                                  
  science of                                                           
  photosynthesis and                                                   
  inspire appreciation                                                 
  for the critical                                                     
  role plants play in                                                  
  sustaining life on                                                   
  earth. Supplementary                                                 
  educational                                                          
  materials                                                            
  (self-guides,                                                        
  exploration                                                          
  backpacks and an                                                     
  interactive website)                                                 
  will be layered into                                                 
  the visitor                                                          
  experience, enabling                                                 
  visitors to develop                                                  
  a deeper                                                             
  understanding of                                                     
  photosynthesis. The                                                  
  project also will                                                    
  develop a                                                            
  non-exhibit based                                                    
  model dissemination                                                  
  package for teaching                                                 
  photosynthesis in                                                    
  other                                                                
  conservatories,                                                      
  promoting active                                                     
  science learning                                                     
  about photosynthesis                                                 
  nationwide.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0229782                                         

  **Award Title text   Building Mathematics Momentum in Science        
  :**                  Centers                                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,999,891.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Janice Mokros                                   

  **Sponsor:**         TERC Inc                                        

                       2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge             
                       ,Massachusetts 02140                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  TERC and ASTC will                                                   
  collaborate with                                                     
  thirteen science and                                                 
  technology centers                                                   
  around the country                                                   
  to create and                                                        
  implement a                                                          
  professional                                                         
  development program                                                  
  for science center                                                   
  staff. The goal of                                                   
  this project is to                                                   
  use exhibits and                                                     
  educational programs                                                 
  as a vehicle for                                                     
  building a presence                                                  
  for mathematics in                                                   
  science centers                                                      
  nationwide. The                                                      
  participating                                                        
  science centers will                                                 
  develop mathematics                                                  
  initiatives while                                                    
  working with TERC                                                    
  and ASTC to create                                                   
  workshops on topics                                                  
  such as data,                                                        
  measurement,                                                         
  algebra, national                                                    
  standards and                                                        
  visitor                                                              
  accessibility.                                                       
  Start-up sites will                                                  
  create training                                                      
  networks in                                                          
  California, Florida,                                                 
  Massachusetts,                                                       
  Missouri, Minnesota,                                                 
  New Jersey, New                                                      
  York, North                                                          
  Carolina, Oregon and                                                 
  Texas. Workshops                                                     
  will be offered                                                      
  on-line and also at                                                  
  local and national                                                   
  conferences. The                                                     
  project will produce                                                 
  a publication                                                        
  entitled \"Promising                                                 
  Math Practices in                                                    
  Science Centers\"                                                    
  that will highlight                                                  
  best practices for                                                   
  the incorporation of                                                 
  mathematics into                                                     
  museum programs. It                                                  
  is anticipated that                                                  
  the number of                                                        
  participating                                                        
  institutions will                                                    
  increase to 120                                                      
  during the life of                                                   
  the project.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229796                                         

  **Award Title text   \"ZOOM\"\-- Season Six                          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,261,934.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Kate Taylor                                     

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  WGBH Educational                                                     
  Foundation is                                                        
  requesting                                                           
  \$1,261,934, or 33%                                                  
  of a total project                                                   
  budget of                                                            
  \$3,835,236, to                                                      
  produce 20 new shows                                                 
  and new outreach and                                                 
  Web activities for\"                                                 
  ZOOM.\" Targeted to                                                  
  kids ages 8 to 11,                                                   
  \"ZOOM\" is a daily,                                                 
  half-hour PBS series                                                 
  featuring an                                                         
  assortment of games,                                                 
  riddles,                                                             
  investigations,                                                      
  recipes and poems                                                    
  \-- all based on                                                     
  materials sent in by                                                 
  its young viewers.                                                   
  Uniquely by and for                                                  
  kids,\" ZOOM\" gives                                                 
  its viewers a chance                                                 
  to explore,                                                          
  experiment and share                                                 
  their creativity.                                                    
  \"ZOOM\'s\" science                                                  
  and math segments                                                    
  (30% of each                                                         
  half-hour show) give                                                 
  kids opportunities                                                   
  to explore                                                           
  scientific and                                                       
  mathematical ideas,                                                  
  concepts and                                                         
  phenomena. The goals                                                 
  for Season VI are                                                    
  to: (1) expand                                                       
  \"ZOOM\'s\"                                                          
  engineering                                                          
  curriculum; (2)                                                      
  develop two new                                                      
  content                                                              
  areas\--Sports                                                       
  Science, and                                                         
  Perception and                                                       
  Sensation; (3)                                                       
  create new                                                           
  partnerships with                                                    
  FIRST LEGO League                                                    
  and Girl Scouts of                                                   
  USA; and, (4)                                                        
  conduct summative                                                    
  evaluation to                                                        
  continue to gauge                                                    
  \"ZOOM\'s\"                                                          
  effectiveness at                                                     
  teaching math and                                                    
  science to targeted                                                  
  audiences. Outreach                                                  
  for the project will                                                 
  include print                                                        
  materials for kids,                                                  
  families and                                                         
  educators.                                                           
  \"ZOOM\"-related                                                     
  activities at                                                        
  community-based                                                      
  organization include                                                 
  590 ClubZOOM science                                                 
  afterschool programs                                                 
  and 21 ZOOMzone                                                      
  science museum                                                       
  exhibits. The                                                        
  2,400-page                                                           
  interactive web site                                                 
  is updated weekly.                                                   
  \"ZOOM\" currently                                                   
  is carried by 170                                                    
  public broadcasting                                                  
  stations and is                                                      
  viewed by close to 6                                                 
  million children per                                                 
  week. The program                                                    
  receives 24,000                                                      
  letters and e-mails                                                  
  per week; the web                                                    
  site attracts an                                                     
  average of 14,000                                                    
  visitors per month.                                                  
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**Award Information**

  ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**             0229812                                         

  **Award Title text :**   Dragon Skies: Astronomy of Imperial China       

  **NSF Org :**            ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**       Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**                                                   

  **Division :**           11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**         05-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date :**    04-30-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**      \$2,635,495.00                                  

  **Investigator:**        Alexandra Barnett                               

  **Sponsor:**             Chabot Space and Science Center                 

                           10000 Skyline Blvd Oakland ,California 94619    

  **Program Element        7259                                            
  code:**                                                                  

  **Abstract :**                                                           

  Chabot Space and Science                                                 
  Center is developing an                                                  
  exhibit of Chinese                                                       
  astronomical artifacts                                                   
  and organizing a United                                                  
  States tour of the                                                       
  exhibit. \"Dragon Skies:                                                 
  Astronomy of Imperial                                                    
  China\" consists of 31                                                   
  exhibit pieces,                                                          
  including seven large                                                    
  astronomical                                                             
  instruments,                                                             
  chronographs, stone                                                      
  carvings and star maps.                                                  
  Many of these artifacts                                                  
  have never before left                                                   
  China. In order to                                                       
  increase the awareness                                                   
  and understanding of                                                     
  students, teachers and                                                   
  the public about                                                         
  Imperial China\'s rich                                                   
  astronomical                                                             
  achievements, Chabot                                                     
  will develop a variety                                                   
  of interpretive                                                          
  materials and programs                                                   
  that address interests                                                   
  and learning styles,                                                     
  present scientifically                                                   
  and historically                                                         
  accurate information,                                                    
  and serve both informal                                                  
  and formal educational                                                   
  audiences. These                                                         
  materials will include a                                                 
  planetarium show, an                                                     
  audio tour, special                                                      
  signage, multimedia                                                      
  animations/interactive                                                   
  kiosks, a web site,                                                      
  student activities,                                                      
  community events, a                                                      
  science drama program,                                                   
  activities for the                                                       
  general public and a                                                     
  variety of printed                                                       
  materials. Many                                                          
  components will be                                                       
  developed in English,                                                    
  Mandarin and Cantonese.                                                  
  ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- ---

**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229817                                         

  **Award Title text   Facing the Wild: The Crittercam Chronicles      
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    03-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,121,583.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Greg Marshall                                   

  **Sponsor:**         National Geographic Television                  

                       1145 17th St., NW Washington ,District of       
                       Columbia 200364688                              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  National Geographic                                                  
  Television requests                                                  
  \$1,121,583 (35%) of                                                 
  a total project                                                      
  budget of                                                            
  \$3,192,249, to                                                      
  produce a                                                            
  documentary series                                                   
  in 13 half-hour and                                                  
  one hour-long                                                        
  special, \"Facing                                                    
  the Wild: The                                                        
  Crittercam                                                           
  Chronicles,\" with                                                   
  associated informal                                                  
  science education                                                    
  materials and                                                        
  programs. This                                                       
  project will feature                                                 
  the natural                                                          
  histories of some of                                                 
  the Earth\'s most                                                    
  enigmatic and                                                        
  charismatic marine                                                   
  species, highlight                                                   
  the groundbreaking                                                   
  technology employed                                                  
  to study these                                                       
  extraordinary                                                        
  creatures and                                                        
  celebrate the                                                        
  scientists who                                                       
  devote their lives                                                   
  to understanding                                                     
  marine creatures.                                                    
  The project\'s goals                                                 
  include: to educate                                                  
  audiences about the                                                  
  vital importance of                                                  
  the world\'s oceans                                                  
  to the health of the                                                 
  planet; to celebrate                                                 
  the ingenuity of                                                     
  novel technology                                                     
  developed for                                                        
  science and                                                          
  exploration; to                                                      
  illustrate that many                                                 
  tantalizing                                                          
  mysteries remain yet                                                 
  unsolved and a great                                                 
  deal of exciting                                                     
  science and                                                          
  exploration has yet                                                  
  to be done; to                                                       
  provide viewers with                                                 
  scientific role                                                      
  models and help                                                      
  motivate them to                                                     
  pursue careers in                                                    
  science. Employing                                                   
  cutting-edge remote                                                  
  imaging tools,                                                       
  including                                                            
  \"crittercam\", and                                                  
  National                                                             
  Geographic\'s                                                        
  trademark                                                            
  storytelling, Facing                                                 
  the Wild\'s strong                                                   
  conservation message                                                 
  is designed to                                                       
  appeal to a national                                                 
  and global audience.                                                 
  A robust web site,                                                   
  virtual teacher                                                      
  workshops and                                                        
  Student Ocean                                                        
  Conferences will                                                     
  augment the impact                                                   
  of the series.                                                       
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229872                                         

  **Award Title text   Round and Round                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,262,853.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Jennifer Martin                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Children\'s Discovery Museum of San Jose        

                       180 Woz Way San Jose ,California 951102722      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Children\'s                                                          
  Discovery Museum of                                                  
  San Jose, CA, will                                                   
  develop a                                                            
  three-pronged                                                        
  project called                                                       
  \"Round and Round\"                                                  
  focused on the                                                       
  geometry, science                                                    
  and technology of                                                    
  circles and wheels.                                                  
  All three project                                                    
  products (one                                                        
  permanent and one                                                    
  traveling version of                                                 
  a 2000-sq. ft.                                                       
  exhibition; an array                                                 
  of complementary                                                     
  educational programs                                                 
  for children ages                                                    
  3-10; and published                                                  
  research on patterns                                                 
  of interactions                                                      
  among families of                                                    
  diverse backgrounds                                                  
  in museum settings)                                                  
  will be developed in                                                 
  cooperation with                                                     
  developmental                                                        
  psychologists from                                                   
  the University of                                                    
  California at Santa                                                  
  Cruz and advisors                                                    
  from Latino and                                                      
  Vietnamese                                                           
  communities in San                                                   
  Jose. \"Round and                                                    
  Round\" exhibits and                                                 
  programs will offer                                                  
  a trans-cultural,                                                    
  gender-neutral, and                                                  
  multi-disciplinary                                                   
  look at the                                                          
  ingenuity and                                                        
  ubiquity of circles.                                                 
  Together they will                                                   
  provide a                                                            
  comprehensive array                                                  
  of interactive                                                       
  experiences that                                                     
  help children, ages                                                  
  3-10, and adults                                                     
  explore the                                                          
  mathematics,                                                         
  physics, physical                                                    
  properties and                                                       
  engineering                                                          
  advantages of                                                        
  circles and wheels.                                                  
  The project is                                                       
  expected to serve                                                    
  three million                                                        
  visitors in science                                                  
  and children\'s                                                      
  museums across the                                                   
  nation within four                                                   
  years of                                                             
  implementation.                                                      
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229875                                         

  **Award Title text   Outdoors Indoors \-- An Interactive Natural     
  :**                  Science Exhibition for Young Children           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,397,839.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Karyn Bertschi                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Oregon Museum of Science and Industry           

                       1945 SE Water Ave. Portland ,Oregon 972143354   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Oregon Museum of                                                 
  Science and Industry                                                 
  (OMSI) will develop                                                  
  \"Outdoors Indoors,                                                  
  an Interactive                                                       
  Natural Science                                                      
  Exhibition for Young                                                 
  Children,\" ages                                                     
  3-8, and their                                                       
  families. Two 2,500                                                  
  sq. ft. versions of                                                  
  the exhibition will                                                  
  be developed \-- one                                                 
  to be installed at                                                   
  OMSI and the other                                                   
  to travel. Building                                                  
  on children\'s                                                       
  innate curiosity                                                     
  about the natural                                                    
  world, the                                                           
  exhibition invites                                                   
  visitors to explore                                                  
  a woodland                                                           
  environment where                                                    
  they can develop                                                     
  process skills and                                                   
  learn natural                                                        
  science concepts.                                                    
  The exhibition will                                                  
  also focus on ways                                                   
  that parents can                                                     
  help encourage their                                                 
  children\'s science                                                  
  learning, both                                                       
  through exhibit                                                      
  activities and                                                       
  through exploration                                                  
  of the natural world                                                 
  outdoors. Bilingual                                                  
  text (English and                                                    
  Spanish) will help                                                   
  make the exhibition                                                  
  accessible to a                                                      
  diverse audience.                                                    
  Ancillary materials                                                  
  for families and                                                     
  educators will                                                       
  further enhance                                                      
  learning.                                                            
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229892                                         

  **Award Title text   The MarsQuest Exhibit: Extending the National   
  :**                  Tour                                            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     04-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    03-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$429,555.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Paul Dusenbery                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Space Science Institute                         

                       4750 Walnut Street Suite 205 Boulder ,Colorado  
                       80301                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Space Science                                                    
  Institute will                                                       
  refurbish its 5,000                                                  
  square foot                                                          
  traveling                                                            
  exhibition,                                                          
  \"MarsQuest:                                                         
  Exploring the Red                                                    
  Planet\"                                                             
  (ESI-9705377),                                                       
  enhancing the                                                        
  exhibition with new                                                  
  components that                                                      
  incorporate recent                                                   
  data from ongoing                                                    
  Mars missions, and                                                   
  extending its                                                        
  national tour for an                                                 
  additional three                                                     
  years. Enhancements                                                  
  include exhibits on                                                  
  Mars\' weather,                                                      
  exobiology and the                                                   
  addition of a                                                        
  photo-realistic                                                      
  rotating Mars globe.                                                 
  Additional                                                           
  improvements include                                                 
  models of the NASA                                                   
  Mars exploration                                                     
  rover and an online                                                  
  kiosk to make                                                        
  additional                                                           
  information                                                          
  available to                                                         
  visitors after they                                                  
  leave the                                                            
  exhibition.                                                          
  MarsQuest is fully                                                   
  booked and there is                                                  
  a waiting list for a                                                 
  second three-year                                                    
  tour. The proposed                                                   
  refurbishment and                                                    
  enhancements will                                                    
  occur at the end of                                                  
  the current tour in                                                  
  2003, with the new                                                   
  tour beginning early                                                 
  2004.                                                                
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0229918                                         

  **Award Title text   Water is Life: Immersing the Public in Aquatic  
  :**                  Diversity                                       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,467,240.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Margaret Burke                                  

  **Sponsor:**         California Academy of Sciences                  

                       875 Howard Street San Francisco ,California     
                       941033098                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The California                                                       
  Academy of Sciences                                                  
  will produce\"Water                                                  
  is Life,\" a 30,383                                                  
  square-foot                                                          
  permanent exhibit                                                    
  with educational                                                     
  programming. The                                                     
  exhibit is designed                                                  
  to engage the public                                                 
  with the living                                                      
  world of water, to                                                   
  foster environmental                                                 
  stewardship and                                                      
  increase science                                                     
  literacy. Three                                                      
  habitat components                                                   
  \-- Philippine Coral                                                 
  Reef, California                                                     
  Coast and Global                                                     
  Rainforests \-- are                                                  
  conceptually and                                                     
  experientially                                                       
  linked through                                                       
  \"Water Planet,\"                                                    
  which explores                                                       
  water\'s physical                                                    
  properties and how                                                   
  they impact living                                                   
  organisms and lead                                                   
  to aquatic                                                           
  diversity. Each                                                      
  component also                                                       
  reinforces the                                                       
  importance of                                                        
  conserving aquatic                                                   
  resources.                                                           
  Educational                                                          
  programming takes                                                    
  \"Water is Life\" to                                                 
  local schools and                                                    
  community events and                                                 
  onto the World Wide                                                  
  Web, as well as                                                      
  provides venues for                                                  
  formative evaluation                                                 
  of exhibit design                                                    
  elements. The                                                        
  development of                                                       
  lending kits, plus                                                   
  supporting manuals                                                   
  and workshops, will                                                  
  extend the reach of                                                  
  \"Water is Life\"                                                    
  regionally and                                                       
  nationally.                                                          
  Similarly,                                                           
  instruction manuals                                                  
  and workshops for                                                    
  creating desktop,                                                    
  living reefs will                                                    
  have national                                                        
  impact. The                                                          
  compelling draw of                                                   
  live organisms,                                                      
  hands-on activities,                                                 
  and exhibit                                                          
  enrichment through                                                   
  educational                                                          
  programming provide                                                  
  accessibility to a                                                   
  large, diverse                                                       
  audience. The                                                        
  exhibit will reach                                                   
  over one million                                                     
  annual visitors, and                                                 
  a larger audience                                                    
  will experience                                                      
  distributed                                                          
  educational                                                          
  programs.                                                            
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0242838                                         

  **Award Title text   Planning Grant: Exciting Girls, Minorities, and 
  :**                  Rural Youth about Engineering through 4-H       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     04-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    03-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$47,906.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Randall Reeder                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Ohio State University Research Foundation       

                       1960 Kenny Road Columbus ,Ohio 432101016        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This Planning Grant                                                  
  will enable the Ohio                                                 
  State University to                                                  
  address the shortage                                                 
  of professional                                                      
  engineers in the                                                     
  United States by                                                     
  designing an                                                         
  engineering                                                          
  curriculum for                                                       
  dissemination                                                        
  through the 4-H                                                      
  system. Planning                                                     
  activities include                                                   
  the establishment of                                                 
  a nationwide                                                         
  advisory committee,                                                  
  solicitation of                                                      
  input from the                                                       
  target audience via                                                  
  focus groups and the                                                 
  development of a                                                     
  plan for the                                                         
  curriculum and its                                                   
  content, designed to                                                 
  address the needs of                                                 
  young women and                                                      
  underserved groups.                                                  
  Pilot testing of                                                     
  sample units will                                                    
  occur in Ohio,                                                       
  Louisiana and                                                        
  Indiana. A                                                           
  recruitment plan                                                     
  will also be                                                         
  developed to aide                                                    
  with national                                                        
  dissemination.                                                       
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0303570                                         

  **Award Title text   National Invasive Species Monitoring: A Citizen 
  :**                  Science Project \-- A Planning Grant            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$49,523.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Larry DeBuhr                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Chicago Botanic Garden                          

                       1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe ,Illinois 600220400 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Chicago Botanic                                                  
  Garden, in                                                           
  collaboration with                                                   
  five major botanic                                                   
  gardens, will plan a                                                 
  citizen science                                                      
  invasive species                                                     
  monitoring program                                                   
  that will engage                                                     
  participants in                                                      
  active, meaningful                                                   
  data collection on                                                   
  populations of                                                       
  invasive plants at a                                                 
  national scale. The                                                  
  planning team will                                                   
  identify effective                                                   
  program approaches                                                   
  based upon front-end                                                 
  and formative                                                        
  evaluation and a                                                     
  professionally                                                       
  facilitated planning                                                 
  workshop involving                                                   
  prominent                                                            
  scientists, botanic                                                  
  garden professionals                                                 
  and informal science                                                 
  educators.                                                           
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0307465                                         

  **Award Title text   The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Science Unit       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,929,599.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Lester Crystal                                  

  **Sponsor:**         MacNeilLehrerProductions                        

                       2700 South Quincy Suite 250 Arlington ,Virginia 
                       222062226                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  MacNeil Lehrer                                                       
  Productions is                                                       
  adding a significant                                                 
  science presence to                                                  
  the nightly \"The                                                    
  NewsHour with Jim                                                    
  Lehrer\" program by                                                  
  creating a Science                                                   
  Unit as part of                                                      
  their production                                                     
  staff. Each year for                                                 
  three years, the                                                     
  unit will produce at                                                 
  least 12 long-form                                                   
  documentary reports                                                  
  (8 to 12 minutes                                                     
  each), shorter (4 to                                                 
  5 minute) videotape                                                  
  background reports                                                   
  to set up studio                                                     
  interviews, and                                                      
  brief (2 minute)                                                     
  news summary reports                                                 
  when appropriate.                                                    
  The NewsHour science                                                 
  production team also                                                 
  would collaborate                                                    
  with the NOVA team                                                   
  at WGBH through such                                                 
  means as production                                                  
  of a NewsHour                                                        
  companion report                                                     
  related to a planned                                                 
  NOVA documentary and                                                 
  use of a NOVA                                                        
  segment as a lead-in                                                 
  to a policy                                                          
  discussion on the                                                    
  NewsHour. Selection                                                  
  of story topics,                                                     
  information about                                                    
  developments in                                                      
  different fields of                                                  
  science, and                                                         
  validation of                                                        
  science content                                                      
  would be guided by a                                                 
  core advisory group                                                  
  that includes:                                                       
  Stephen Sass,                                                        
  Cornell University                                                   
  (Material Science,                                                   
  Nanotechnology) Ken                                                  
  Miller, Brown                                                        
  University                                                           
  (BioScience) Larry                                                   
  Smarr, Director of                                                   
  the California                                                       
  Institute of                                                         
  telecommunications                                                   
  and Information                                                      
  Technology                                                           
  (Infotechnology)                                                     
  Maria Ghirardi,                                                      
  National Renewable                                                   
  Energy Laboratory                                                    
  (Energy) John                                                        
  Logsdon, George                                                      
  Washington                                                           
  University (Space)                                                   
  The project will be                                                  
  supported by \"The                                                   
  Online NewsHour.\"                                                   
  This web site will                                                   
  notify viewers via                                                   
  email of upcoming                                                    
  segments; provide                                                    
  public forums with                                                   
  scientists,                                                          
  researchers,                                                         
  ethicists and policy                                                 
  makers; and allow                                                    
  viewers to obtain                                                    
  transcripts of the                                                   
  broadcasts. The                                                      
  forums, conducted                                                    
  after the broadcast,                                                 
  include one or more                                                  
  of the principals                                                    
  who appeared in the                                                  
  program responding                                                   
  to questions and/or                                                  
  issues raised by                                                     
  viewers. Formative                                                   
  evaluation will be                                                   
  conducted by Rockman                                                 
  Et Al and summative                                                  
  evaluation will be                                                   
  conducted by the                                                     
  Goodman Research                                                     
  Group, Inc.                                                          
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0307550                                         

  **Award Title text   Mystery Solved: A Traveling Exhibit in          
  :**                  Mathematics                                     

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,607,730.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Dean Briere                                     

  **Sponsor:**         North Carolina Museum of Life and Science       

                       P O Box 15190 Durham ,North Carolina 277040190  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The North Carolina                                                   
  Museum of Life and                                                   
  Science will develop                                                 
  \"Mystery Solved,\"                                                  
  a 1500-sq. foot                                                      
  traveling                                                            
  mathematics                                                          
  exhibition with                                                      
  companion take-home                                                  
  materials. Two                                                       
  copies will be made                                                  
  of the traveling                                                     
  exhibit: one for the                                                 
  eleven members of                                                    
  the North Carolina                                                   
  Grassroots Science                                                   
  Museums                                                              
  Collaborative                                                        
  reaching over                                                        
  500,000 visitors,                                                    
  and a second for                                                     
  travel nationally to                                                 
  nine science centers                                                 
  reaching an                                                          
  estimated 750,000                                                    
  additional visitors.                                                 
  A take-home packet                                                   
  will be developed                                                    
  for visitors to                                                      
  continue informal                                                    
  mathematics                                                          
  explorations at                                                      
  home. The activities                                                 
  included therein                                                     
  will expand and                                                      
  extend the exhibit                                                   
  themes, offering                                                     
  multiple levels to                                                   
  meet the needs of                                                    
  K-5 students and                                                     
  their families.                                                      
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0307615                                         

  **Award Title text    APPALACHIA: A History of Mountains and People   
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      07-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 06-30-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$891,228.00                                    

  **Investigator:**     Ross Spears                                     

  **Sponsor:**          James Agee Film Project                         

                        6707 Wells Parkway University Park ,Maryland    
                        27802                                           

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  The James Agee Film                                                   
  Project is requesting                                                 
  funds to produce a                                                    
  four-part series of                                                   
  one-hour films on the                                                 
  environmental and                                                     
  social history of                                                     
  Appalachia.                                                           
  \"APPALACHIA: A                                                       
  History of Mountains                                                  
  and People\" will be                                                  
  the first series of                                                   
  films on the history                                                  
  of Appalachia and the                                                 
  first environmental                                                   
  history film ever                                                     
  made about a region                                                   
  in the United States.                                                 
  The project will                                                      
  demonstrate the                                                       
  dynamic interaction                                                   
  and inseparability of                                                 
  natural history and                                                   
  human history. By                                                     
  interweaving the                                                      
  discoveries and                                                       
  insights from                                                         
  scientific                                                            
  disciplines,                                                          
  including geology,                                                    
  ecology, biology and                                                  
  environmental                                                         
  science, with those                                                   
  of the humanities,                                                    
  the series will                                                       
  explore how the                                                       
  mountains have shaped                                                 
  human cultures and                                                    
  how people have                                                       
  shaped the mountains.                                                 
  \"APPALACHIA: A                                                       
  History of Mountains                                                  
  and People\" is made                                                  
  for national                                                          
  broadcast on PBS and                                                  
  is being co-sponsored                                                 
  by six Appalachian                                                    
  state PBS networks.                                                   
  The series is being                                                   
  produced in                                                           
  conjunction with the                                                  
  upcoming                                                              
  \"Encyclopedia of                                                     
  Appalachia.\"                                                         
  Outreach programs                                                     
  include partnerships                                                  
  with many regional                                                    
  grassroots                                                            
  organizations, PBS                                                    
  stations and                                                          
  educational                                                           
  institutions to                                                       
  extend the film into                                                  
  a wide range of rural                                                 
  communities and                                                       
  schools. The Project                                                  
  Director/Writer of                                                    
  the series will be                                                    
  the Academy Award                                                     
  nominated filmmaker                                                   
  Ross Spears. Jamie                                                    
  Ross is                                                               
  co-producer/writer;                                                   
  Dr. George Constantz,                                                 
  the Science                                                           
  Writer/Content                                                        
  Director. Dr.                                                         
  Constantz is also                                                     
  currently the                                                         
  principal science and                                                 
  ecology editor of The                                                 
  Encyclopedia of                                                       
  Appalachia, which                                                     
  will be published in                                                  
  2005. A distinguished                                                 
  group of scholars and                                                 
  scientists will                                                       
  contribute to the                                                     
  project. Dr. Gary                                                     
  Henry, Director of                                                    
  the Applied Research                                                  
  Center in Atlanta,                                                    
  will oversee the                                                      
  project evaluation.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307709                                         

  **Award Title text   Yellowstone Old Faithful Visitor Education      
  :**                  Center                                          

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,753,500.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Lisa Diekmann                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Yellowstone Park Foundation                     

                       222 E. Main Street, Suite 301 Bozeman ,Montana  
                       597154764                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Yellowstone Park                                                 
  Foundation will work                                                 
  over four years to                                                   
  develop, evaluate                                                    
  and install exhibits                                                 
  and integrated                                                       
  educational programs                                                 
  for a                                                                
  state-of-the-art                                                     
  visitor education                                                    
  center at Old                                                        
  Faithful Geyser,                                                     
  Yellowstone National                                                 
  Park. This facility                                                  
  will help the nearly                                                 
  2.6 million on-site                                                  
  annual visitors and                                                  
  the tens of millions                                                 
  of on-line visitors                                                  
  understand and                                                       
  appreciate the most                                                  
  significant display                                                  
  of geysers and hot                                                   
  springs on Earth and                                                 
  the unique microbial                                                 
  life forms that live                                                 
  in these thermal                                                     
  waters. The exhibits                                                 
  and programs will                                                    
  focus on current and                                                 
  emerging research                                                    
  critical to                                                          
  understanding issues                                                 
  and solving                                                          
  environmental                                                        
  problems facing                                                      
  society today.                                                       
  Visitors and                                                         
  distance learners                                                    
  will understand why                                                  
  research on                                                          
  Yellowstone\'s hot                                                   
  springs has spurred                                                  
  advances in various                                                  
  scientific and                                                       
  technological                                                        
  fields, and how the                                                  
  natural processes                                                    
  occurring there                                                      
  affect their                                                         
  everyday lives. In                                                   
  addition to the                                                      
  various scientific                                                   
  perspectives                                                         
  presented, the ideas                                                 
  about Yellowstone                                                    
  held by early                                                        
  explorers and                                                        
  visitors, artists                                                    
  and Native Americans                                                 
  will help make the                                                   
  exhibits and related                                                 
  programs relevant to                                                 
  a broader audience.                                                  
  The exhibits and                                                     
  audiovisual media                                                    
  will be                                                              
  multi-lingual, using                                                 
  the most appropriate                                                 
  current technology                                                   
  to present                                                           
  information in the                                                   
  four major                                                           
  non-English                                                          
  languages spoken by                                                  
  Yellowstone                                                          
  visitors. A special                                                  
  emphasis will be                                                     
  placed on the                                                        
  development of                                                       
  curriculum-based                                                     
  activities that                                                      
  serve school groups                                                  
  from the tri-state                                                   
  area surrounding the                                                 
  park, including                                                      
  virtual field trips                                                  
  for students.                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307763                                         

  **Award Title text   CYBERCHASE \-- SEASON 3                         
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,200,000.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Sandra Sheppard                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Educational Broadcasting Corporation            

                       450 West 33rd Street New York ,New York         
                       100012605                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Educational                                                          
  Broadcasting                                                         
  Corporation (WNET                                                    
  New York) is                                                         
  producing twelve new                                                 
  programs for the                                                     
  third season of                                                      
  Cyberchase, the                                                      
  first national math                                                  
  series for children                                                  
  in over a decade.                                                    
  The daily, half-hour                                                 
  programs currently                                                   
  are viewed by over                                                   
  1.5 million viewers                                                  
  for each broadcast.                                                  
  The associated                                                       
  website has had over                                                 
  140 million page                                                     
  views. Summative                                                     
  evaluation of                                                        
  previous seasons has                                                 
  determined that                                                      
  Cyberchase increases                                                 
  children\'s positive                                                 
  attitudes about                                                      
  mathematics as well                                                  
  as their content                                                     
  comprehension and                                                    
  confidence in their                                                  
  problem-solving                                                      
  skills. In the third                                                 
  season the content                                                   
  of Cyberchase will                                                   
  be enriched by the                                                   
  addition of more                                                     
  complex mathematics                                                  
  concepts. Grouped by                                                 
  their related NCTM                                                   
  standard, these                                                      
  include: Number &                                                    
  Operations: Percent,                                                 
  Zero, Mixed Number                                                   
  Fractions, Factoring                                                 
  Geometry: Circles,                                                   
  Perspective,                                                         
  Tessellations,                                                       
  Navigation: Angles                                                   
  and Distance                                                         
  Algebra: Body Math                                                   
  (Ratio &                                                             
  Proportion);                                                         
  Mathematical                                                         
  Modeling Data                                                        
  Analysis and                                                         
  Probability:                                                         
  Experimental                                                         
  Probability, Stem &                                                  
  Leaf Plots Reasoning                                                 
  & Proof: Reasoning                                                   
  Representation:                                                      
  Drawing to Scale                                                     
  During the third                                                     
  season WNET also                                                     
  will upgrade the web                                                 
  site to offer more                                                   
  math challenges to                                                   
  frequent visitors                                                    
  and will create math                                                 
  games with varying                                                   
  levels of complexity                                                 
  and challenge to                                                     
  provide more                                                         
  learning                                                             
  opportunities and to                                                 
  bring children back                                                  
  online more often.                                                   
  In addition, WNET                                                    
  will intensify the                                                   
  project outreach to                                                  
  key constituencies                                                   
  through an                                                           
  integrated campaign                                                  
  of community                                                         
  outreach, materials                                                  
  and promotion.                                                       
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307843                                         

  **Award Title text   Understanding Race and Human Variation: A       
  :**                  Public Education Program                        

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Mary Overbey                                    

  **Sponsor:**         American Anthropological Assoc                  

                       2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 600Suite 600       
                       ARLINGTON ,Virginia 222013357                   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The American                                                         
  Anthropological                                                      
  Association will                                                     
  develop a 5,000-sq.                                                  
  ft. traveling                                                        
  exhibit, website and                                                 
  educational                                                          
  materials on                                                         
  \"Understanding Race                                                 
  and Human                                                            
  Variation.\" Through                                                 
  an integrated,                                                       
  comprehensive and                                                    
  learner-focused                                                      
  educational program,                                                 
  visitors will be                                                     
  presented with the                                                   
  idea that human                                                      
  variation is part of                                                 
  nature and that race                                                 
  is a dynamic and                                                     
  sometimes harmful                                                    
  cultural construct.                                                  
  The project will                                                     
  advance knowledge                                                    
  across the sciences                                                  
  by bringing together                                                 
  scientists and                                                       
  scholars in                                                          
  translating research                                                 
  to the public and                                                    
  developing a common                                                  
  language.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307858                                         

  **Award Title text   Archaeology Pathways for Native Learners        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,851,063.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Kevin McBride                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center  

                       110 Pequot Trail PO Box 3180 Mashantucket       
                       ,Connecticut 063383180                          

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Mashantucket                                                     
  Pequot Museum and                                                    
  Research Center will                                                 
  implement a                                                          
  three-year,                                                          
  research-based                                                       
  community program                                                    
  entitled                                                             
  \"Archeology                                                         
  Pathways for Native                                                  
  Learners.\" This                                                     
  comprehensive                                                        
  program consists of                                                  
  four components or                                                   
  pathways that are                                                    
  designed to increase                                                 
  participation of                                                     
  Native Americans in                                                  
  science. Pathway #1                                                  
  invites students and                                                 
  teachers from New                                                    
  Haven Public Schools                                                 
  to participate in                                                    
  archaeology field                                                    
  research, which                                                      
  expands to include                                                   
  youth throughout the                                                 
  northeastern US.                                                     
  Students will be                                                     
  involved with site                                                   
  excavation,                                                          
  documentation and                                                    
  analysis of findings                                                 
  in an archaeology                                                    
  laboratory, working                                                  
  with scientists to                                                   
  interpret findings,                                                  
  and communicating                                                    
  the results of                                                       
  research to their                                                    
  peers and through                                                    
  the project Web                                                      
  site. Concurrently,                                                  
  in the first year of                                                 
  the project, Pathway                                                 
  #2 will focus on the                                                 
  expansion of museum                                                  
  programs for youth                                                   
  and community                                                        
  members in addition                                                  
  to the creation of                                                   
  related professional                                                 
  development programs                                                 
  for educators.                                                       
  Pathway #3 calls for                                                 
  replication of the                                                   
  research model at                                                    
  Navajo sites in New                                                  
  Mexico and Arizona                                                   
  during year three,                                                   
  while Pathway #4                                                     
  emphasizes                                                           
  leadership training                                                  
  workshops for Native                                                 
  Americans from over                                                  
  50 tribal                                                            
  communities.                                                         
  Workshops will focus                                                 
  on the creation of                                                   
  research-based youth                                                 
  programs in native                                                   
  communities across                                                   
  the country, using a                                                 
  train-the-trainer                                                    
  model to disseminate                                                 
  the model. It is                                                     
  anticipated that                                                     
  this project will                                                    
  reach more than                                                      
  60,000 youth and                                                     
  community members,                                                   
  in addition to over                                                  
  450,000 individuals                                                  
  via the Archeology                                                   
  Pathways website.                                                    
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307862                                         

  **Award Title text   Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science:   
  :**                  Science TV News That Matters                    

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,348,603.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Alicia Torres                                   

  **Sponsor:**         American Institute of Physics                   

                       One Physics Ellipse College Park ,Maryland      
                       207403842                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Each month, the                                                      
  American Institute                                                   
  of Physics (AIP)                                                     
  will produce twelve,                                                 
  90-second television                                                 
  news reports that                                                    
  demonstrate the                                                      
  relevance of                                                         
  research to society,                                                 
  including animated                                                   
  descriptions of the                                                  
  underlying science                                                   
  principles. The                                                      
  peer-reviewed                                                        
  reports are offered                                                  
  for sale on an                                                       
  exclusive basis to                                                   
  one station in each                                                  
  of the 211 principal                                                 
  television markets.                                                  
  The service                                                          
  currently has 84                                                     
  subscribers with the                                                 
  potential to reach                                                   
  approximately 62% of                                                 
  the total US                                                         
  television                                                           
  households. AIP is                                                   
  actively seeking                                                     
  additional stations                                                  
  that will purchase                                                   
  the service. They                                                    
  have plans for the                                                   
  service to become                                                    
  self-sustaining when                                                 
  170 stations become                                                  
  subscribers. AIP has                                                 
  a working coalition                                                  
  with numerous                                                        
  scientific societies                                                 
  including American                                                   
  Geological                                                           
  Institute, American                                                  
  Mathematical                                                         
  Society, American                                                    
  Meteorological                                                       
  Society, American                                                    
  Society for                                                          
  Mechanical                                                           
  Engineers, and                                                       
  Universities                                                         
  Research                                                             
  Association. The                                                     
  television                                                           
  production staff                                                     
  relies on story                                                      
  ideas provided by                                                    
  the range of                                                         
  scientists                                                           
  represented in these                                                 
  societies as well as                                                 
  from journal                                                         
  articles, university                                                 
  press releases, and                                                  
  other findings from                                                  
  research                                                             
  institutions. Once a                                                 
  treatment is                                                         
  developed for a                                                      
  story, outside                                                       
  science experts are                                                  
  asked to review it                                                   
  for accuracy and to                                                  
  comment on its                                                       
  validity and                                                         
  reliability. A                                                       
  \"Know More\" web                                                    
  component offers                                                     
  audiences an                                                         
  opportunity to find                                                  
  out more information                                                 
  about a science                                                      
  story.                                                               
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307875                                         

  **Award Title text   Traveling Exhibit on Technology, Imagination    
  :**                  and the Future Using the Fantasy Technologies   
                       in the Star Wars Movies as Examples             

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,738,060.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Lawrence Bell                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Museum of Science                               

                       Science Park Boston ,Massachusetts 02114        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Over a three year                                                    
  period, the Museum                                                   
  of Science, Boston                                                   
  will develop a                                                       
  national traveling                                                   
  exhibition and                                                       
  associated programs                                                  
  that will support                                                    
  the goals and                                                        
  standards for                                                        
  technological                                                        
  literacy that were                                                   
  recently articulated                                                 
  in reports by the                                                    
  National Academy of                                                  
  Engineering and the                                                  
  International                                                        
  Technology Education                                                 
  Association.                                                         
  Intellectual Merit.                                                  
  The exhibit will                                                     
  take advantage of                                                    
  the widely known                                                     
  characters and                                                       
  images of future                                                     
  technology from the                                                  
  Star Wars movies to                                                  
  attract visitors and                                                 
  to engage them in                                                    
  learning about                                                       
  potential                                                            
  technologies that                                                    
  may impact our                                                       
  lives. It                                                            
  incorporates new and                                                 
  adapted interactive                                                  
  devices that will                                                    
  involve visitors in                                                  
  inquiry-based                                                        
  learning about                                                       
  technologies related                                                 
  to frictionless land                                                 
  vehicles, robotic                                                    
  mobility mechanisms,                                                 
  and habitats for                                                     
  living underwater                                                    
  and in space.                                                        
  Broader Impact. The                                                  
  exhibition will                                                      
  reach a large                                                        
  national audience by                                                 
  traveling to the                                                     
  members of the                                                       
  Science Museum                                                       
  Exhibit                                                              
  Collaborative as                                                     
  well as other                                                        
  institutions. Use of                                                 
  popular culture,                                                     
  science fiction and                                                  
  futuristic                                                           
  technology will help                                                 
  attract those who                                                    
  may not be                                                           
  traditional science                                                  
  center visitors.                                                     
  Educational impact                                                   
  will be extended                                                     
  through programming                                                  
  for the public and                                                   
  school groups,                                                       
  including materials                                                  
  for institutions                                                     
  that do not host the                                                 
  exhibition, along                                                    
  with a website.                                                      
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307886                                         

  **Award Title text   Da Niao and Big Bird Look at the Sky            
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,790,199.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Joel Schneider                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Sesame Workshop                                 

                       New York ,New York 10023                        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Sesame Workshop is                                                   
  creating a new                                                       
  planetarium show and                                                 
  outreach activities                                                  
  for children ages 5                                                  
  and 6 and their                                                      
  families, teachers                                                   
  and other                                                            
  caregivers. Sesame                                                   
  Workshop, the Adler                                                  
  Planetarium &                                                        
  Astronomy Museum,                                                    
  the Beijing                                                          
  Planetarium and the                                                  
  Liberty Science                                                      
  Center will                                                          
  collaborate in this                                                  
  bi-national,                                                         
  China-U.S.                                                           
  cooperative project                                                  
  to produce and                                                       
  distribute a                                                         
  planetarium show and                                                 
  ancillary material                                                   
  and to develop a                                                     
  demonstration                                                        
  outreach program                                                     
  targeted at children                                                 
  ages five and six                                                    
  and their parents.                                                   
  The planetarium                                                      
  show, based around                                                   
  the theme \"sharing                                                  
  the sky,\" will be                                                   
  designed to help                                                     
  Chinese and American                                                 
  children identify                                                    
  differences and                                                      
  similarities in                                                      
  their respective                                                     
  associations to                                                      
  astronomy as                                                         
  exemplified in their                                                 
  own language,                                                        
  stories, lore, and                                                   
  traditions and,                                                      
  through this                                                         
  understanding,                                                       
  develop positive                                                     
  attitudes about one                                                  
  another. Specific                                                    
  science goals                                                        
  include: Children                                                    
  will become familiar                                                 
  with readily                                                         
  observable                                                           
  properties and                                                       
  changes exhibited by                                                 
  the sun, the moon,                                                   
  and stars. Children                                                  
  will acquire                                                         
  meaningful                                                           
  additional knowledge                                                 
  about objects in the                                                 
  sky that satisfies                                                   
  and sustains their                                                   
  curiosity. Children                                                  
  will know that                                                       
  astronomy is an                                                      
  activity that they                                                   
  can do and enjoy,                                                    
  and that astronomers                                                 
  are scientists. The                                                  
  English and Spanish                                                  
  versions of the                                                      
  program will feature                                                 
  Big Bird and Grover                                                  
  from Sesame Street                                                   
  and Hu Hu Zhu from                                                   
  Zhima Jie (the                                                       
  Chinese adaptation                                                   
  of Sesame Street)                                                    
  who will play the                                                    
  role of a guest from                                                 
  China. The Mandarin                                                  
  version will feature                                                 
  Big Bird, this time                                                  
  appearing as his                                                     
  Chinese equivalent,                                                  
  Da Niao, as well as                                                  
  Hu Hu Zhu and                                                        
  Grover. In this                                                      
  version, Grover will                                                 
  be cast as a guest                                                   
  from America.                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307925                                         

  **Award Title text   Listening: Making Sense of the Sonic Soup       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,098,873.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Thomas Humphrey                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Exploratorium                                   

                       3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                       941231099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Exploratorium                                                    
  will conduct a                                                       
  four-year project to                                                 
  explore the physical                                                 
  nature of sound, the                                                 
  physiology of                                                        
  hearing and the                                                      
  perception of sound,                                                 
  and the process of                                                   
  attentive listening.                                                 
  \"Listening\"                                                        
  creates 30 exhibits,                                                 
  three listening                                                      
  spaces, and related                                                  
  visitor experiences                                                  
  to complement the                                                    
  Exploratorium\'s                                                     
  existing \"Sound and                                                 
  Hearing\"                                                            
  collection.                                                          
  Listening encourages                                                 
  visitors to explore                                                  
  the scientific,                                                      
  physiological, and                                                   
  cultural content of                                                  
  sound, from the                                                      
  physics of sound                                                     
  waves, to the                                                        
  mechanics of the                                                     
  inner ear, to the                                                    
  information, mood,                                                   
  and emotions sound                                                   
  can convey.                                                          
  Listening will                                                       
  inform the public of                                                 
  the scientific,                                                      
  physiological, and                                                   
  cultural content of                                                  
  sound, as well as                                                    
  the negative impact                                                  
  of ambient sound on                                                  
  their health and                                                     
  environment.                                                         
  Listening integrates                                                 
  public programming,                                                  
  exhibit development                                                  
  and visitor studies,                                                 
  representing a new                                                   
  model of                                                             
  collaboration and                                                    
  communication among                                                  
  educators,                                                           
  scientists, artists                                                  
  and the public. At                                                   
  the conclusion of                                                    
  the Exploratorium                                                    
  venue for                                                            
  \"Listening,\" a                                                     
  traveling exhibition                                                 
  of 30 exhibits will                                                  
  circulate to science                                                 
  museums nationwide,                                                  
  supported by                                                         
  materials and                                                        
  training for                                                         
  education programs.                                                  
  A workshop at the                                                    
  annual meeting of                                                    
  the Association of                                                   
  Science-Technology                                                   
  Centers and                                                          
  additional                                                           
  conference                                                           
  presentations and                                                    
  publications will                                                    
  present science                                                      
  center professionals                                                 
  with Listening                                                       
  strategies.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307927                                         

  **Award Title text   Attention, Emotion and Judgement: How Do Minds  
  :**                  Figure Out What to Do? An Exhibit Development   
                       Project at the Exploratorium                    

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Michael Pearce                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Exploratorium                                   

                       3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                       941231099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Exploratorium                                                    
  will develop an                                                      
  exhibit focusing on                                                  
  three areas of                                                       
  mental activity that                                                 
  process perceptions                                                  
  and enable human                                                     
  action: attention,                                                   
  emotion and                                                          
  judgment. Developers                                                 
  will create 32 new                                                   
  interactive exhibits                                                 
  and rebuild six to                                                   
  eight old ones to be                                                 
  part of the                                                          
  museum\'s permanent                                                  
  collection. The                                                      
  Exploratorium will                                                   
  develop a new area                                                   
  in the museum                                                        
  dedicated to                                                         
  exploring the                                                        
  processes of the                                                     
  human mind and                                                       
  brain, experiment                                                    
  with new ways of                                                     
  creating meaningful                                                  
  mind experiences for                                                 
  visitors and help                                                    
  establish a sense of                                                 
  collective                                                           
  experimentation                                                      
  among science                                                        
  centers in                                                           
  neuroscience and                                                     
  psychology exhibits                                                  
  and programming.                                                     
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**           0307939                                         

  **Award Title text :** Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold          

  **NSF Org :**          ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**     Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**                                                 

  **Division :**         11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**       09-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date :**  08-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**    \$1,756,698.00                                  

  **Investigator:**      Russell Donnelly                                

  **Sponsor:**           University of Oregon Eugene                     

                         5219 University of Oregon Eugene ,Oregon        
                         974035219                                       

  **Program Element      7259                                            
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  The University of                                                      
  Oregon, Eugene, is                                                     
  producing \"Absolute                                                   
  Zero and the Conquest                                                  
  of Cold,\" a                                                           
  three-hour television                                                  
  documentary series                                                     
  about the field of                                                     
  low-temperature                                                        
  physics, the field in                                                  
  which one-third of all                                                 
  physicists are working                                                 
  today. The series                                                      
  explores key concepts,                                                 
  significant                                                            
  individuals and events                                                 
  in the field\'s                                                        
  turbulent history, and                                                 
  the enormous impact                                                    
  that the mastery of                                                    
  cold has had on                                                        
  society through                                                        
  technologies such as                                                   
  air-conditioning,                                                      
  refrigeration and                                                      
  liquefied gases. The                                                   
  film, based in large                                                   
  part on Tom                                                            
  Shachtman\'s book of                                                   
  the same name, will                                                    
  document how four                                                      
  centuries of research                                                  
  into lower                                                             
  temperatures has                                                       
  produced stunning                                                      
  scientific insights                                                    
  and applications that                                                  
  have revolutionized                                                    
  the world we live in.                                                  
  Planned outreach                                                       
  includes public                                                        
  programs, museum                                                       
  activities, and an                                                     
  interactive web site.                                                  
  The PI\'s for the                                                      
  project are Russell                                                    
  Donnelly of the                                                        
  University of Oregon,                                                  
  Richard Hudson of Twin                                                 
  Cites Public                                                           
  Television, and                                                        
  Meredith Burch of                                                      
  Meridian/Windfall                                                      
  Productions, Inc.                                                      
  Other key staff                                                        
  members include Thomas                                                 
  Shachtman, author of                                                   
  the book upon which                                                    
  the series is based;                                                   
  David Dugan,                                                           
  Co-Producer/Director                                                   
  of Windfall Films;                                                     
  David Heil of David                                                    
  Heil and Associates;                                                   
  Barbara Flagg of                                                       
  Multimedia Research;                                                   
  and Irene Goodman, of                                                  
  Goodman Research                                                       
  Group.                                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307949                                         

  **Award Title text   Hands-On Optics: Making an Impact with Light    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,738,903.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Anthony Johnson                                 

  **Sponsor:**         SPIE-The International Society for Optical      
                       Engineering                                     

                       P.O. Box 10 Bellingham ,Washington 982270010    

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Hands-On Optics\"                                                  
  is a comprehensive,                                                  
  national level                                                       
  program that                                                         
  introduces middle                                                    
  school youth to the                                                  
  science of optics                                                    
  using hands-on kits,                                                 
  modules and related                                                  
  activities. Six                                                      
  optics modules will                                                  
  be developed for use                                                 
  in after-school and                                                  
  weekend programs.                                                    
  Modules will focus                                                   
  on engaging topics                                                   
  such as                                                              
  kaleidoscopes,                                                       
  optical illusions,                                                   
  magnifiers and solar                                                 
  telescopes while                                                     
  exploring the                                                        
  principles of                                                        
  reflection,                                                          
  refraction, light                                                    
  and vision.                                                          
  \"Hands-On Optics\"                                                  
  will be introduced                                                   
  at four MESA sites                                                   
  in California and                                                    
  then disseminated to                                                 
  13 other sites in                                                    
  California, Arizona,                                                 
  Oregon, Colorado,                                                    
  New Mexico, New York                                                 
  and Maryland.                                                        
  Additional                                                           
  dissemination venues                                                 
  include four science                                                 
  centers and two                                                      
  NSF-funded research                                                  
  centers. Students                                                    
  will also develop                                                    
  optic projects for                                                   
  competitions and                                                     
  participate in                                                       
  Industry Shadow                                                      
  Days, while parent                                                   
  workshops and a                                                      
  supporting website                                                   
  will provide                                                         
  guidance on careers.                                                 
  \"Hands-On Optics\"                                                  
  is projected to                                                      
  serve 39,500                                                         
  students over a                                                      
  three-year period.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0307967                                         

  **Award Title text   The Botany of Desire Television Documentary     
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$743,315.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Michael Schwarz                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Kikim Media, LLC                                

                       990 Industrial Rd. Ste. 207 San Carlos          
                       ,California 940704120                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Kikim Media requests                                                 
  \$743,316 to produce                                                 
  four half-hour                                                       
  television                                                           
  documentaries and                                                    
  associated outreach                                                  
  programs based on                                                    
  Michael Pollan\'s                                                    
  best-selling book,                                                   
  The Botany of                                                        
  Desire. The project                                                  
  explores the                                                         
  reciprocal nature of                                                 
  people\'s                                                            
  relationship with                                                    
  plants. The programs                                                 
  focus on the                                                         
  connections between                                                  
  apples and the human                                                 
  desire for                                                           
  sweetness; tulips                                                    
  and the desire for                                                   
  beauty; marijuana                                                    
  and the desire for                                                   
  intoxication; and                                                    
  corn and our desire                                                  
  for control over                                                     
  nature. The project                                                  
  will increase public                                                 
  understanding of                                                     
  diverse subjects                                                     
  including genetics,                                                  
  evolution, cognition                                                 
  and biochemistry as                                                  
  well as                                                              
  biodiversity,                                                        
  genetic diversity                                                    
  and the consequences                                                 
  of their loss. The                                                   
  project will have a                                                  
  broad impact through                                                 
  a national primetime                                                 
  PBS broadcast, an                                                    
  outreach program                                                     
  targeting adult                                                      
  audiences, and an                                                    
  educational module                                                   
  delivering                                                           
  appropriate content                                                  
  (excluding                                                           
  intoxication) to                                                     
  middle and high                                                      
  school audiences.                                                    
  Knight-Williams                                                      
  Research                                                             
  Communications will                                                  
  conduct the                                                          
  evaluation for The                                                   
  Botany of Desire                                                     
  television broadcast                                                 
  and outreach                                                         
  efforts.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0318435                                         

  **Award Title text   The Lion\'s Mane                                
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$74,933.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Craig Packer                                    

  **Sponsor:**         University of Minnesota-Twin Cities             

                       450 McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE    
                       Minneapolis ,Minnesota 554552070                

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This Communicating                                                   
  Research to Public                                                   
  Audiences project is                                                 
  derived from work                                                    
  funded by research                                                   
  grant DEB-9903416                                                    
  entitled \"LTREB:                                                    
  Long Term Studies of                                                 
  African Lions.\" In                                                  
  partnership with the                                                 
  Bell Museum of                                                       
  Natural History,                                                     
  Craig Packer at the                                                  
  University of                                                        
  Minnesota-Twin                                                       
  Cities will develop                                                  
  a 500 sq ft                                                          
  traveling exhibition                                                 
  and associated                                                       
  website on the                                                       
  factors that                                                         
  contribute to the                                                    
  successful survival                                                  
  and reproduction of                                                  
  individual lions.                                                    
  Intellectual Merit:                                                  
  This exhibit builds                                                  
  on public interest                                                   
  in lions and the                                                     
  intriguing question                                                  
  of why males have                                                    
  manes to educate                                                     
  visitors about the                                                   
  process of                                                           
  scientific research.                                                 
  Its content is based                                                 
  on seven years of                                                    
  observations and                                                     
  experiments by a                                                     
  leading researcher                                                   
  on the behavioral                                                    
  ecology of lions.                                                    
  The exhibit will                                                     
  include a life-size                                                  
  \"model\" lion                                                       
  (actually a plush                                                    
  toy made to exact                                                    
  specifications) that                                                 
  was used in the                                                      
  field to test                                                        
  responses by real                                                    
  lions. Broader                                                       
  Impact: In addition                                                  
  to being displayed                                                   
  by the Bell Museum,                                                  
  \"The Lion\'s Mane\"                                                 
  exhibit will travel                                                  
  to zoos with lion                                                    
  exhibits and to                                                      
  museums with lion                                                    
  dioramas. By                                                         
  highlighting a                                                       
  female researcher,                                                   
  the exhibit provides                                                 
  an entry point and a                                                 
  role model for                                                       
  girls. This exhibit                                                  
  will benefit from                                                    
  and build upon                                                       
  extensive national                                                   
  publicity received                                                   
  by the Lion Research                                                 
  Project and its                                                      
  lionresearch.org                                                     
  website.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0318868                                         

  **Award Title text   In Principle, In Practice: The Second Annapolis 
  :**                  Conference on Museum Learning                   

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$176,848.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Kirsten Ellenbogen                              

  **Sponsor:**         Institute for Learning Innovation Incorporated  

                       166 West Street Annapolis ,Maryland 214012824   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Institute for                                                    
  Learning Innovation                                                  
  (ILI) requests                                                       
  support to conduct                                                   
  the second                                                           
  conference on museum                                                 
  learning, \"In                                                       
  Principle, In                                                        
  Practice,\"                                                          
  following their                                                      
  successful                                                           
  NSF-funded                                                           
  conference of a                                                      
  decade ago entitled                                                  
  \"Public                                                             
  Institutions for                                                     
  Personal Learning:                                                   
  Establishing a                                                       
  Long-term Research                                                   
  Agenda.\" The goals                                                  
  of the conference                                                    
  and two related                                                      
  publications are to                                                  
  advance shared                                                       
  knowledge within the                                                 
  field about current                                                  
  research concerning                                                  
  learning in and from                                                 
  museums, to promote                                                  
  effective practice,                                                  
  to identify and                                                      
  disseminate                                                          
  research-based best                                                  
  practices for                                                        
  developing                                                           
  evaluation                                                           
  frameworks and to                                                    
  enhance the                                                          
  infrastructure for                                                   
  research and                                                         
  education. The four                                                  
  components of the                                                    
  project include: 1)                                                  
  a special supplement                                                 
  of the journal                                                       
  \"Science                                                            
  Education,\" 2) a                                                    
  two-day national                                                     
  conference, 3) a                                                     
  post-conference                                                      
  white paper on                                                       
  informal science                                                     
  learning, and 4) a                                                   
  post-conference book                                                 
  on research-based                                                    
  understandings of                                                    
  learning from                                                        
  museums.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0322214                                         

  **Award Title text   The Research Ambassador Program: Empowering     
  :**                  Scientists to Communicate Research to Public    
                       Audiences                                       

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$74,955.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Nalini Nadkarni                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Evergreen State College                         

                       Olympia ,Washington 98505                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This project will                                                    
  develop a \"Research                                                 
  Ambassador\" program                                                 
  whereby a small                                                      
  cadre of scientists                                                  
  will be trained to                                                   
  communicate rain                                                     
  forest canopy                                                        
  ecology to                                                           
  underserved public                                                   
  audiences in the                                                     
  northwest U. S. and                                                  
  elsewhere. A set of                                                  
  collaborating                                                        
  academic researchers                                                 
  and informal science                                                 
  educators will draw                                                  
  from successful                                                      
  dissemination                                                        
  experiences in the                                                   
  field of forest                                                      
  canopy studies. An                                                   
  interdisciplinary                                                    
  research/education                                                   
  team will recruit                                                    
  six \"research                                                       
  ambassadors\" and                                                    
  provide tools to                                                     
  help them                                                            
  effectively speak                                                    
  and write directly                                                   
  to the public. The                                                   
  team and the                                                         
  ambassadors will                                                     
  create dissemination                                                 
  materials for each                                                   
  ambassador, and                                                      
  contribute to a                                                      
  canopy research                                                      
  website for public                                                   
  audiences. In                                                        
  addition to                                                          
  communicating                                                        
  research to public                                                   
  audiences, this                                                      
  project will provide                                                 
  innovative                                                           
  connections between                                                  
  science and society                                                  
  that can present                                                     
  pragmatic solutions                                                  
  to problems of                                                       
  scientific                                                           
  communication to the                                                 
  public.                                                              
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0322262                                         

  **Award Title text   Planning for STEM Education Reform in the       
  :**                  Greater Mohawk Valley                           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Wayne Sukow                                     
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$60,245.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Lawrence Aaronson                               

  **Sponsor:**         Utica College                                   

                       1600 Burrstone Road Utica ,New York 135024892   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This is a two-year                                                   
  planning project                                                     
  that will support                                                    
  planning activities                                                  
  to provide a basis                                                   
  for further STEM                                                     
  education reform in                                                  
  the Greater Mohawk                                                   
  Valley of New York.                                                  
  These include                                                        
  different workshops                                                  
  for school                                                           
  administrators and                                                   
  teachers preparing                                                   
  them to support                                                      
  student research and                                                 
  venues for students                                                  
  to present the                                                       
  results of their                                                     
  research. Perhaps                                                    
  even more                                                            
  importantly it will                                                  
  provide an                                                           
  alternative path for                                                 
  assessment of                                                        
  districts\' STEM                                                     
  educational goals.                                                   
  The 25 years of                                                      
  Utica College\'s                                                     
  support and                                                          
  programming of                                                       
  student research                                                     
  activities will                                                      
  provide a rich                                                       
  background for                                                       
  assessment of the                                                    
  effectiveness of                                                     
  student learning in                                                  
  science, mathematics                                                 
  and technology                                                       
  through such                                                         
  activities.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0327374                                         

  **Award Title text   Develop Strategies for Informal Science         
  :**                  Educational Programming and Public Involvement  
                       in Research at the Hacienda La Esperanza Nature 
                       Reserve in Manati, Puerto Rico                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     12-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$50,000.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Fernando Silva                                  

  **Sponsor:**         The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico           

                       Tetuan Street 155 San Juan ,Puerto Rico         
                       009023554                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Conservation                                                     
  Trust of Puerto Rico                                                 
  will plan a program                                                  
  of broad public                                                      
  involvement in                                                       
  education about the                                                  
  Trust\'s ecological                                                  
  and anthropological                                                  
  research and land                                                    
  management                                                           
  activities at the                                                    
  Hacienda La                                                          
  Esperanza Nature                                                     
  Reserve. The                                                         
  planning activity                                                    
  will bring together                                                  
  internal and                                                         
  external teams of                                                    
  scientists, informal                                                 
  science education                                                    
  program developers,                                                  
  citizen science                                                      
  practitioners and                                                    
  citizens. With                                                       
  strong visitor                                                       
  studies input, the                                                   
  teams will plan and                                                  
  test approaches to                                                   
  interpreting the                                                     
  natural and cultural                                                 
  history of Puerto                                                    
  Rico\'s premier                                                      
  nature reserve.                                                      
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0328383                                         

  **Award Title text   On-Line Games for Middle School Science:        
  :**                  Planning Grant Proposal for Design and          
                       Collaboration-Building                          

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$49,990.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    M Kinzie                                        

  **Sponsor:**         University of Virginia Main Campus              

                       Post Office Box 400195 Charlottesville          
                       ,Virginia 229044195                             

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This 12-month                                                        
  planning grant will                                                  
  create the                                                           
  foundation for a                                                     
  project based on                                                     
  meaningful, online,                                                  
  game-based learning.                                                 
  Specifically, it                                                     
  will enable the                                                      
  proposer to develop                                                  
  and validate story                                                   
  lines and game                                                       
  characters with                                                      
  middle-school aged                                                   
  children in two                                                      
  summer design                                                        
  institutes. In                                                       
  addition, the                                                        
  proposer will build                                                  
  partnerships with                                                    
  museums and informal                                                 
  learning                                                             
  institutions and                                                     
  develop a plan to                                                    
  work with these                                                      
  partners for the                                                     
  dissemination,                                                       
  promotion, use and                                                   
  evaluation of the                                                    
  future games.                                                        
  Intellectual Merit:                                                  
  The project will                                                     
  develop                                                              
  standards-linked                                                     
  design                                                               
  specifications for                                                   
  play scenarios, game                                                 
  characters and                                                       
  real-world,                                                          
  problem-based                                                        
  activities across                                                    
  STEM domains. These                                                  
  design                                                               
  specifications                                                       
  should be of                                                         
  significant value                                                    
  for future                                                           
  educational game                                                     
  development.                                                         
  Children will serve                                                  
  as \"informants\"                                                    
  during game design,                                                  
  providing input                                                      
  where most                                                           
  effective. This                                                      
  involvement in the                                                   
  planning process is                                                  
  critical to the                                                      
  success of the                                                       
  games, and should                                                    
  ensure the desired                                                   
  \"kid appeal.\"                                                      
  Broader Impact: The                                                  
  strategy of                                                          
  involving advisory                                                   
  groups of children,                                                  
  including those                                                      
  at-risk, will allow                                                  
  the project to                                                       
  factor in ways to                                                    
  engage audiences                                                     
  underrepresented in                                                  
  the sciences by                                                      
  tailoring characters                                                 
  and activities that                                                  
  ensure broad appeal.                                                 
  In addition, the                                                     
  approach of solving                                                  
  puzzle-like problems                                                 
  embedded in a                                                        
  game\'s story                                                        
  narrative should                                                     
  appeal to both boys                                                  
  and girls. This                                                      
  project will                                                         
  generate a report                                                    
  for publication on                                                   
  the design process                                                   
  and resulting                                                        
  specifications.                                                      
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0328895                                         

  **Award Title text    The Science Behind the History                  
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      12-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 12-31-2004                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$50,000.00                                     

  **Investigator:**     Colleen Smyth                                   

  **Sponsor:**          Indiana State Museum Foundation, Inc.           

                        650 West Washington Street Indianapolis         
                        ,Indiana 462042725                              

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  This planning grant                                                   
  will enable The                                                       
  Indiana State Museum                                                  
  (ISM) to develop                                                      
  \"The Science Behind                                                  
  the History,\" a                                                      
  program of live                                                       
  interactive video                                                     
  distance learning                                                     
  that includes                                                         
  multiple components                                                   
  and state-wide                                                        
  partners. The project                                                 
  is based on \"ISM                                                     
  Live!,\" which uses a                                                 
  satellite van with                                                    
  video broadcast                                                       
  system to deliver                                                     
  programs from diverse                                                 
  historic settings                                                     
  throughout Indiana.                                                   
  Intellectual Merit.                                                   
  This project will add                                                 
  scientific components                                                 
  to interpretations of                                                 
  settings that usually                                                 
  are presented from                                                    
  social or cultural                                                    
  perspectives,                                                         
  including hands-on                                                    
  experiments at the                                                    
  remote                                                                
  broadcast-receiving                                                   
  sites. Scientists and                                                 
  historians will both                                                  
  be involved in the                                                    
  activities along with                                                 
  the audience                                                          
  participants. Broader                                                 
  Impact. Diverse,                                                      
  multigenerational                                                     
  audiences throughout                                                  
  Indiana will be                                                       
  reached through this                                                  
  project. In addition,                                                 
  it will provide a new                                                 
  model for interactive                                                 
  distance learning, as                                                 
  well as help                                                          
  establish                                                             
  partnerships among                                                    
  educational and                                                       
  community                                                             
  organizations that                                                    
  may lead to other                                                     
  beneficial long-term                                                  
  outcomes.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0329669                                         

  **Award Title text   Geoantiquities Video Project                    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Marjorie Chan                                   

  **Sponsor:**         University of Utah                              

                       1471 Federal Way Salt Lake City ,Utah 84102     

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This project will                                                    
  communicate to                                                       
  public audiences the                                                 
  results of NSF grant                                                 
  DEB-9817777, \"Earth                                                 
  System History in                                                    
  the Urban Landscape                                                  
  \-- Implementing                                                     
  Geosystem Resource                                                   
  Management in                                                        
  Regions of Rapid                                                     
  Urban Growth.\"                                                      
  Building on prior                                                    
  experience producing                                                 
  NSF-funded video                                                     
  productions, the PI                                                  
  will produce a 10-15                                                 
  minute video                                                         
  presenting the                                                       
  concept of                                                           
  \"geoantiquity,\"                                                    
  defined as a natural                                                 
  record of earth                                                      
  history that                                                         
  documents                                                            
  environmental                                                        
  change. The video                                                    
  will highlight the                                                   
  steps taken by earth                                                 
  scientists to                                                        
  achieve geoantiquity                                                 
  designation for                                                      
  geologic landforms                                                   
  created by                                                           
  Pleistocene Lake                                                     
  Bonneville in the                                                    
  Salt Lake City, Utah                                                 
  area. The target                                                     
  audience is the                                                      
  general public, but                                                  
  also those actively                                                  
  engaged in land use                                                  
  issues, such as                                                      
  government land                                                      
  management and                                                       
  planning officials,                                                  
  politicians,                                                         
  developers and                                                       
  landowners.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0330624                                         

  **Award Title text   Trouvadore Documentary Project Planning         
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     12-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$50,000.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Ken Lawrence                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Association For Community Television            

                       4343 Elgin St. Houston ,Texas 772040004         

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Houston PBS with                                                     
  Windward Media is                                                    
  planning to develop                                                  
  a one-hour                                                           
  documentary for NOVA                                                 
  entitled                                                             
  ?Trouvadore, the                                                     
  Last Voyage of an                                                    
  African Slave                                                        
  Trader.\" The film                                                   
  will chronicle the                                                   
  scientific                                                           
  archaeological                                                       
  excavation of an                                                     
  illegal slave ship                                                   
  that wrecked in the                                                  
  British West Indies                                                  
  in 1841. Planning                                                    
  activities will                                                      
  include archival                                                     
  research and                                                         
  consultation with                                                    
  archaeologists, DNA                                                  
  and curriculum                                                       
  specialists and                                                      
  local descendents of                                                 
  the slave ship.                                                      
  Deliverables will                                                    
  include an advanced                                                  
  treatment for the                                                    
  documentary and                                                      
  script outline.                                                      
  Intellectual Merit.                                                  
  The Trouvadore will                                                  
  be the only slave                                                    
  ship ever recovered                                                  
  that was actually                                                    
  carrying slaves at                                                   
  the time it sank in                                                  
  1841. The project                                                    
  will show how modern                                                 
  science can help                                                     
  uncover and                                                          
  interpret this event                                                 
  as well as the                                                       
  trans-Atlantic slave                                                 
  trade of which it                                                    
  was part. The PI                                                     
  will work with                                                       
  archaeologists from                                                  
  Ships of Discovery                                                   
  (Corpus Christi,                                                     
  Texas) and the Turks                                                 
  and Caicos National                                                  
  Museum. DNA studies                                                  
  of possible                                                          
  descendents will be                                                  
  carried out in                                                       
  cooperation with the                                                 
  National Human                                                       
  Genome Center at                                                     
  Howard University.                                                   
  Broader Impact.                                                      
  Because NOVA has                                                     
  indicated its                                                        
  support for this                                                     
  project, the                                                         
  documentary that                                                     
  results from this                                                    
  grant will have the                                                  
  potential to reach                                                   
  significant                                                          
  audiences. In                                                        
  addition, the                                                        
  products of this                                                     
  planning process                                                     
  will further efforts                                                 
  to produce a web                                                     
  site, a traveling                                                    
  exhibition and                                                       
  ancillary materials.                                                 
  A report summarizing                                                 
  the results of the                                                   
  research during this                                                 
  phase will make the                                                  
  findings available                                                   
  to others as well.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0331438                                         

  **Award Title text   Virtual Stowaway on an Oceanographic Cruise     
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Laurence Madin                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution            

                       Woods Hole ,Massachusetts 02543                 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Woods Hole                                                       
  Oceanographic                                                        
  Institution (WHOI)                                                   
  will create                                                          
  \"Virtual                                                            
  Stowaway,\" a                                                        
  website designed to                                                  
  be a segment of the                                                  
  WHOI web series                                                      
  \"Dive and                                                           
  Discover.\" Based                                                    
  upon NSF                                                             
  OCE-0002540, a                                                       
  research project                                                     
  investigating two                                                    
  species of fragile                                                   
  gelatinous                                                           
  zooplankton (salps),                                                 
  the web site will                                                    
  communicate this                                                     
  research to public                                                   
  audiences by                                                         
  allowing learners of                                                 
  all ages to become                                                   
  stowaways on a                                                       
  research vessel                                                      
  studying the biology                                                 
  of these                                                             
  filter-feeding                                                       
  herbivores living in                                                 
  the upper layers of                                                  
  the ocean. The site                                                  
  will use innovative                                                  
  virtual reality                                                      
  panoramas (VR) of                                                    
  research vessel labs                                                 
  and submersibles                                                     
  with hot links as                                                    
  portals to layered                                                   
  levels of learning                                                   
  about ocean                                                          
  exploration,                                                         
  scientific work on a                                                 
  research vessel, the                                                 
  role that animals                                                    
  like salps play in                                                   
  the ocean and the                                                    
  diversity of jelly                                                   
  animals as                                                           
  successful                                                           
  adaptations to ocean                                                 
  life.                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0334101                                         

  **Award Title text   The Ice Age Trail in Maine: An Experience for   
  :**                  Geo/Eco-travelers                               

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Harold Borns                                    

  **Sponsor:**         University of Maine                             

                       5717 Corbett Hall Orono ,Maine 044695717        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This project will                                                    
  design and produce                                                   
  200,000 copies of an                                                 
  Ice Age Trail map                                                    
  that interprets for                                                  
  informal learners                                                    
  (tourist travelers,                                                  
  local residents,                                                     
  school students) the                                                 
  late Quaternary                                                      
  history of eastern                                                   
  coastal Maine,                                                       
  glaciated North                                                      
  America and the                                                      
  north Atlantic                                                       
  region. The map will                                                 
  lead                                                                 
  geo/eco-travelers                                                    
  along public roads                                                   
  to critical stops                                                    
  where they can                                                       
  observe glacial,                                                     
  glaciomarine and                                                     
  vegetation features,                                                 
  as well as                                                           
  historical and human                                                 
  events described and                                                 
  interpreted on the                                                   
  map in photos,                                                       
  diagrams and text.                                                   
  The travelers will                                                   
  be drawn from the                                                    
  approximately 4                                                      
  million visitors to                                                  
  Maine\'s coastal                                                     
  state and national                                                   
  parks. Additional                                                    
  dissemination will                                                   
  be via web cast                                                      
  through at least                                                     
  five separate                                                        
  websites.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0334875                                         

  **Award Title text   Shark Tracker: Demonstrating the Use of         
  :**                  Acoustic Telemetry to Track Sharks              

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Michelle Heupel                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Mote Marine Laboratory                          

                       1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Sarasota ,Florida     
                       342361004                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  This project                                                         
  communicates to                                                      
  public audiences a                                                   
  body of research                                                     
  using                                                                
  state-of-the-art                                                     
  acoustic technology                                                  
  to monitor the                                                       
  long-term movement                                                   
  patterns of juvenile                                                 
  sharks in a coastal                                                  
  nursery. Aquarium                                                    
  visitors will                                                        
  experience an                                                        
  interactive live                                                     
  shark exhibit                                                        
  designed to mimic                                                    
  shark monitoring.                                                    
  Interactive                                                          
  animations of shark                                                  
  movements from the                                                   
  research study are                                                   
  integrated into the                                                  
  exhibit and will be                                                  
  explained on video                                                   
  monitors while a                                                     
  shark swimming in an                                                 
  exhibit tank                                                         
  activates detectors                                                  
  showing its location                                                 
  and movement.                                                        
  Designed for                                                         
  visitors of all                                                      
  ages, the exhibit                                                    
  demonstrates how the                                                 
  research project                                                     
  works and explains                                                   
  how sharks use                                                       
  coastal bays as                                                      
  nursery areas and                                                    
  how these areas are                                                  
  critical to the                                                      
  survival of young                                                    
  sharks.                                                              
  Dissemination is                                                     
  through the Mote                                                     
  Marine Aquarium that                                                 
  receives over                                                        
  400,000 visitors                                                     
  annually, and                                                        
  through web cast and                                                 
  distance-learning                                                    
  elements.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0335545                                         

  **Award Title text   Science Out There (Planning-2)                  
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$49,993.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    John Angier                                     

  **Sponsor:**         The Chedd-Angier Production Company             

                       70 Coolidge Hill Rd Watertown ,Massachusetts    
                       024725096                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Chedd-Angier                                                     
  Production Company                                                   
  requests a planning                                                  
  grant to develop a                                                   
  popular new                                                          
  television series                                                    
  together with                                                        
  integrated outreach                                                  
  and online                                                           
  components. The                                                      
  series, \"Science                                                    
  Out There\" (working                                                 
  title), will feature                                                 
  the work of field                                                    
  scientists as it                                                     
  happens and where it                                                 
  happens, anywhere in                                                 
  the world. The                                                       
  target audience for                                                  
  the series is the                                                    
  young,                                                               
  adventure-seeking                                                    
  adult. The work of                                                   
  the development                                                      
  phase of the project                                                 
  includes refining                                                    
  the creative                                                         
  approaches to the                                                    
  series; producing a                                                  
  ten-minute                                                           
  demonstration tape;                                                  
  developing a list of                                                 
  suitable research                                                    
  projects for the                                                     
  series; developing a                                                 
  business strategy                                                    
  and conducting                                                       
  formative evaluation                                                 
  of the pilot. An                                                     
  advisory group and                                                   
  Connecticut Public                                                   
  Television will                                                      
  support the planning                                                 
  work. Multimedia                                                     
  Research will                                                        
  conduct the                                                          
  evaluation.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0336928                                         

  **Award Title text   The Arctic and Global Change: Informal Science  
  :**                  Education Opportunities                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$72,513.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Douglas Williams                                

  **Sponsor:**         University South Carolina Research Foundation   

                       901 Sumter Street Columbia ,South Carolina      
                       292080001                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  INTELLECTUAL MERIT:                                                  
  This Communicating                                                   
  Research to Public                                                   
  Audiences project                                                    
  from the University                                                  
  of South Carolina                                                    
  (USC) is based on                                                    
  the ongoing                                                          
  multidisciplinary                                                    
  investigations of                                                    
  Eugene Karabanov and                                                 
  Douglas Williams                                                     
  (OPP-0229737) in the                                                 
  Russian Arctic. The                                                  
  scientific objective                                                 
  of the 2003                                                          
  expedition was to                                                    
  reconstruct the                                                      
  variability of                                                       
  freshwater discharge                                                 
  and terrestrial                                                      
  carbon flux to the                                                   
  Artic Ocean from the                                                 
  Lena River during                                                    
  the last 500 to                                                      
  1,000 years,                                                         
  improving                                                            
  understanding of the                                                 
  impact of climate                                                    
  change. As part of                                                   
  that undertaking,                                                    
  the team collected                                                   
  broadcast quality                                                    
  digital video. This                                                  
  project will                                                         
  interpret the                                                        
  research findings                                                    
  and documentation                                                    
  through                                                              
  collaboration with                                                   
  EdVenture                                                            
  Children\'s Museum                                                   
  (ECM) in Columbia,                                                   
  South Carolina.                                                      
  Deliverables will                                                    
  include:                                                             
  Meet-the-Arctic                                                      
  Scientist programs;                                                  
  Artic Discovery                                                      
  Weekends; Arctic                                                     
  Discovery Boxes                                                      
  (three hands-on                                                      
  units); and Arctic                                                   
  CyberLoft                                                            
  Experiences. Content                                                 
  will include the                                                     
  role of the Arctic                                                   
  in global climate                                                    
  change; watersheds,                                                  
  fresh water systems                                                  
  and ocean                                                            
  circulation; human                                                   
  adaptations and                                                      
  culture. BROADER                                                     
  IMPACT: The CRPA                                                     
  project will share                                                   
  the results of the                                                   
  research expedition                                                  
  with children and                                                    
  families attending                                                   
  EdVenture through                                                    
  this                                                                 
  university-museum                                                    
  partnership. In                                                      
  addition to visitors                                                 
  from the six-county                                                  
  Midlands area of                                                     
  South Carolina, the                                                  
  project will reach                                                   
  an extended audience                                                 
  through an Arctic                                                    
  Science website at                                                   
  USC with links to                                                    
  the EdVenture site.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**            0337036                                         

  **Award Title text :**  Sisters in Science in the Community             

  **NSF Org :**           ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**      Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**  Sylvia James                                    

  **Division :**          11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**        03-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :**   02-28-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**     \$1,288,233.00                                  

  **Investigator:**       Penny Hammrich                                  

  **Sponsor:**            Temple University                               

                          1601 N. Broad Street 406 USB, 083-45            
                          Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania 191226024            

  **Program Element       7259                                            
  code:**                                                                 

  **Abstract :**                                                          

  Temple University\'s                                                    
  \"Sisters in Science in                                                 
  the Community                                                           
  (SISCOM)\" is a                                                         
  constructivist-based,                                                   
  inclusive                                                               
  youth/community project                                                 
  targeting                                                               
  underrepresented urban                                                  
  middle and high school                                                  
  girls in grades 6-10                                                    
  and their families; it                                                  
  supports inclusion of                                                   
  girls with                                                              
  disabilities. It                                                        
  engages girls and their                                                 
  parents in hands-on,                                                    
  inquiry-based sports                                                    
  science in                                                              
  after-school, Saturday,                                                 
  and summer programs                                                     
  co-hosted by                                                            
  community-based                                                         
  organizations and                                                       
  Temple University.                                                      
  Girls will also be                                                      
  engaged in                                                              
  student-centered                                                        
  research projects                                                       
  guided by female                                                        
  scientists. With regard                                                 
  to intellectual merit,                                                  
  SISCOM is based on                                                      
  previous research done                                                  
  by Temple on methods                                                    
  for engaging girls and                                                  
  their parents in STEM                                                   
  activities. The                                                         
  infrastructure of                                                       
  research and practices                                                  
  in education will be                                                    
  facilitated through the                                                 
  sharing of information                                                  
  between the network of                                                  
  partners and the                                                        
  national community of                                                   
  formal and informal                                                     
  educators                                                               
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337087                                         

  **Award Title text   The World Around Us (WAU) \-- An Exhibition     
  :**                  Project                                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,580,119.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Theresa Mattei                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Louisville Science Center                       

                       727 West Main Street Louisville ,Kentucky       
                       402022681                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Louisville                                                       
  Science Center (LSC)                                                 
  proposes to develop                                                  
  \"The World Around                                                   
  Us (WAU),\" an 8,000                                                 
  sq ft exhibition,                                                    
  plus programs and                                                    
  materials designed                                                   
  to increase                                                          
  environmental                                                        
  awareness of                                                         
  citizens, inspiring                                                  
  greater                                                              
  understanding and                                                    
  respect for earth\'s                                                 
  natural resources.                                                   
  INTELLECTUAL MERIT                                                   
  Exhibition                                                           
  components are                                                       
  CenterStage;                                                         
  AtmoSphere: Air that                                                 
  Surrounds Us;                                                        
  TerraSphere:                                                         
  Environments that                                                    
  Support Us; and                                                      
  AquaSphere: Water                                                    
  that Sustains Us.                                                    
  The exhibition                                                       
  integrates hands-on                                                  
  activities and                                                       
  media-based visitor                                                  
  experiences with                                                     
  approximately 1,000                                                  
  specimens from the                                                   
  LSC collections. The                                                 
  project takes an                                                     
  interdisciplinary                                                    
  thematic approach                                                    
  founded in                                                           
  educational goals                                                    
  and STEM content                                                     
  that is closely                                                      
  linked to national                                                   
  science standards.                                                   
  BROADER IMPACT                                                       
  Target audiences are                                                 
  children in grades                                                   
  3-8, parents,                                                        
  caregivers and                                                       
  teachers. LSC                                                        
  expects to reach                                                     
  some five million                                                    
  visitors over ten                                                    
  years after opening                                                  
  the exhibition. The                                                  
  project focuses on                                                   
  reaching rural and                                                   
  underserved                                                          
  audiences in                                                         
  Kentucky and                                                         
  Indiana. Its impact                                                  
  will be extended                                                     
  through strong ties                                                  
  to the schools and                                                   
  with ancillary                                                       
  materials. The                                                       
  distance learning                                                    
  capability of the                                                    
  Collections                                                          
  Discovery Gallery                                                    
  will extend the                                                      
  reach of the                                                         
  exhibition beyond                                                    
  the museum walls. In                                                 
  addition, the                                                        
  application of PDAs                                                  
  and handheld GIS                                                     
  technology will add                                                  
  to experience of the                                                 
  field in these                                                       
  areas. Dissemination                                                 
  of \"green\"                                                         
  fabrication                                                          
  techniques will help                                                 
  other science                                                        
  centers follow                                                       
  similar approaches.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337090                                         

  **Award Title text   The Gender Chip Project                         
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$237,078.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Jean Donohue                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Media Working Group                             

                       525 W. Fifth Street, Suite 321 Covington        
                       ,Kentucky 410111260                             

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Media Working                                                    
  Group is producing a                                                 
  one-hour documentary                                                 
  about a group of                                                     
  undergraduate women                                                  
  at Ohio State                                                        
  University who are                                                   
  pursuing                                                             
  non-traditional                                                      
  paths of study in a                                                  
  variety of                                                           
  technology and                                                       
  science fields. The                                                  
  Gender Chip Project                                                  
  is designed to                                                       
  provide role models                                                  
  and encouragement                                                    
  for girls (ages                                                      
  14-18) and young                                                     
  adults who wish to                                                   
  enter STEM careers;                                                  
  and to raise general                                                 
  public awareness                                                     
  about the continuing                                                 
  need to develop STEM                                                 
  education and career                                                 
  opportunities for                                                    
  young women. The                                                     
  broadcast                                                            
  documentary will be                                                  
  complemented by                                                      
  distribution of the                                                  
  program with                                                         
  additional material                                                  
  on DVD. The project                                                  
  will also design a                                                   
  website for Guidance                                                 
  Counselors and young                                                 
  women contemplating                                                  
  STEM education.                                                      
  Project evaluation                                                   
  will be conducted by                                                 
  Kathleen Tyner, Lead                                                 
  Evaluator from                                                       
  Hi-Beam Consulting                                                   
  in San Francisco.                                                    
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337128                                         

  **Award Title text   The River Ganga \-- A Radio Series              
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$671,849.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Julian Crandall Hollick                         

  **Sponsor:**         Independent Broadcasting Associates, Inc.       

                       111 King Street Littleton ,Massachusetts        
                       014601527                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Independent                                                          
  Broadcasting                                                         
  Associates, Inc., is                                                 
  producing a series                                                   
  of twelve radio                                                      
  features for                                                         
  National Public                                                      
  newsmagazines about                                                  
  the Ganges river                                                     
  basin in South Asia.                                                 
  The purpose of this                                                  
  series is to examine                                                 
  the relationships                                                    
  between science and                                                  
  culture as they                                                      
  converge and diverge                                                 
  over issues                                                          
  concerning the                                                       
  Ganga: through (a)                                                   
  examination of the                                                   
  ecology of the river                                                 
  in two key areas;                                                    
  and (b) study of the                                                 
  relationships                                                        
  between scientific                                                   
  and religious                                                        
  attitudes applied to                                                 
  the environmental                                                    
  issues raised in                                                     
  both reaches of the                                                  
  river. The radio                                                     
  series is                                                            
  complemented by a                                                    
  Web site and                                                         
  extensive                                                            
  educational outreach                                                 
  through 11 state                                                     
  Geographic                                                           
  Alliances, an AP                                                     
  Environmental                                                        
  Science module and a                                                 
  pilot Virtual River                                                  
  program developed                                                    
  and tested in                                                        
  collaboration with                                                   
  the Museum of                                                        
  Science in Boston.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**             0337143                                         

  **Award Title text :**   Earth System Science Initiative: Pulse of the   
                           Planet Radio and National Geographic Online     

  **NSF Org :**            ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**       Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**                                                   

  **Division :**           11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**         01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :**    12-31-2004                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**      \$681,885.00                                    

  **Investigator:**        Jim Metzner                                     

  **Sponsor:**             Jim Metzner Productions Inc                     

                           345 Dug Road Accord ,New York 12404             

  **Program Element        7259                                            
  code:**                                                                  

  **Abstract :**                                                           

  Jim Metzner Productions                                                  
  Inc, in collaboration                                                    
  with ETCOM and National                                                  
  Geographic, is                                                           
  requesting support for                                                   
  the production of                                                        
  \"Pulse of the                                                           
  Planet/Pulso del                                                         
  Planeta\" radio programs                                                 
  and an educational                                                       
  website that present                                                     
  current research                                                         
  questions, techniques,                                                   
  and findings in earth                                                    
  system science. The goal                                                 
  of the project is to                                                     
  introduce Earth as a                                                     
  dynamic, complex, global                                                 
  system and to convey                                                     
  basic concepts of                                                        
  systems and the elements                                                 
  of scale, change and                                                     
  interconnection on our                                                   
  planet. \"Pulse of the                                                   
  Planet\" reaches over                                                    
  one million listeners                                                    
  daily on over 300 public                                                 
  and commercial stations                                                  
  worldwide. The 300 new                                                   
  programs produced in                                                     
  English will be adapted                                                  
  and co-produced in                                                       
  Spanish by ETCOM for                                                     
  broadcast with its 106                                                   
  radio affiliates. Each                                                   
  radio segment will be                                                    
  supported and extended                                                   
  on the National                                                          
  Geographic Online                                                        
  website with news                                                        
  commissioned to                                                          
  accompany the radio                                                      
  programs. The NGO                                                        
  feature will also                                                        
  include an audio program                                                 
  archive, links to                                                        
  NationalGeographic.com                                                   
  guides, related stories,                                                 
  photo galleries, maps                                                    
  and links for additional                                                 
  listener research.                                                       
  Learning Experience                                                      
  Design Research will                                                     
  conduct formative and                                                    
  summative evaluation                                                     
  services in English and                                                  
  Spanish.                                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337236                                         

  **Award Title text   Coastal Communities For Science: A Bering Sea   
  :**                  Partnership                                     

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,200,352.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Michael Smolen                                  

  **Sponsor:**         World Wildlife Fund US                          

                       1250 24th Street NW Washington ,District of     
                       Columbia 200371124                              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Coastal                                                            
  Communities for                                                      
  Science: A Bering                                                    
  Sea Partnership\" is                                                 
  a 3-year program of                                                  
  collaboration among                                                  
  the WWF-US, four                                                     
  Alaska native rural                                                  
  communities and                                                      
  regional scientists                                                  
  investigating the                                                    
  ecology of the                                                       
  Bering Strait. Its                                                   
  primary purpose is                                                   
  to advance youth                                                     
  interaction with                                                     
  science and it                                                       
  proposes to achieve                                                  
  this by engaging                                                     
  young people from                                                    
  high school and                                                      
  beyond to conduct                                                    
  research with                                                        
  scientists. The                                                      
  project which                                                        
  involves training                                                    
  community youth on                                                   
  science and research                                                 
  methods, capacity                                                    
  building of informal                                                 
  educators in these                                                   
  rural communities to                                                 
  lead and encourage                                                   
  field-based                                                          
  programs, inclusion                                                  
  of community elders                                                  
  in the overall                                                       
  learning and                                                         
  communication of                                                     
  science concepts and                                                 
  the creation of a                                                    
  model of                                                             
  collaboration. The                                                   
  science content, an                                                  
  amalgam of community                                                 
  interest and                                                         
  researcher interest,                                                 
  is grounded in local                                                 
  environmental and                                                    
  economic issues.                                                     
  With WWF\'s support                                                  
  and electronic                                                       
  technology, this has                                                 
  the potential of                                                     
  being a model                                                        
  project that is                                                      
  broadly disseminated                                                 
  at local, regional                                                   
  and national levels.                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337243                                         

  **Award Title text   Survivor: The Place of Humans in the Natural    
  :**                  World \-- A Traveling Exhibition                

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,677,388.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Jeremy Sabloff                                  

  **Sponsor:**         University of Pennsylvania                      

                       Research Services 3451 Walnut St, P221 Franklin 
                       Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania 191046205            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The University of                                                    
  Pennsylvania Museum                                                  
  of Archaeology and                                                   
  Anthropology will                                                    
  work over three                                                      
  years to design,                                                     
  develop and                                                          
  fabricate                                                            
  \"Survivor, the                                                      
  Place of Humans in                                                   
  the Natural World,\"                                                 
  a 3,000 sq. ft.                                                      
  traveling exhibition                                                 
  for audiences ages                                                   
  nine and older which                                                 
  explores the process                                                 
  and consequences of                                                  
  human evolution in                                                   
  the context of its                                                   
  implications for our                                                 
  daily lives. Using                                                   
  hands-on interactive                                                 
  devices, flexible                                                    
  exhibit designs with                                                 
  multimedia                                                           
  capabilities, and                                                    
  interactive                                                          
  \"Web-chats\" with                                                   
  an open community of                                                 
  scholars, UPM will                                                   
  engage visitors with                                                 
  the discovery of the                                                 
  place of humans on                                                   
  the planet Earth.                                                    
  The exhibition,                                                      
  along with ancillary                                                 
  educational                                                          
  materials and                                                        
  programs, is                                                         
  scheduled to open in                                                 
  2006, then                                                           
  subsequently travel                                                  
  for three years to                                                   
  nine widely                                                          
  distributed                                                          
  institutions,                                                        
  ultimately serving a                                                 
  national audience of                                                 
  several million                                                      
  viewers.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0337266                                         

  **Award Title text    Community Ambassadors in Science Exploration    
  :**                   (CASE)                                          

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.    Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      03-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 02-28-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**     Minda Borun                                     

  **Sponsor:**          Franklin Institute Science Museum               

                        222 North 20th Street Philadelphia              
                        ,Pennsylvania 19103                             

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  Community Ambassadors                                                 
  in Science                                                            
  Exploration (CASE) is                                                 
  a new model for                                                       
  encouraging the                                                       
  appreciation and                                                      
  understanding of                                                      
  science among                                                         
  underserved families                                                  
  through: a corps of                                                   
  teen and adult peer                                                   
  presenters; a                                                         
  curriculum of                                                         
  hands-on learning                                                     
  experiences for                                                       
  families of diverse                                                   
  ages and backgrounds;                                                 
  a regional network of                                                 
  museum-community                                                      
  collaboration;                                                        
  integration of                                                        
  community and museum                                                  
  resources through                                                     
  joint programming;                                                    
  and a longitudinal                                                    
  research study of                                                     
  program impacts. CASE                                                 
  will serve over                                                       
  20,000 people over                                                    
  three years with                                                      
  peer-presented family                                                 
  learning                                                              
  opportunities and                                                     
  museum experiences.                                                   
  In addition, CASE                                                     
  will train a total of                                                 
  108 science                                                           
  ambassadors who will                                                  
  offer science                                                         
  workshops at                                                          
  community-based                                                       
  organizations in the                                                  
  languages spoken by                                                   
  their constituencies.                                                 
  Through CASE, the                                                     
  ambassadors will gain                                                 
  training and                                                          
  experience in                                                         
  informal science                                                      
  education that can                                                    
  open the door to                                                      
  possible future                                                       
  career opportunities                                                  
  in community and                                                      
  museum settings.                                                      
  Building on a                                                         
  ten-year history of                                                   
  museum-community                                                      
  collaboration, CASE                                                   
  will be conducted by                                                  
  PISEC, the                                                            
  Philadelphia/Camden                                                   
  Informal Science                                                      
  Education                                                             
  Collaborative. PISEC                                                  
  includes four major                                                   
  Philadelphia informal                                                 
  science institutions:                                                 
  The Franklin                                                          
  Institute, the                                                        
  Philadelphia Zoo, The                                                 
  Academy of Natural                                                    
  Sciences and The New                                                  
  Jersey State                                                          
  Aquarium. This                                                        
  organization conducts                                                 
  research and outreach                                                 
  projects in support                                                   
  of family science                                                     
  learning.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337269                                         

  **Award Title text   DINOSAURS! : A Large Format Film Experience     
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     12-15-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,200,000.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Gregory Andorfer                                

  **Sponsor:**         Maryland Science Center                         

                       601 Light Street Baltimore ,Maryland 21230      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Maryland Science                                                 
  Center is producing                                                  
  a 40-minute large                                                    
  format film about                                                    
  the discovery and                                                    
  scientific                                                           
  interpretation of                                                    
  dinosaurs based on                                                   
  fossil finds from                                                    
  the Gobi Desert. The                                                 
  film will follow the                                                 
  summer 2004                                                          
  expedition of the                                                    
  American Museum of                                                   
  Natural History                                                      
  (AMNH) and the                                                       
  Mongolian Academy of                                                 
  Science led by                                                       
  paleontologists Dr.                                                  
  Michael Novacek and                                                  
  Dr. Mark Norell. It                                                  
  will present the                                                     
  scientific evidence                                                  
  for how we know what                                                 
  we know about                                                        
  dinosaurs and will                                                   
  examine such                                                         
  questions as what                                                    
  types of dinosaurs                                                   
  roamed the Gobi,                                                     
  what their                                                           
  environment was                                                      
  like, and what they                                                  
  tell us about the                                                    
  evolution of life on                                                 
  Earth. Greg Andorfer                                                 
  will be Executive                                                    
  Producer. The film                                                   
  will be produced by                                                  
  David Clark and                                                      
  co-directed by Clark                                                 
  and Bayley Silleck.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337286                                         

  **Award Title text   The Black Hole Project                          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,110,604.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Thomas Lucas                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Denver Museum of Nature and Science             

                       2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver ,Colorado 80201  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Denver Museum of                                                 
  Nature and Science                                                   
  is producing \"Realm                                                 
  of the Black Hole,\"                                                 
  a one-hour high                                                      
  definition                                                           
  television program                                                   
  for the PBS science                                                  
  series NOVA and                                                      
  \"Black Hole: The                                                    
  Other Side of                                                        
  Infinity,\" a                                                        
  twenty-minute full                                                   
  motion program for                                                   
  planetarium                                                          
  theaters. Both of                                                    
  these media products                                                 
  will draw upon a                                                     
  large-scale                                                          
  visualization effort                                                 
  conducted by leading                                                 
  scientists in                                                        
  collaboration with                                                   
  the National Center                                                  
  for Supercomputing                                                   
  Applications. The                                                    
  shows will examine                                                   
  the broad revolution                                                 
  now taking place in                                                  
  high-energy                                                          
  astrophysics by                                                      
  using scientific                                                     
  simulations and                                                      
  data-based                                                           
  animations to                                                        
  illustrate the life                                                  
  cycle of stars and                                                   
  the birth of                                                         
  galaxies. The two                                                    
  presentations will                                                   
  be supported by a                                                    
  website designed for                                                 
  use by the general                                                   
  public and by                                                        
  outreach materials                                                   
  and resources for                                                    
  teachers and                                                         
  informal educators.                                                  
  The media production                                                 
  will be under the                                                    
  direction of Thomas                                                  
  Lucas, President of                                                  
  Thomas Lucas                                                         
  Productions, Inc.,                                                   
  and co-produced by                                                   
  Donna Cox,                                                           
  Professor, School of                                                 
  Art & Design,                                                        
  University of                                                        
  Illinois at                                                          
  Urbana-Champaign.                                                    
  Paula Apsell will be                                                 
  the Executive                                                        
  Producer for the                                                     
  NOVA program and                                                     
  Joslyn Schoemer will                                                 
  be Executive                                                         
  Producer for the                                                     
  planetarium show.                                                    
  The Science Advisors                                                 
  include Roger                                                        
  Blandford,                                                           
  Professor,                                                           
  Theoretical                                                          
  Astrophysics,                                                        
  California Institute                                                 
  of Technology; Laura                                                 
  Danly, Space Science                                                 
  Curator, Denver                                                      
  Museum of Nature and                                                 
  Science; Michael                                                     
  Norman, Professor,                                                   
  Astrophysics,                                                        
  University of                                                        
  California, San                                                      
  Diego; Harvey                                                        
  Tannanbaum,                                                          
  Director, Chandra                                                    
  X-Ray Center at the                                                  
  Smithsonian                                                          
  Astrophysical                                                        
  Observatory; and                                                     
  David Thompson,                                                      
  Astrophysicist,                                                      
  Laboratory for High                                                  
  Energy Astrophysics,                                                 
  NASA Goddard Space                                                   
  Flight Center.                                                       
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337323                                         

  **Award Title text   \"ZOOM\" \-- Season Seven                       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     04-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    03-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Kate Taylor                                     

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  WGBH Educational                                                     
  Foundation is                                                        
  requesting                                                           
  \$1,709,863 to                                                       
  produce 20 new shows                                                 
  and new outreach and                                                 
  Web activities for                                                   
  ZOOM. ZOOM is a                                                      
  daily half-hour PBS                                                  
  series targeted to                                                   
  kids ages 8 to 11.                                                   
  Uniquely by and for                                                  
  kids, ZOOM gives its                                                 
  viewers a chance to                                                  
  explore, experiment                                                  
  and share their                                                      
  creativity. The                                                      
  series, along with                                                   
  its far-reaching                                                     
  outreach, offers its                                                 
  audience an                                                          
  innovative                                                           
  curriculum that                                                      
  promotes the                                                         
  acquisition of basic                                                 
  math and science                                                     
  knowledge and the                                                    
  development of                                                       
  problem solving                                                      
  skills called                                                        
  \"Habits of Mind.\"                                                  
  The goals for Season                                                 
  VII are to: (1)                                                      
  develop three new                                                    
  content                                                              
  areas-\"Survivor                                                     
  Science,\" \"Sleuth                                                  
  Science,\" and                                                       
  \"Conservation                                                       
  Science\"; (2)                                                       
  launch \"ZOOM Into                                                   
  Action and                                                           
  Conserve,\" a new                                                    
  campaign designed to                                                 
  give kids                                                            
  conservation                                                         
  activities to fuel                                                   
  their volunteerism                                                   
  and help them                                                        
  understand the                                                       
  science behind their                                                 
  efforts; (3) create                                                  
  new science training                                                 
  materials for                                                        
  afterschool program                                                  
  leaders; and, (4)                                                    
  conduct summative                                                    
  evaluation to                                                        
  continue to gauge                                                    
  ZOOM\'s                                                              
  effectiveness at                                                     
  teaching math and                                                    
  science to targeted                                                  
  audiences. Outreach                                                  
  for the project will                                                 
  include print                                                        
  materials for kids,                                                  
  families and                                                         
  educators.                                                           
  ZOOM-related                                                         
  activities at                                                        
  community-based                                                      
  organizations                                                        
  include 1,450                                                        
  ClubZOOM science                                                     
  afterschool programs                                                 
  and 23 ZOOMzone                                                      
  science museum                                                       
  exhibits. ZOOM                                                       
  currently is carried                                                 
  by 261 public                                                        
  broadcasting                                                         
  stations and is                                                      
  viewed by close to 5                                                 
  million children per                                                 
  week. The 2,400-page                                                 
  interactive web site                                                 
  is updated weekly                                                    
  and attracts almost                                                  
  43,000 visitors per                                                  
  day.                                                                 
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337350                                         

  **Award Title text   DragonflyTV \-- Season 4                        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,499,877.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Richard Hudson                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Twin Cities Public Television                   

                       172 East Fourth Street St. Paul ,Minnesota      
                       551011400                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Twin Cities Public                                                   
  Television is                                                        
  producing 13 new                                                     
  episodes and new                                                     
  outreach and Web                                                     
  activities for the                                                   
  fourth season of                                                     
  DragonflyTV, the                                                     
  weekly science                                                       
  television series                                                    
  targeted at children                                                 
  ages 9-12. The                                                       
  series presents                                                      
  authentic                                                            
  inquiry-based                                                        
  investigations,                                                      
  created by and for                                                   
  children. The                                                        
  programs focus on                                                    
  children doing their                                                 
  own scientific                                                       
  investigations and                                                   
  sharing the                                                          
  excitement that                                                      
  comes from making                                                    
  their own                                                            
  discoveries. The                                                     
  programs also                                                        
  include real                                                         
  scientists doing                                                     
  research on related                                                  
  themes and snapshots                                                 
  and home movies of                                                   
  the scientists when                                                  
  they were kids.                                                      
  Outreach for                                                         
  DragonflyTV consists                                                 
  of an interactive                                                    
  website where                                                        
  children can share                                                   
  their science                                                        
  investigation,                                                       
  programs at selected                                                 
  Boys and Girls Clubs                                                 
  of America and 4H                                                    
  Clubs, Teacher\'s                                                    
  Guides distributed                                                   
  through the National                                                 
  Science Teachers                                                     
  Association (NSTA)                                                   
  and PBS stations,                                                    
  and the development                                                  
  of new community                                                     
  partnerships with                                                    
  established informal                                                 
  science                                                              
  organizations.                                                       
  Multimedia research                                                  
  and Rockman et al                                                    
  will conduct                                                         
  formative and                                                        
  summative                                                            
  evaluations.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0337354                                         

  **Award Title text   TexNET: Texas Network for Exhibit-based         
  :**                  Learning and Teaching                           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Charlie Walter                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Fort Worth Museum of Science and History        

                       1501 Montgomery Street Fort Worth ,Texas        
                       761073017                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Fort Worth                                                       
  Museum of Science                                                    
  and Technology will                                                  
  partner with The                                                     
  Exploratorium and                                                    
  with three smaller                                                   
  science museums that                                                 
  have strong                                                          
  connections to rural                                                 
  and Spanish-speaking                                                 
  populations in                                                       
  Texas: Discovery                                                     
  Science Place,                                                       
  Loredo Children\'s                                                   
  Museum, and Science                                                  
  Spectrum to develop                                                  
  TexNET, a four-year                                                  
  project modeled on                                                   
  the Exploratorium                                                    
  Network for                                                          
  Exhibit-based                                                        
  Teaching (ExNET).                                                    
  TexNET builds on                                                     
  lessons learned from                                                 
  past exhibit                                                         
  outreach models and                                                  
  addresses the needs                                                  
  of small, rural                                                      
  partners for                                                         
  exhibits and                                                         
  capacity-building                                                    
  workshops. Each                                                      
  small museum partner                                                 
  will host a set of                                                   
  ten exhibits for one                                                 
  year. Exhibit topics                                                 
  are 1)motion,                                                        
  2)weather and                                                        
  3)sound. Workshops                                                   
  focus on inquiry                                                     
  learning techniques,                                                 
  science content,                                                     
  programming and                                                      
  workshop design, as                                                  
  well as the                                                          
  institutional needs                                                  
  of each partner.                                                     
  Inverness Research                                                   
  Associates will                                                      
  conduct the project                                                  
  evaluation. They                                                     
  will examine the                                                     
  success of this                                                      
  project by looking                                                   
  at the effectiveness                                                 
  of the TexNET model,                                                 
  the success of the                                                   
  individual exhibit                                                   
  elements to engage                                                   
  rural communities,                                                   
  the effectiveness                                                    
  with which this                                                      
  project has enhanced                                                 
  the abilities of                                                     
  local rural                                                          
  communities to                                                       
  sustain their own                                                    
  educational                                                          
  improvements and the                                                 
  effectiveness of the                                                 
  training components                                                  
  in increasing the                                                    
  capabilities of the                                                  
  local museums to                                                     
  serve their rural                                                    
  audiences.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337389                                         

  **Award Title text   Presenting Current Science and Research: A New  
  :**                  Model for Exhibit Making                        

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     04-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    03-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,547,901.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Cari Dwyer                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Science Museum                                                   
  of Minnesota (SMM)                                                   
  will carry out a                                                     
  museum-wide                                                          
  initiative to                                                        
  distribute exhibits                                                  
  and programs about                                                   
  new science and                                                      
  research among its                                                   
  core exhibits.                                                       
  INTELLECTUAL MERIT.                                                  
  The project goal is                                                  
  to redefine science                                                  
  for visitors as a                                                    
  dynamic human                                                        
  endeavor that is                                                     
  rich in discovery                                                    
  and relevant to                                                      
  their lives, as well                                                 
  as to position SMM                                                   
  as a resource for                                                    
  complex science and                                                  
  science issues. The                                                  
  project includes                                                     
  Current Science                                                      
  Central (500 sq ft)                                                  
  plus three Current                                                   
  Science Zones                                                        
  (250-300 sq ft)                                                      
  distributed among                                                    
  existing galleries                                                   
  (Mississippi River,                                                  
  Human Body,                                                          
  Experiment).                                                         
  Standardized formats                                                 
  (e.g., newscast                                                      
  scripts, quiz                                                        
  questions,                                                           
  multimedia kiosks,                                                   
  bulletin/graffiti                                                    
  boards) will provide                                                 
  frameworks that                                                      
  simplify the                                                         
  constant need for                                                    
  updating content and                                                 
  increase the ability                                                 
  to respond quickly.                                                  
  BROADER IMPACT.                                                      
  Target audiences are                                                 
  families, school                                                     
  groups, teachers,                                                    
  teens and lifelong                                                   
  learners from among                                                  
  the 850,000 annual                                                   
  visitors;                                                            
  involvement of the                                                   
  Youth Science Center                                                 
  will engage                                                          
  underserved                                                          
  audiences. Project                                                   
  collaborators are                                                    
  researchers                                                          
  (University of                                                       
  Minnesota, Augsburg                                                  
  College, Gentra                                                      
  Systems, 3M and                                                      
  JPL), as well as                                                     
  media (Physics                                                       
  Today, television                                                    
  and radio). The                                                      
  science museum field                                                 
  will benefit from                                                    
  the experience                                                       
  gained through this                                                  
  project.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0337398                                         

  **Award Title text   World of Ecology\--The Extreme Zone             
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,203,901.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Charles Kopczak                                 

  **Sponsor:**         California Science Center Foundation            

                       700 State Drive Los Angeles ,California 90037   

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The California                                                       
  Science Center (CSC)                                                 
  will develop the                                                     
  \"World of                                                           
  Ecology,\" a 45,000                                                  
  sq ft permanent                                                      
  exhibition that                                                      
  involves the                                                         
  large-scale fusion                                                   
  of interactive                                                       
  science exhibits                                                     
  with the immersive                                                   
  live-habitat concept                                                 
  of zoos, aquariums                                                   
  and botanical                                                        
  gardens.                                                             
  INTELLECTUAL MERIT                                                   
  The focus for this                                                   
  project is the                                                       
  Extreme Zone, which                                                  
  will explore how                                                     
  species adapt to                                                     
  their environment.                                                   
  It contains four                                                     
  habitats: the                                                        
  Sonoran desert, deep                                                 
  sea hydrothermal                                                     
  vents, polar regions                                                 
  and rocky shores and                                                 
  will include more                                                    
  than 259 terrestrial                                                 
  and aquatic animal                                                   
  and plant species.                                                   
  The overall goal is                                                  
  to communicate that                                                  
  in every ecosystem                                                   
  the physical and                                                     
  living worlds are                                                    
  connected and shaped                                                 
  by the same                                                          
  fundamental                                                          
  ecological                                                           
  principles. It will                                                  
  be achieved through                                                  
  the integration of                                                   
  science center                                                       
  exhibits with                                                        
  immersive habitats                                                   
  on a large scale.                                                    
  This approach                                                        
  provides an                                                          
  interesting model                                                    
  for the science                                                      
  center, museum, zoo                                                  
  and botanical garden                                                 
  fields. BROADER                                                      
  IMPACT The target                                                    
  audience is the 1.6                                                  
  million annual CSC                                                   
  visitors, 57% of                                                     
  whom are from                                                        
  minority                                                             
  populations, with an                                                 
  emphasis on                                                          
  families, elementary                                                 
  and middle school                                                    
  students. In                                                         
  addition, CSC will                                                   
  enhance the                                                          
  exhibition through                                                   
  outreach programs                                                    
  that serve at-risk                                                   
  students. All                                                        
  audio-visual                                                         
  programs will be                                                     
  available in Spanish                                                 
  as well as English,                                                  
  and a Spanish                                                        
  language audio guide                                                 
  will be produced.                                                    
  Collaboration with                                                   
  the Santa Barbara                                                    
  Zoo will bring                                                       
  valuable expertise                                                   
  as well as enhance                                                   
  prospects for                                                        
  dissemination.                                                       
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0340914                                         

  **Award Title text   Planning Grant for Sea Monsters: A Large-Format 
  :**                  Film                                            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Fixed Price Award                               

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Lisa Truitt                                     

  **Sponsor:**         National Geographic Television                  

                       1145 17th St., NW Washington ,District of       
                       Columbia 200364688                              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  National Geographic                                                  
  Television is                                                        
  requesting a                                                         
  planning grant to                                                    
  support the                                                          
  development of a 3D                                                  
  large-format film,                                                   
  \"Sea Monsters,\"                                                    
  which will focus on                                                  
  current scientific                                                   
  and paleontological                                                  
  research into                                                        
  ancient ocean life.                                                  
  The film will                                                        
  provide audiences                                                    
  the chance to follow                                                 
  men and women                                                        
  working in diverse                                                   
  disciplines within                                                   
  the Earth Sciences                                                   
  including                                                            
  Paleontology,                                                        
  Oceanography and                                                     
  Marine Biology, and                                                  
  the film will                                                        
  illustrate the                                                       
  interplay between                                                    
  science and                                                          
  technology.                                                          
  Standards-based                                                      
  lesson plans for the                                                 
  classroom and                                                        
  informal activity                                                    
  guides for families                                                  
  will augment the                                                     
  impact of the film.                                                  
  During the planning                                                  
  phase the production                                                 
  team will conduct                                                    
  further research                                                     
  into the scientific                                                  
  themes and stories                                                   
  for the film,                                                        
  identify the                                                         
  scientists who will                                                  
  appear in the film,                                                  
  perform front-end                                                    
  topic testing and                                                    
  evaluation in order                                                  
  to assess the                                                        
  public\'s interest                                                   
  and current                                                          
  knowledge about the                                                  
  topic, write a full                                                  
  film treatment,                                                      
  develop a detailed                                                   
  budget and assess                                                    
  potential CGI                                                        
  studios.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0341932                                         

  **Award Title text   From Quarks to the Cosmos \-- A Planning Grant  
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$49,967.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Richard Hudson                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Twin Cities Public Television                   

                       172 East Fourth Street St. Paul ,Minnesota      
                       551011400                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Twin Cities Public                                                   
  Broadcasting is                                                      
  developing a                                                         
  two-hour prime time                                                  
  PBS television                                                       
  special on                                                           
  complementary                                                        
  advances in particle                                                 
  physics and                                                          
  cosmology. The                                                       
  program will present                                                 
  the dramatic recent                                                  
  history of the two                                                   
  disciplines,                                                         
  striking discoveries                                                 
  in both fields, and                                                  
  the cutting-edge                                                     
  research under way                                                   
  today. The format of                                                 
  the programs will be                                                 
  modeled on Michael                                                   
  Riordan\'s book,                                                     
  \"The Hunting of the                                                 
  Quark,\" which                                                       
  presented a rich,                                                    
  personal story of                                                    
  working scientists                                                   
  with their struggles                                                 
  and their successes.                                                 
  The following                                                        
  activities are among                                                 
  those that will be                                                   
  conducted during the                                                 
  planning phase: 1.                                                   
  Develop strategic                                                    
  partnerships among                                                   
  the principal                                                        
  research                                                             
  institutions and                                                     
  organizations                                                        
  involved in                                                          
  physics/astronomy                                                    
  education 2. Develop                                                 
  detailed treatments                                                  
  of the television                                                    
  programs 3. Research                                                 
  sources for program                                                  
  graphics with                                                        
  universities,                                                        
  national                                                             
  laboratories, and                                                    
  other research                                                       
  institutions 4. Meet                                                 
  with the advisory                                                    
  board 5. Produce a                                                   
  video sampler from                                                   
  taped interviews of                                                  
  selected scientists                                                  
  Key staff with                                                       
  include: Richard                                                     
  Hudson, Director of                                                  
  Science Production                                                   
  at KTCA-TV; Les                                                      
  Guthman, Executive                                                   
  Producer and Vice                                                    
  President of Outside                                                 
  Television for S2                                                    
  Media; and Michael                                                   
  Riordan, physicist,                                                  
  science historian,                                                   
  and author. Advisors                                                 
  for the project are:                                                 
  Donna Cox, National                                                  
  Center for                                                           
  Supercomputing                                                       
  Applications and                                                     
  School of Art and                                                    
  Design, University                                                   
  of Illinois; Peter                                                   
  Galison, Department                                                  
  of History of                                                        
  Science, Harvard                                                     
  University; Leon                                                     
  Lederman, Director                                                   
  Emeritus, Fermi                                                      
  National Accelerator                                                 
  Laboratory; Dennis                                                   
  Overbye, science                                                     
  writer; Randal                                                       
  Ruchti, Department                                                   
  of Physics,                                                          
  University of Notre                                                  
  Dame; George Smoot,                                                  
  Department of                                                        
  Physics, University                                                  
  of California,                                                       
  Berkeley; and                                                        
  Michael Turner,                                                      
  Department of                                                        
  Astronomy and                                                        
  Astrophysics,                                                        
  University of                                                        
  Chicago.                                                             
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0342150                                         

  **Award Title text   Planning grant for the Science Fiction          
  :**                  Experience \[w.t.\]                             

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2003                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$50,000.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Richard Hutton                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Experience Learning Community                   

                       2901 Third Ave., Suite 400 Seattle ,Washington  
                       981211042                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Experience Learning                                                  
  Community plans to                                                   
  open a museum                                                        
  dedicated to science                                                 
  fiction in the                                                       
  summer of 2004. The                                                  
  Science Fiction                                                      
  Experience (SFX)                                                     
  will be an                                                           
  interactive,                                                         
  media-rich museum                                                    
  combining artifacts                                                  
  and information that                                                 
  immerse visitors in                                                  
  science fiction\'s                                                   
  alternative worlds.                                                  
  They are                                                             
  implementing a                                                       
  planning phase to                                                    
  assure that the                                                      
  museum\'s exhibits                                                   
  and programming                                                      
  content will                                                         
  illustrate the                                                       
  relationship between                                                 
  science and science                                                  
  fiction. Specific                                                    
  tasks during the                                                     
  planning phase                                                       
  include: 1. Conduct                                                  
  front-end research                                                   
  of the public\'s                                                     
  perceptions of                                                       
  science fiction vs.                                                  
  science fact. 2.                                                     
  Conduct formative                                                    
  testing of                                                           
  proof-of-concept                                                     
  materials for one of                                                 
  the museum\'s                                                        
  premiere exhibits,                                                   
  \"Mars, Then and                                                     
  Now.\" 3. Convene                                                    
  leading science and                                                  
  museum educators,                                                    
  scientists, science                                                  
  communications                                                       
  researchers and                                                      
  science fiction                                                      
  practitioners to                                                     
  inform and shape the                                                 
  museum\'s exhibit                                                    
  concepts and                                                         
  approaches relevant                                                  
  to the public\'s                                                     
  understanding of                                                     
  science through                                                      
  science fiction. 4.                                                  
  Create and                                                           
  disseminate a                                                        
  document that will                                                   
  inform of the                                                        
  development of                                                       
  exhibits and                                                         
  programs. Advisors                                                   
  to the project                                                       
  include: Greg Bear,                                                  
  best-selling author                                                  
  of more than 30                                                      
  science fiction                                                      
  books; Gregory                                                       
  Benford, Professor                                                   
  of Plasma Physics                                                    
  and Astrophysics at                                                  
  the University of                                                    
  California at                                                        
  Irvine; David Ellis,                                                 
  President Emeritus                                                   
  of the Museum of                                                     
  Science, Boston;                                                     
  Lawrence Krauss,                                                     
  Chair of the                                                         
  Department of                                                        
  Physics at Case                                                      
  Western Reserve                                                      
  University; and                                                      
  Donna Shirley, for                                                   
  manager of the Mars                                                  
  Exploration Program                                                  
  at Jet Propulsion                                                    
  Laboratory and                                                       
  currently Professor                                                  
  at the School of                                                     
  Aerospace and                                                        
  Mechanical                                                           
  Engineering at the                                                   
  University of                                                        
  Oklahoma.                                                            
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0349895                                         

  **Award Title text   In Search of Biodiversity and Public            
  :**                  Understanding: Myanmar\'s Amphibians and        
                       Reptiles                                        

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Alan Leviton                                    

  **Sponsor:**         California Academy of Sciences                  

                       875 Howard Street San Francisco ,California     
                       941033098                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The California                                                       
  Academy of Sciences                                                  
  will develop,                                                        
  evaluate and                                                         
  disseminate exhibits                                                 
  and programs                                                         
  designed to                                                          
  communicate to                                                       
  public audiences the                                                 
  results of research                                                  
  including a biotic                                                   
  inventory of the                                                     
  amphibians and                                                       
  reptiles of Myanmar.                                                 
  Using innovative                                                     
  trading cards for                                                    
  kids, updates to                                                     
  current research                                                     
  exhibits, a poster                                                   
  highlighting                                                         
  research, a pocket                                                   
  guide to venomous                                                    
  snakes of Myanmar                                                    
  and a posting of                                                     
  research -related                                                    
  materials on the CAS                                                 
  website, the project                                                 
  will inform the                                                      
  public about biotic                                                  
  inventory research                                                   
  and conservation in                                                  
  Myanmar. Designed                                                    
  specifically for                                                     
  target audiences of                                                  
  children and adults,                                                 
  the exhibits and                                                     
  programs will serve                                                  
  several hundred                                                      
  thousand CAS                                                         
  visitors annually.                                                   
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0354711                                         

  **Award Title text   Language Diversity in North Carolina: A Film    
  :**                  Documentary and Outreach Program                

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Walter Wolfram                                  

  **Sponsor:**         North Carolina State University                 

                       Lower Level Leazar Hall C.B. 7514 Raleigh       
                       ,North Carolina 276957514                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The North Carolina                                                   
  State University                                                     
  will produce a                                                       
  one-hour film                                                        
  documentary on                                                       
  language diversity                                                   
  in North Carolina                                                    
  for public                                                           
  television and for                                                   
  distribution to                                                      
  public agencies                                                      
  throughout the                                                       
  state. The                                                           
  documentary and                                                      
  associated                                                           
  activities will                                                      
  illustrate the                                                       
  socio-cultural and                                                   
  socio-linguistic                                                     
  heritage of language                                                 
  variation; exemplify                                                 
  the systematic                                                       
  language patterns                                                    
  associated with                                                      
  different regional                                                   
  and ethnic groups                                                    
  and demonstrate the                                                  
  role of language in                                                  
  the construction of                                                  
  cultural identity.                                                   
  In addition to the                                                   
  documentary for                                                      
  public broadcast,                                                    
  footage for                                                          
  particular regional                                                  
  varieties and                                                        
  socio-cultural                                                       
  groups will be                                                       
  compiled into                                                        
  pedagogically useful                                                 
  20-30 minute                                                         
  vignettes. A                                                         
  workbook for using                                                   
  the materials will                                                   
  also be prepared. In                                                 
  terms of its larger                                                  
  significance and                                                     
  broader impacts,                                                     
  this project                                                         
  addresses a need for                                                 
  informal education                                                   
  about language                                                       
  variation to counter                                                 
  public                                                               
  misunderstandings                                                    
  and stereotypes                                                      
  leading to                                                           
  discrimination based                                                 
  on language                                                          
  differences.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0354759                                         

  **Award Title text   Planning Conference: National Initiative for    
  :**                  Science After School; Santa Fe, New Mexico,     
                       January 28 - 30, 2004                           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$115,572.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Daniel Barstow                                  

  **Sponsor:**         TERC Inc                                        

                       2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge             
                       ,Massachusetts 02140                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  After-school                                                         
  programs are a                                                       
  source of powerful,                                                  
  positive experiences                                                 
  for an estimated                                                     
  eight to ten million                                                 
  youth, especially                                                    
  those in low-income,                                                 
  under-represented                                                    
  populations (the                                                     
  majority of youth in                                                 
  these programs).                                                     
  Through this                                                         
  conference grant,                                                    
  TERC, along with the                                                 
  Exploratorium and                                                    
  the Lawrence Hall of                                                 
  Science, proposes to                                                 
  launch a national                                                    
  initiative to                                                        
  create, support and                                                  
  sustain engaging,                                                    
  research-based                                                       
  science and                                                          
  mathematics                                                          
  activities in the                                                    
  after-school                                                         
  community. This                                                      
  planning conference                                                  
  will bring together                                                  
  the leaders and                                                      
  experts who run                                                      
  exemplary                                                            
  after-school                                                         
  programs, create                                                     
  quality science and                                                  
  mathematics                                                          
  materials, and                                                       
  provide effective                                                    
  staff training to                                                    
  identify the                                                         
  challenges, goals                                                    
  and questions of                                                     
  greatest interest                                                    
  and value to the                                                     
  national community.                                                  
  Intellectual merit                                                   
  and broader impact                                                   
  are evidenced by the                                                 
  gathering of key                                                     
  players, promotion                                                   
  of dialog and the                                                    
  facilitation of                                                      
  connections between                                                  
  developer and                                                        
  after-school                                                         
  communities.                                                         
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0355460                                         

  **Award Title text   Science Weekend \-- A Planning Grant            
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$49,900.00                                     

  **Investigator:**    Ira Flatow                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Samanna Productions                             

                       48 Union Street Stamford ,Connecticut 069061342 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Ira Flatow has been                                                  
  producing SCIENCE                                                    
  FRIDAY for over a                                                    
  decade. The series                                                   
  is now rated among                                                   
  the top ten news                                                     
  programs carried by                                                  
  NPR and is carried                                                   
  by over 200                                                          
  stations. In spite                                                   
  of this success, the                                                 
  audience, though                                                     
  large, is limited to                                                 
  those people who can                                                 
  listen on Friday                                                     
  afternoon. In                                                        
  addition, the                                                        
  program is not                                                       
  carried on some                                                      
  stations because it                                                  
  does not fit their                                                   
  weekday program                                                      
  format. However, in                                                  
  conversations with                                                   
  many station                                                         
  managers, Flatow has                                                 
  learned that many                                                    
  stations that do not                                                 
  now carry the series                                                 
  do understand the                                                    
  value of science to                                                  
  their listeners and                                                  
  would include a                                                      
  science program in                                                   
  their schedules if                                                   
  one were made                                                        
  available to them                                                    
  for broadcast on                                                     
  weekends. The                                                        
  purpose of this                                                      
  planning proposal is                                                 
  to develop the                                                       
  parameters for a                                                     
  SCIENCE WEEKEND                                                      
  series. Since                                                        
  weekend programming                                                  
  many times is not                                                    
  like programming on                                                  
  weekdays, it will be                                                 
  necessary to find                                                    
  out more about the                                                   
  length and format                                                    
  that stations most                                                   
  prefer and to                                                        
  establish key                                                        
  partnerships to                                                      
  assure the broadest                                                  
  impact of a weekend                                                  
  program. Specific                                                    
  tasks to be                                                          
  conducted in the                                                     
  planning phase                                                       
  include: 1.                                                          
  Surveying public                                                     
  radio stations about                                                 
  their preferences                                                    
  for format, length,                                                  
  and broadcast day                                                    
  for SCIENCE WEEKEND                                                  
  2. Identifying key                                                   
  programming elements                                                 
  to be included in a                                                  
  pilot program 3.                                                     
  Recording, editing                                                   
  and producing a                                                      
  pilot program 4.                                                     
  Getting assessments                                                  
  of the pilot from                                                    
  public radio station                                                 
  managers and                                                         
  programmers 5.                                                       
  Evaluating the pilot                                                 
  with members of the                                                  
  target audience 6.                                                   
  Securing a network                                                   
  partner to serve as                                                  
  a distributor for                                                    
  the program 7.                                                       
  Creating                                                             
  partnerships with                                                    
  teaching and other                                                   
  educational                                                          
  institutions to                                                      
  participate in the                                                   
  outreach efforts of                                                  
  the project 8.                                                       
  Developing an                                                        
  evaluation strategy                                                  
  to assess the impact                                                 
  of SCIENCE WEEKEND                                                   
  on the audience                                                      
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0400403                                         

  **Award Title text   Community Science Workshops: Beginning a        
  :**                  National Movement                               

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2002                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,766,172.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Paul Fonteyn                                    

  **Sponsor:**         University of Massachusetts Boston              

                       100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston ,Massachusetts   
                       02125                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Community Science                                                  
  Workshops: Beginning                                                 
  a National                                                           
  Movement\" is an                                                     
  extension of a                                                       
  successful,                                                          
  NSF-funded project                                                   
  that created a                                                       
  network of community                                                 
  science centers in                                                   
  California. The San                                                  
  Francisco State                                                      
  University will now                                                  
  take this successful                                                 
  venture to a                                                         
  national level by                                                    
  working with the                                                     
  American Association                                                 
  for the Advancement                                                  
  of Science (AAAS)                                                    
  and Quality                                                          
  Education for                                                        
  Minorities (QEM) to                                                  
  establish a new                                                      
  Community Science                                                    
  Workshop (CSW) 8-10                                                  
  in underserved                                                       
  communities over the                                                 
  next four years.                                                     
  Once sites are                                                       
  selected, CSW                                                        
  directors                                                            
  participate in an                                                    
  intensive two-week                                                   
  training program.                                                    
  This is followed by                                                  
  visits by site                                                       
  mentors, and ongoing                                                 
  support through the                                                  
  WWW and other media,                                                 
  which contributes to                                                 
  the establishment                                                    
  and eventual                                                         
  sustainability of                                                    
  the centers. Each                                                    
  site partners with                                                   
  larger, established                                                  
  museums and science                                                  
  centers locally to                                                   
  gain much needed                                                     
  assistance with                                                      
  exhibits and                                                         
  education programs.                                                  
  Community Science                                                    
  Workshops contain                                                    
  permanent exhibit                                                    
  space, a workshop                                                    
  area for student                                                     
  projects and                                                         
  classroom/storage                                                    
  space. They serve a                                                  
  variety of audiences                                                 
  through after                                                        
  school, family,                                                      
  school and summer                                                    
  science programs.                                                    
  Potential locations                                                  
  include Arizona,                                                     
  Florida, Louisiana,                                                  
  Michigan, Montana,                                                   
  Nebraska, New York,                                                  
  Tennessee, Texas,                                                    
  Washington and the                                                   
  District of                                                          
  Columbia.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0400506                                         

  **Award Title text   NSF Meeting for Principal Investigators of      
  :**                  Youth, Community and ASCEND Programs \-- A      
                       Conference Grant                                

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     03-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Judy Kass                                       

  **Sponsor:**         American Association For Advancement Science    

                       1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington ,District   
                       of Columbia 200054707                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  AAAS will develop                                                    
  and host a PI                                                        
  meeting for                                                          
  currently funded ISE                                                 
  Youth, Community and                                                 
  ASCEND projects. The                                                 
  goal of the meeting                                                  
  is to maximize the                                                   
  learning and                                                         
  contribution of the                                                  
  multiple NSF-funded                                                  
  projects enabling                                                    
  participants to                                                      
  analyze and document                                                 
  existing models,                                                     
  benchmark best                                                       
  practices and work                                                   
  cooperatively on                                                     
  articulating                                                         
  strategies that                                                      
  improve the quality                                                  
  of community and                                                     
  youth programming.                                                   
  This gathering aims                                                  
  to affect programs                                                   
  in the development                                                   
  and implementation                                                   
  phases, thereby                                                      
  contributing to                                                      
  higher quality                                                       
  programs. Principal                                                  
  Investigators from a                                                 
  variety of                                                           
  institutions                                                         
  (museums,                                                            
  universities,                                                        
  schools, community                                                   
  organizations)                                                       
  across the country                                                   
  will have an                                                         
  opportunity to                                                       
  expand their                                                         
  thinking about                                                       
  program structure,                                                   
  assessment, staff                                                    
  capacity,                                                            
  institutional                                                        
  infrastructure and                                                   
  sustainability. The                                                  
  meeting will allow                                                   
  participants to                                                      
  exchange                                                             
  information,                                                         
  interact with                                                        
  experts and to build                                                 
  relationships. A                                                     
  conference report                                                    
  and evaluation will                                                  
  be published on the                                                  
  web and shared                                                       
  through                                                              
  regional/national                                                    
  conferences                                                          
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         0402727                                         

  **Award Title text   Peep\'s World Planning Grant                    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Timothy Porter                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Childrens Museum Boston                         

                       Museum Wharf 300 Congress St Boston             
                       ,Massachusetts 022101034                        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"Peep and the Big,                                                  
  Wide World\" is an                                                   
  NSF-funded                                                           
  television series                                                    
  for children ages 3                                                  
  to 5. The                                                            
  Children\'s Museum                                                   
  proposes to build on                                                 
  this show and extend                                                 
  its impact through                                                   
  exhibits, education                                                  
  and professional                                                     
  development                                                          
  programs.                                                            
  Specifically,                                                        
  planning grant funds                                                 
  will be used to 1)                                                   
  gather best                                                          
  practices in                                                         
  preschool &                                                          
  brand-based                                                          
  exhibition                                                           
  development, 2)                                                      
  conduct a front-end                                                  
  survey of potential                                                  
  host museums to                                                      
  determine training                                                   
  needs of museum                                                      
  staff, parents,                                                      
  caregivers and                                                       
  teachers of                                                          
  preschool children,                                                  
  and 3) clarify                                                       
  design of the                                                        
  education and                                                        
  professional                                                         
  development programs                                                 
  associated with the                                                  
  exhibit.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**            0406173                                         

  **Award Title text :**  Project Butterfly WINGS: Winning Investigative  
                          Network for Great Science                       

  **NSF Org :**           ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**      Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**                                                  

  **Division :**          11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**        08-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :**   07-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**     \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**       Betty Camp                                      

  **Sponsor:**            University of Florida                           

                          219 Grinter Hall PO Box 115500 Gainesville      
                          ,Florida 32611                                  

  **Program Element       7259                                            
  code:**                                                                 

  **Abstract :**                                                          

  \"Project Butterfly                                                     
  WINGS\" is a three-year                                                 
  project targeting                                                       
  4th-8th grade                                                           
  participants in 13                                                      
  Florida counties. This                                                  
  project includes the                                                    
  use of the 4-H network                                                  
  as a partner to recruit                                                 
  participants. It builds                                                 
  on the development of                                                   
  student-scientist                                                       
  partnerships to create                                                  
  an environment where                                                    
  information, data and                                                   
  ideas can be exchanged.                                                 
  This project will focus                                                 
  on collecting data on                                                   
  butterflies and the                                                     
  environments/habitats                                                   
  the butterflies choose                                                  
  to visit. This project                                                  
  brings together several                                                 
  important elements to                                                   
  present an interactive,                                                 
  authentic,                                                              
  research-based SSP                                                      
  activity supported                                                      
  through an established                                                  
  network of ISE                                                          
  providers, educators                                                    
  and community-based                                                     
  organizations. Based on                                                 
  solid research and                                                      
  knowledge about ISE                                                     
  approaches, the project                                                 
  has strong content                                                      
  connections and a                                                       
  well-designed                                                           
  structure. An                                                           
  interactive web-site                                                    
  will provide                                                            
  opportunities for                                                       
  participants to                                                         
  interact with each                                                      
  other and with                                                          
  participating                                                           
  scientists, and to                                                      
  experience firsthand                                                    
  some of the most                                                        
  interesting aspects of                                                  
  engaging in scientific                                                  
  inquiry. WINGS has the                                                  
  potential to create a                                                   
  network of young people                                                 
  who will be more aware                                                  
  of issues related to                                                    
  biodiversity and the                                                    
  environment. Through                                                    
  its model approach and                                                  
  participant outcomes,                                                   
  \"Project Butterfly                                                     
  WINGS\" is positioned                                                   
  to make a difference in                                                 
  the ISE field and in                                                    
  the lives of its                                                        
  participants                                                            
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**Award Information**

  ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**           0406675                                         

  **Award Title text :** Mixing in Math: Transforming the Role of Math   
                         in After-School Programs                        

  **NSF Org :**          ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**     Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :**                                                 

  **Division :**         11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**       07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :**  06-30-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**    \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**      Janice Mokros                                   

  **Sponsor:**           TERC Inc                                        

                         2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge             
                         ,Massachusetts 02140                            

  **Program Element      7259                                            
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  \"Mixing in Math\" is                                                  
  a multi-dimensional,                                                   
  three-year project                                                     
  that seeks to build                                                    
  the capacity of                                                        
  after-school programs                                                  
  to provide meaningful                                                  
  and engaging math                                                      
  activities for youth.                                                  
  Program collaborators                                                  
  including project                                                      
  leaders from TERC and                                                  
  after-school program                                                   
  leaders will reach                                                     
  approximately 40,000                                                   
  children through at                                                    
  least 350 sites and                                                    
  approximately 9,000                                                    
  staff and volunteers.                                                  
  Drawing on the unique                                                  
  features of the                                                        
  after-school                                                           
  environment, the                                                       
  project design                                                         
  includes the following                                                 
  elements: development                                                  
  of materials                                                           
  appropriate to the                                                     
  setting; staff                                                         
  development and                                                        
  support;                                                               
  institutionalization                                                   
  and dissemination of                                                   
  materials throughout                                                   
  an established network                                                 
  and evaluation                                                         
  research to further                                                    
  knowledge about                                                        
  informal math and                                                      
  after-school                                                           
  programming. Project                                                   
  goals are to: provide                                                  
  free math materials to                                                 
  all participating                                                      
  after-school staff;                                                    
  produce a significant                                                  
  increase in informal                                                   
  math training for the                                                  
  after-school                                                           
  workforce; strengthen                                                  
  the role of informal                                                   
  math in after-school                                                   
  settings; and conduct                                                  
  and disseminate                                                        
  research on the                                                        
  project in terms of                                                    
  its impact on                                                          
  after-school                                                           
  programming, informal                                                  
  math education and the                                                 
  math \"achievement                                                     
  gap.\" \"Mixing in                                                     
  Math\" national                                                        
  partners will                                                          
  facilitate further                                                     
  reach of the project.                                                  
  The National Institute                                                 
  of Out of School Time                                                  
  (NIOST) in addition to                                                 
  posting materials on                                                   
  their website, will                                                    
  incorporate project                                                    
  activities into their                                                  
  staff development                                                      
  programs. Ceridian, a                                                  
  work-life benefits                                                     
  provider, will                                                         
  distribute project                                                     
  materials to workplace                                                 
  school-ages childcare                                                  
  programs.                                                              
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**           0406840                                         

  **Award Title text :** The Music Instinct: Science and Song            

  **NSF Org :**          ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**     Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager. :** Valentine Kass                                  

  **Division :**         11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**       08-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :**  07-31-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**    \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**      Elena Mannes                                    

  **Sponsor:**           Independent Prod. Fund, Inc.                    

                         45 West 45th Street Suite 808 New York ,New     
                         York 100364602                                  

  **Program Element      7259                                            
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  Independent Production                                                 
  Fund is producing a                                                    
  three-part public                                                      
  television series                                                      
  focusing on the latest                                                 
  research in the                                                        
  science of music. The                                                  
  programs will explore                                                  
  how cutting-edge                                                       
  science is revealing                                                   
  new connections                                                        
  between music and the                                                  
  human mind and body,                                                   
  the natural world and                                                  
  the cosmos. The series                                                 
  will follow                                                            
  researchers from a                                                     
  variety of fields                                                      
  including physiology,                                                  
  neuroscience,                                                          
  psychology, biology,                                                   
  physics and education,                                                 
  as they use                                                            
  groundbreaking                                                         
  techniques and                                                         
  technologies to                                                        
  unravel age-old                                                        
  mysteries about                                                        
  music\'s persistence,                                                  
  universality and                                                       
  emotional power. It                                                    
  will show how these                                                    
  researchers are                                                        
  shedding valuable new                                                  
  light on the way                                                       
  brains work. The                                                       
  impact of the programs                                                 
  will be extended                                                       
  through a content-rich                                                 
  companion web site and                                                 
  innovative formal and                                                  
  informal                                                               
  educational-outreach                                                   
  materials to both                                                      
  middle and high school                                                 
  age students, as well                                                  
  as a complementary                                                     
  radio component.                                                       
  Mannes Productions                                                     
  will produce the                                                       
  series; Goodman                                                        
  Research Group will                                                    
  conduct formative                                                      
  evaluation and Rockman                                                 
  et al will conduct                                                     
  summative evaluation.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0406911                                         

  **Award Title text   After-School Program Exploring Science (APEX)   
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Judy Brown                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Miami Museum of Science Inc                     

                       3280 South Miami Avenue Miami ,Florida          
                       331292832                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"After-School                                                       
  Program Exploring                                                    
  Science (APEX)\"                                                     
  proposes to develop                                                  
  and implement a                                                      
  training model that                                                  
  will enhance the                                                     
  capacity of                                                          
  community-based                                                      
  after-school                                                         
  programs to provide                                                  
  science-learning                                                     
  opportunities for                                                    
  children ages 5-10.                                                  
  Capacity building                                                    
  will center on                                                       
  expanding the human                                                  
  resource base as                                                     
  well as access to                                                    
  hands-on resources                                                   
  that enable                                                          
  investigative                                                        
  science in informal                                                  
  settings. \" APEX\"                                                  
  will create a series                                                 
  of engaging hands-on                                                 
  science                                                              
  investigations that                                                  
  will be designed for                                                 
  replication in a                                                     
  wide range of                                                        
  informal learning                                                    
  environments.                                                        
  \"APEX\" community                                                   
  partners include the                                                 
  YMCA, YWCA and                                                       
  Family Christian                                                     
  Association of                                                       
  America (FCAA). The                                                  
  Miami Museum of                                                      
  Science will also                                                    
  partner with                                                         
  Miami-Dade Public                                                    
  Schools, Florida                                                     
  International                                                        
  University and                                                       
  Miami-Dade College                                                   
  to formalize                                                         
  opportunities for                                                    
  paraprofessionals                                                    
  and pre-service                                                      
  teachers to meet a                                                   
  portion of their                                                     
  certification                                                        
  requirements by                                                      
  leading \"APEX\"                                                     
  Science                                                              
  investigations in                                                    
  after-school                                                         
  programs thereby                                                     
  providing                                                            
  community-based                                                      
  after-school                                                         
  programs with a more                                                 
  stable workforce                                                     
  while at the same                                                    
  time supporting                                                      
  future teachers in                                                   
  the development of                                                   
  inquiry-based                                                        
  teaching skills.                                                     
  Through \"APEX\"                                                     
  over 275                                                             
  after-school                                                         
  provider staff will                                                  
  be trained along                                                     
  with up to 300                                                       
  pre-service teachers                                                 
  and                                                                  
  paraprofessionals.                                                   
  The project will                                                     
  work with 93                                                         
  after-school                                                         
  programs and impact                                                  
  roughly 7,000                                                        
  high-need students.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0406939                                         

  **Award Title text   Planning Grant for \"Imagine That!\" Career     
  :**                  Explorations in Science, Technology, and        
                       Engineering for Students and Families           

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Etta Heber                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Chabot Space and Science Center                 

                       10000 Skyline Blvd Oakland ,California 94619    

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Chabot Space and                                                     
  Science Center seeks                                                 
  support to engage in                                                 
  a six-month planning                                                 
  process for                                                          
  \"Imagine That!,\" a                                                 
  multi-faceted                                                        
  science and                                                          
  technology career                                                    
  exploration program.                                                 
  In partnership with                                                  
  the Columbia River                                                   
  Exhibition of                                                        
  History, Science &                                                   
  Technology (CREHST)                                                  
  and the American                                                     
  Museum of Science &                                                  
  Energy (AMSE),                                                       
  Chabot proposes to                                                   
  fill the gap between                                                 
  well-intentioned and                                                 
  designed programs                                                    
  and the programs\'                                                   
  abilities to really                                                  
  influence/affect                                                     
  future career                                                        
  choices by                                                           
  participants.                                                        
  \"Imagine That!\"                                                    
  will familiarize                                                     
  youth with a wide                                                    
  range of careers in                                                  
  scientific and                                                       
  technical fields                                                     
  through after-school                                                 
  and summer programs                                                  
  that offer in-depth                                                  
  career exploration                                                   
  and guidance                                                         
  activities, hands-on                                                 
  experiences that                                                     
  complement science                                                   
  education in school                                                  
  and an introduction                                                  
  to role models.                                                      
  \"Imagine That!\"                                                    
  will also provide                                                    
  parents with                                                         
  resources to support                                                 
  their children as                                                    
  they explore                                                         
  potential careers in                                                 
  science, technology                                                  
  and engineering.                                                     
  This planning grant                                                  
  will enable the                                                      
  three major science                                                  
  museums, Junior                                                      
  Achievement and                                                      
  government and                                                       
  business partners to                                                 
  develop the                                                          
  logistics for                                                        
  working together on                                                  
  an ambitious                                                         
  collaborative                                                        
  program of national                                                  
  scope. \"Imagine                                                     
  That!\" has the                                                      
  potential for broad                                                  
  and significant                                                      
  impact. Not only                                                     
  would it create a                                                    
  national program of                                                  
  career exploration,                                                  
  it will strengthen                                                   
  and diversify the                                                    
  STEM workforce. The                                                  
  national impact of                                                   
  this project is                                                      
  assured by the                                                       
  inclusion of                                                         
  geographically                                                       
  diverse partners,                                                    
  regional advisory                                                    
  councils and a                                                       
  robust dissemination                                                 
  plan.                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407058                                         

  **Award Title text   TEAMS III - Small Museum Exhibit Collaborative  
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    David Goudy                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Montshire Museum of Science                     

                       One Montshire Road Norwich ,Vermont 05055       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  TEAMS, an exhibit                                                    
  collaborative of                                                     
  seven small science                                                  
  museums, will                                                        
  collaborate with                                                     
  academic researchers                                                 
  to expand knowledge                                                  
  about learning in                                                    
  informal science                                                     
  environments and                                                     
  will apply that                                                      
  knowledge to the                                                     
  creation of eight                                                    
  (two copies of four                                                  
  topics) traveling                                                    
  science exhibitions                                                  
  suitable for small                                                   
  museums and science                                                  
  centers. The                                                         
  research                                                             
  investigations build                                                 
  on recent findings                                                   
  about the nature of                                                  
  socio-cultural                                                       
  learning in museums.                                                 
  This close working                                                   
  collaboration among                                                  
  researchers, museum                                                  
  evaluators and                                                       
  museum exhibition                                                    
  designers provides                                                   
  an innovative                                                        
  opportunity to                                                       
  examine a model for                                                  
  rapid transfer of                                                    
  research knowledge                                                   
  into museum                                                          
  practice. Through                                                    
  this collaborative                                                   
  effort the project                                                   
  builds capacity                                                      
  within the seven                                                     
  small museums,                                                       
  helping address the                                                  
  larger problem of                                                    
  under-served                                                         
  audiences in rural                                                   
  areas. One component                                                 
  of the research                                                      
  supports design                                                      
  guidelines to                                                        
  increase                                                             
  effectiveness for                                                    
  girls visiting STEM                                                  
  exhibitions.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0407065                                         

  **Award Title text    CYBERCHASE: SEASON 4                            
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.    Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 06-30-2005                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**     Sandra Sheppard                                 

  **Sponsor:**          Educational Broadcasting Corporation            

                        450 West 33rd Street New York ,New York         
                        100012605                                       

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  Thirteen/WNET New                                                     
  York will develop and                                                 
  produce ten new                                                       
  episodes for a fourth                                                 
  season of                                                             
  \"Cyberchase.\" Now                                                   
  in its third                                                          
  production season and                                                 
  second year of daily                                                  
  PBS broadcast,                                                        
  \"Cyberchase\" has                                                    
  helped millions of                                                    
  children acquire a                                                    
  stronger foundation                                                   
  in mathematics. The                                                   
  new programs will                                                     
  enrich the series\'                                                   
  content by                                                            
  emphasizing                                                           
  science-mathematics                                                   
  connections and                                                       
  financial literacy.                                                   
  Ancillary materials,                                                  
  outreach and a highly                                                 
  popular Website                                                       
  extend the learning                                                   
  and help make                                                         
  \"Cyberchase\" the                                                    
  sole mathematics                                                      
  media project                                                         
  available for young                                                   
  audiences. Plans for                                                  
  season four include                                                   
  enhancing the                                                         
  Website, building the                                                 
  inventory of                                                          
  multi-media outreach                                                  
  activities,                                                           
  strengthening the                                                     
  show\'s presence in                                                   
  after-school programs                                                 
  and launching a new                                                   
  relationship with the                                                 
  museum community.                                                     
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407101                                         

  **Award Title text   Breaking the Maya Code                          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    David Lebrun                                    

  **Sponsor:**         Night Fire Films                                

                       3711 Ocean View Ave. Los Angeles ,California    
                       90066                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Night Fire Films is                                                  
  producing a one-hour                                                 
  show for PBS titled                                                  
  \"Breaking the Maya                                                  
  Code,\" based on the                                                 
  book by Dr. Michael                                                  
  D. Coe. \"Breaking                                                   
  the Maya Code\" will                                                 
  explore the history                                                  
  of the decipherment                                                  
  of the Maya                                                          
  hieroglyphic script.                                                 
  The 400-year                                                         
  scientific detective                                                 
  story, climaxing in                                                  
  the past thirty                                                      
  years, will be told                                                  
  through footage shot                                                 
  at key locations in                                                  
  Central America,                                                     
  Europe and the                                                       
  United States,                                                       
  together with                                                        
  dramatizations,                                                      
  animation and                                                        
  graphics; archival                                                   
  materials; and                                                       
  interviews with                                                      
  major participants                                                   
  in the decipherment.                                                 
  An outreach                                                          
  campaign, including                                                  
  an extensive web                                                     
  site, will enhance                                                   
  the television                                                       
  viewing experience                                                   
  as well as promote                                                   
  further STEM                                                         
  learning. The                                                        
  program will be                                                      
  produced and                                                         
  directed by David                                                    
  Lebrun; Nicolas                                                      
  Noxon serves as                                                      
  Executive Producer.                                                  
  Michael Coe will                                                     
  serve the project as                                                 
  Principal Advisor,                                                   
  along with an                                                        
  extensive board of                                                   
  advisors of                                                          
  ethnographers,                                                       
  epigraphers,                                                         
  archaeologists,                                                      
  historians,                                                          
  iconographers and                                                    
  others. Multimedia                                                   
  Research will                                                        
  conduct formative                                                    
  evaluation of the                                                    
  program;                                                             
  Knight-Williams                                                      
  Research will                                                        
  conduct summative                                                    
  evaluation of the                                                    
  project. The                                                         
  National Endowment                                                   
  for the Humanities                                                   
  has granted                                                          
  \$550,000 toward                                                     
  this project.                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407104                                         

  **Award Title text   E=mc2                                           
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Paula Apsell                                    

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  WGBH\'s Science Unit                                                 
  is requesting funds                                                  
  to produce for NOVA                                                  
  a two-hour                                                           
  television special                                                   
  based on David                                                       
  Bodanis\' book                                                       
  \"E=mc2: A Biography                                                 
  of the World\'s Most                                                 
  Famous Equation.\"                                                   
  Combining dramatic                                                   
  and documentary                                                      
  techniques, the                                                      
  program uses                                                         
  Einstein\'s iconic                                                   
  equation to explore                                                  
  the physics behind                                                   
  the equation and the                                                 
  nature of the                                                        
  scientific process.                                                  
  A media initiative,                                                  
  an interactive Web                                                   
  site, and an                                                         
  outreach campaign                                                    
  broaden the                                                          
  program\'s impact                                                    
  beyond the                                                           
  television                                                           
  broadcast. \"E=mc2\"                                                 
  is intended for                                                      
  prime-time broadcast                                                 
  on PBS in the fall                                                   
  of 2005, to coincide                                                 
  with the centennial                                                  
  of Einstein\'s                                                       
  \"Miracle Year,\"                                                    
  and should reach an                                                  
  initial audience of                                                  
  seven million                                                        
  viewers. Outreach                                                    
  kits will be made                                                    
  available for free                                                   
  to 16,000 public                                                     
  libraries and 1,000                                                  
  after-school                                                         
  programs.                                                            
  Notification of                                                      
  educational                                                          
  resources will be                                                    
  sent to all 14,000                                                   
  high school physics                                                  
  teachers around the                                                  
  country. A formative                                                 
  evaluation of the                                                    
  program and a                                                        
  summative evaluation                                                 
  of the program and                                                   
  outreach materials                                                   
  will ensure that                                                     
  \"E=mc2\" achieves                                                   
  its ultimate                                                         
  purpose: to enhance                                                  
  public understanding                                                 
  of science and                                                       
  promote scientific                                                   
  careers. Key Project                                                 
  Personnel: Director                                                  
  of the WGBH Science                                                  
  Unit and Senior                                                      
  Executive Producer                                                   
  of NOVA: Paula S.                                                    
  Apsell                                                               
  Writer/Director:                                                     
  Kevin Macdonald                                                      
  Producer: John                                                       
  Smithson Formative                                                   
  Evaluation:                                                          
  Multimedia Research                                                  
  Summative                                                            
  Evaluation: Goodman                                                  
  Research Group                                                       
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407140                                         

  **Award Title text   Saving Madagascar through Applied Science       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    John Gwynne                                     

  **Sponsor:**         Wildlife Conservation Society                   

                       2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx ,New York         
                       104601099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Wildlife                                                         
  Conservation Society                                                 
  (WCS), the umbrella                                                  
  organization                                                         
  including the Bronx                                                  
  Zoo, will design,                                                    
  develop, fabricate,                                                  
  evaluate and install                                                 
  a long-term                                                          
  exhibition with                                                      
  ancillary public                                                     
  programming about                                                    
  the biology and                                                      
  conservation science                                                 
  of the island of                                                     
  Madagascar. Based in                                                 
  part on long-term                                                    
  scientific research                                                  
  conducted in                                                         
  Madagascar by the                                                    
  WCS, the exhibit                                                     
  will use immersive,                                                  
  interactive exhibit                                                  
  approaches including                                                 
  live plants and                                                      
  animals, as well as                                                  
  an on-line                                                           
  curriculum (Wild                                                     
  Explorations in                                                      
  Science), distance                                                   
  learning                                                             
  expeditions, and an                                                  
  interactive website                                                  
  to engage visitors                                                   
  of all ages in                                                       
  experiencing                                                         
  conservation science                                                 
  and specific                                                         
  examples of science                                                  
  saving wildlife.                                                     
  Visitors will                                                        
  explore unique and                                                   
  beautifully                                                          
  re-created habitats,                                                 
  encounter                                                            
  fascinating animals                                                  
  and learn about                                                      
  concepts such as                                                     
  endemism, island                                                     
  biogeography and                                                     
  biodiversity. The                                                    
  exhibit will serve                                                   
  about 2,000,000                                                      
  visitors to the                                                      
  Bronx Zoo annually                                                   
  and millions                                                         
  nationwide through                                                   
  on-line curricula                                                    
  and distance                                                         
  learning programs.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407280                                         

  **Award Title text   Senior Environmental Experiences (SEE)          
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Angela Cristini                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Ramapo College of New Jersey                    

                       505 Ramapo Valley Road Mahwah ,New Jersey       
                       074301623                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Ramapo College                                                   
  of New Jersey                                                        
  requests funding to                                                  
  develop the \"Senior                                                 
  Environmental                                                        
  Experiences (SEE)\"                                                  
  project. The project                                                 
  will produce a                                                       
  series of                                                            
  interactive science                                                  
  experiences using                                                    
  Internet                                                             
  videoconferencing to                                                 
  connect seniors at                                                   
  community centers                                                    
  and extended care                                                    
  facilities with                                                      
  environmental                                                        
  experts at the                                                       
  Meadowlands                                                          
  Environment Center                                                   
  as the principal                                                     
  context for                                                          
  discussions of                                                       
  environmental                                                        
  concepts and issues.                                                 
  The goal of the                                                      
  program is to                                                        
  increase the                                                         
  interest of seniors                                                  
  by linking science                                                   
  to history and                                                       
  politics. \"SEE\"                                                    
  will create                                                          
  experiential modules                                                 
  related to the                                                       
  natural history,                                                     
  ecosystem structure                                                  
  and future of the                                                    
  Meadowlands.                                                         
  Discussion from the                                                  
  field using live                                                     
  images and feedback                                                  
  from the seniors                                                     
  would support                                                        
  exploration of                                                       
  details relevant to                                                  
  the specific topic                                                   
  at hand. The                                                         
  videoconferences                                                     
  will be recorded and                                                 
  made available to                                                    
  seniors in other                                                     
  locations throughout                                                 
  New Jersey and the                                                   
  US. Follow up                                                        
  materials will                                                       
  encourage further                                                    
  activities by the                                                    
  seniors. \"SEE\"                                                     
  will reach                                                           
  approximately 4,500                                                  
  seniors in 32                                                        
  centers during the                                                   
  three-year project.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407322                                         

  **Award Title text   \"LAZYBONES\": Development Grant for an         
  :**                  Engineering Television Series                   

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Kate Taylor                                     

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  WGBH is developing                                                   
  LAZYBONES (working                                                   
  title), a new                                                        
  television series                                                    
  for 10- to                                                           
  14-year-olds, that                                                   
  is an engineering                                                    
  game show. Each week                                                 
  LAZYBONES\' eight                                                    
  players, aged 17-21,                                                 
  engineer easy                                                        
  solutions to life\'s                                                 
  arduous tasks. The                                                   
  aim of the program                                                   
  is to use humor and                                                  
  irony to hook its                                                    
  target audience and                                                  
  turn them onto the                                                   
  creativity and                                                       
  productivity of                                                      
  engineering. The                                                     
  purpose of the                                                       
  project is to (1)                                                    
  teach kids to learn                                                  
  about engineering by                                                 
  using science and                                                    
  technology to solve                                                  
  real-life problems;                                                  
  (2) help bridge the                                                  
  critical years for                                                   
  keeping kids                                                         
  interested in                                                        
  science and math,                                                    
  and; (3) improve the                                                 
  public image of                                                      
  engineering,                                                         
  especially among                                                     
  girls and                                                            
  minorities. This                                                     
  grant is for the                                                     
  Test Video                                                           
  Development Phase of                                                 
  the project. During                                                  
  this phase, WGBH                                                     
  will produce a test                                                  
  video in order to                                                    
  further evaluate and                                                 
  refine the concept,                                                  
  appeal and                                                           
  educational content                                                  
  of the show and                                                      
  outreach materials.                                                  
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407355                                         

  **Award Title text   \"How People Make Things\" \-- A Traveling      
  :**                  Exhibition                                      

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Barry Van Deman                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Jane Werner                                     

  **Sponsor:**         The Pittsburgh Children\'s Museum               

                       10 Children\'s Way Allegheny Square Pittsburgh  
                       ,Pennsylvania 152125250                         

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Intellectual Merit:                                                  
  The Pittsburgh                                                       
  Children\'s Museum                                                   
  (PCM) is developing                                                  
  a 2,700 sq ft                                                        
  traveling                                                            
  exhibition, \"How                                                    
  People Make                                                          
  Things,\" in                                                         
  collaboration with                                                   
  Family                                                               
  Communications, the                                                  
  producers of                                                         
  \"Mister Rogers\'                                                    
  Neighborhood.\" The                                                  
  exhibition will use                                                  
  the factory visit                                                    
  segments from this                                                   
  popular television                                                   
  program, the longest                                                 
  running on PBS, as a                                                 
  jumping off point                                                    
  for engaging                                                         
  children in the                                                      
  processes by which                                                   
  familiar objects are                                                 
  manufactured. PCM is                                                 
  building on its                                                      
  prior success with                                                   
  \"Design It!,\" an                                                   
  after-school program                                                 
  funded by a prior                                                    
  NSF grant. This                                                      
  project extends that                                                 
  work to expose                                                       
  children to the                                                      
  hidden science and                                                   
  technology that form                                                 
  the basis for                                                        
  manufacturing. The                                                   
  exhibition will                                                      
  include the                                                          
  Neighborhood Factory                                                 
  orientation area and                                                 
  sections on Making                                                   
  Things: Designing                                                    
  Things, Forming                                                      
  Things (Additive,                                                    
  Subtractive,                                                         
  Deformational), and                                                  
  Assembling Things.                                                   
  Project                                                              
  collaborators                                                        
  include members of                                                   
  the Carnegie Mellon                                                  
  University                                                           
  Industrial and                                                       
  Engineering Design                                                   
  program and the                                                      
  University of                                                        
  Pittsburgh Learning                                                  
  Research and                                                         
  Development Center                                                   
  UPCLOSE. Broader                                                     
  Impact: The                                                          
  exhibition is                                                        
  projected to reach                                                   
  at least 750,000                                                     
  visitors in nine                                                     
  museum venues                                                        
  through its                                                          
  nationwide tour; the                                                 
  target audience is                                                   
  families with                                                        
  children ages 3 to                                                   
  10. Promotion and                                                    
  dissemination will                                                   
  be enhanced by the                                                   
  connection with PBS,                                                 
  which continues to                                                   
  air the \"Mister                                                     
  Roger\'s                                                             
  Neighborhood\"                                                       
  program.                                                             
  Partnerships with                                                    
  the AFL-CIO,                                                         
  Catalyst                                                             
  Communications, and                                                  
  Society of                                                           
  Manufacturing                                                        
  Engineers will                                                       
  extend the outreach                                                  
  effort. Special                                                      
  efforts will be made                                                 
  to target girls and                                                  
  underserved                                                          
  audiences.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407373                                         

  **Award Title text   Biomusic: The Music of Nature                   
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    J. Shipley Newlin                               

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  Partnering with                                                      
  National Musical                                                     
  Arts, the Science                                                    
  Museum of Minnesota                                                  
  seeks to develop                                                     
  BioMusic, a 4,000                                                    
  sq. ft. traveling                                                    
  exhibition that                                                      
  explores the origins                                                 
  of music in nature                                                   
  and the connections                                                  
  between music and                                                    
  sound of living                                                      
  things. This project                                                 
  is based on planning                                                 
  grant ESI-0211611                                                    
  (The Music of Nature                                                 
  and the Nature of                                                    
  Music) awarded to                                                    
  NMA. INTELLECTUAL                                                    
  MERIT: The project                                                   
  is based on the                                                      
  emerging                                                             
  interdisciplinary                                                    
  research field of                                                    
  biomusic, which                                                      
  includes musicology                                                  
  plus aspects of                                                      
  neuroscience,                                                        
  biology, zoology,                                                    
  environmental                                                        
  science, physics,                                                    
  psychology, math and                                                 
  anthropology. The                                                    
  exhibit sections \--                                                 
  \"Humanimal\" Music;                                                 
  Natural Symphonies;                                                  
  Ancient Roots;                                                       
  Music, Body and                                                      
  Mind; and World of                                                   
  Music \-- use both                                                   
  music and natural                                                    
  sound to explore                                                     
  biodiversity,                                                        
  cultural diversity,                                                  
  the physics of sound                                                 
  and the brain.                                                       
  BROADER IMPACT: The                                                  
  exhibition is                                                        
  expected to travel                                                   
  for at least six                                                     
  years, reaching some                                                 
  two million people                                                   
  in 18 communities.                                                   
  It is to be                                                          
  accompanied by a                                                     
  six-part radio                                                       
  series (Sweet Bird                                                   
  Classics) for young                                                  
  children. Because of                                                 
  the connection to                                                    
  music and many other                                                 
  areas of public                                                      
  interest, this                                                       
  exhibition has the                                                   
  potential to attract                                                 
  and engage new                                                       
  audiences to science                                                 
  museums and                                                          
  stimulate their                                                      
  interest in STEM.                                                    
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407400                                         

  **Award Title text   Everyone Counts! \-- ­Todo el mundo cuenta!      
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    04-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Cheryl McCallum                                 

  **Sponsor:**         The Children\'s Museum of Houston               

                       1500 Binz Houston ,Texas 770047112              

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  INTELLECTUAL MERIT:                                                  
  The Children\'s                                                      
  Museum of Houston                                                    
  seeks to develop a                                                   
  1,500 sq ft                                                          
  bilingual traveling                                                  
  exhibition based on                                                  
  their bilingual                                                      
  \"Magnificent Math                                                   
  Moments\"                                                            
  activities. This                                                     
  project                                                              
  simultaneously                                                       
  addresses two very                                                   
  important needs: the                                                 
  relative lack of                                                     
  mathematics exhibits                                                 
  for young children                                                   
  and for                                                              
  Spanish-speaking                                                     
  audiences. The                                                       
  exhibition is based                                                  
  on Patron (Pattern)                                                  
  Point where the                                                      
  visitor meets math                                                   
  superheroes,                                                         
  Subtracta, Capt. Mas                                                 
  in the settings of                                                   
  Subtracta\'s Puzzle                                                  
  Parlor; Capt. Mas\'s                                                 
  Marina; and Formas                                                   
  (Shapes) Family                                                      
  Shipping Yard. It                                                    
  will provide an                                                      
  inviting setting for                                                 
  introducing the                                                      
  target audiences to                                                  
  mathematics through                                                  
  the use of                                                           
  characters,                                                          
  environments and                                                     
  puzzles. BROADER                                                     
  IMPACT: Fabrication                                                  
  of a second version                                                  
  of the traveling                                                     
  exhibition will                                                      
  extend the number of                                                 
  institutions reached                                                 
  through two national                                                 
  tours. These                                                         
  exhibitions, which                                                   
  target children ages                                                 
  5-10 and adults, are                                                 
  projected to reach                                                   
  some 1.4 million                                                     
  visitors in 24                                                       
  museums over five                                                    
  years; sites will be                                                 
  selected to reach                                                    
  Hispanic audiences                                                   
  in smaller,                                                          
  low-income urban and                                                 
  rural areas. For                                                     
  further impact CMH                                                   
  is forming another                                                   
  network of museums                                                   
  that will benefit                                                    
  from this project,                                                   
  even though the                                                      
  institutions will                                                    
  not be able to host                                                  
  the traveling                                                        
  exhibition. CMH also                                                 
  is developing                                                        
  ancillary materials                                                  
  and services to                                                      
  accompany the                                                        
  exhibition that                                                      
  include activity                                                     
  kits and cart,                                                       
  character costumes,                                                  
  training guides,                                                     
  parent materials and                                                 
  other resources.                                                     
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0407414                                         

  **Award Title text   Giant Planets: Exploring the Outer Solar System 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Paul Dusenbery                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Space Science Institute                         

                       4750 Walnut Street Suite 205 Boulder ,Colorado  
                       80301                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Space Science                                                    
  Institute (SSI) will                                                 
  design, develop and                                                  
  travel a 3,500                                                       
  square foot                                                          
  exhibition about the                                                 
  outer planets of the                                                 
  solar system and                                                     
  their satellites,                                                    
  whose presence                                                       
  contributes to                                                       
  making Earth                                                         
  habitable. Designed                                                  
  around the theme                                                     
  \"Living With                                                        
  Giants,\" the                                                        
  exhibition will                                                      
  feature hands-on                                                     
  interactive visitor                                                  
  experiences that                                                     
  describe the Solar                                                   
  System, engage                                                       
  visitors in learning                                                 
  about planetary                                                      
  exploration, focus                                                   
  on the planetary                                                     
  science of Saturn                                                    
  and its moons and                                                    
  provide access to                                                    
  current information                                                  
  from the                                                             
  Cassini-Huygens                                                      
  mission to Saturn.                                                   
  Special attention                                                    
  will be given to                                                     
  designing \"Space                                                    
  for Kids,\" an                                                       
  exhibit area                                                         
  targeted                                                             
  specifically for                                                     
  young learners and                                                   
  their families and                                                   
  caregivers. SSI will                                                 
  collaborate with                                                     
  leading scientists                                                   
  and educators as                                                     
  well as NASA\'s Jet                                                  
  Propulsion                                                           
  Laboratory to create                                                 
  education programs                                                   
  and a virtual                                                        
  exhibit website to                                                   
  extend the science                                                   
  learning of the                                                      
  exhibition.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0423802                                         

  **Award Title text   Creating Museum Exhibitions for Everyone: A     
  :**                  Research Study Planning Grant                   

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     06-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    05-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Christine Cunningham                            

  **Sponsor:**         Museum of Science                               

                       Science Park Boston ,Massachusetts 02114        

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Museum of                                                        
  Science will partner                                                 
  with four other                                                      
  informal science                                                     
  education                                                            
  institutions to plan                                                 
  a nationwide                                                         
  distributed research                                                 
  project that will                                                    
  explore universal                                                    
  access to informal                                                   
  learning of science,                                                 
  technology,                                                          
  engineering and                                                      
  mathematics (STEM)                                                   
  in museums. This                                                     
  planning project                                                     
  will determine                                                       
  domains of                                                           
  access-related                                                       
  research, establish                                                  
  a core set of                                                        
  advisors to assist                                                   
  with the development                                                 
  of the research                                                      
  agenda, coordinate                                                   
  the selection of                                                     
  topics for                                                           
  investigation and                                                    
  define areas where a                                                 
  shared research                                                      
  protocol might be                                                    
  appropriate for                                                      
  studies conducted at                                                 
  partner                                                              
  institutions.                                                        
  Research initially                                                   
  will be focused on                                                   
  visitors with                                                        
  disabilities who                                                     
  have traditionally                                                   
  been marginalized                                                    
  from many museum                                                     
  experiences.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0429182                                         

  **Award Title text   Using Science on a Sphere in Museums: A         
  :**                  PLANNING GRANT                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Roberta Cooks                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Maryland Science Center                         

                       601 Light Street Baltimore ,Maryland 21230      

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Maryland Science                                                 
  Center (MSC) seeks                                                   
  funding for a                                                        
  planning grant to                                                    
  investigate the                                                      
  potential of Science                                                 
  on a Sphere (SOS), a                                                 
  NOAA-developed                                                       
  research tool that                                                   
  projects real                                                        
  meteorological and                                                   
  geological data sets                                                 
  onto a large                                                         
  suspended globe. MSC                                                 
  will evaluate a                                                      
  temporary                                                            
  installation of SOS                                                  
  as a public exhibit                                                  
  and school group                                                     
  learning tool, as                                                    
  well as hold a                                                       
  workshop for staff                                                   
  from other museums                                                   
  and prepare a report                                                 
  for dissemination.                                                   
  INTELLECTUAL MERIT:                                                  
  SOS offers a way to                                                  
  present real data on                                                 
  earth and planetary                                                  
  sciences not                                                         
  possible in a                                                        
  two-dimensional                                                      
  format. An advisory                                                  
  group of exhibit and                                                 
  education                                                            
  professionals from                                                   
  three other science                                                  
  centers (Tech                                                        
  Museum, San Jose,                                                    
  CA; SciPort,                                                         
  Shreveport, LA;                                                      
  Arizona Science                                                      
  Center, Phoenix, AZ)                                                 
  and NOAA will add                                                    
  expertise in the                                                     
  evaluation of SOS,                                                   
  which will be                                                        
  carried out by RMC                                                   
  Research                                                             
  Corporation. BROADER                                                 
  IMPACT: SOS has the                                                  
  potential to become                                                  
  a new tool for                                                       
  science center                                                       
  presentations                                                        
  nationwide. Testing                                                  
  and evaluation                                                       
  results will be                                                      
  shared with other                                                    
  science centers at                                                   
  the ASTC Annual                                                      
  Conference and other                                                 
  means of                                                             
  dissemination.                                                       
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0431707                                         

  **Award Title text   \"Listening to the River\" \-- A Planning Grant 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     08-15-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Joe VanderMeulen                                

  **Sponsor:**         Land Information Access Association             

                       322 Munson Ave. Traverse City ,Michigan         
                       496863040                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Land Information                                                 
  Access Association                                                   
  seeks funds to                                                       
  support planning                                                     
  activities related                                                   
  to \"Listening to                                                    
  the River,\" a                                                       
  project that will                                                    
  ultimately result in                                                 
  a new model for                                                      
  engaging teens and                                                   
  adults in                                                            
  environmental                                                        
  activities that can                                                  
  be transferred to                                                    
  other community                                                      
  groups and                                                           
  institutions. This                                                   
  long-term project                                                    
  focuses on an                                                        
  environmentally and                                                  
  regionally                                                           
  meaningful topic                                                     
  (i.e. watersheds),                                                   
  brings together                                                      
  teens and adults in                                                  
  scientific                                                           
  discovery,                                                           
  transforms these                                                     
  explorations into                                                    
  radio segments and                                                   
  creates a                                                            
  children\'s museum                                                   
  exhibit. Planning                                                    
  grant activities                                                     
  include: (1) a                                                       
  program summit to                                                    
  build new                                                            
  partnerships with                                                    
  informal-learning                                                    
  organizations and                                                    
  reinforce existing                                                   
  community networks;                                                  
  (2) assessment of                                                    
  the potential for a                                                  
  scalable, model                                                      
  project; and (3)                                                     
  focus and refinement                                                 
  of program goals and                                                 
  objectives.                                                          
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0438834                                         

  **Award Title text   After-School Math PLUS (ASM+)                   
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Merle Froschl                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Academy for Educational Development             

                       1825 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington ,District 
                       of Columbia 200091202                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  \"After-School Math                                                  
  PLUS (ASM+)\" uses                                                   
  the rapidly growing                                                  
  field of informal                                                    
  education as a venue                                                 
  to develop positive                                                  
  attitudes, build                                                     
  conceptual                                                           
  knowledge, and                                                       
  sharpen skills in                                                    
  mathematics for                                                      
  underserved youth in                                                 
  grades 3-8. \"ASM+\"                                                 
  brings families and                                                  
  children together in                                                 
  the pursuit of                                                       
  mathematics                                                          
  education and future                                                 
  career interests and                                                 
  directly addresses                                                   
  the NSF-ISE\'s four                                                  
  areas of special                                                     
  interests: (1)                                                       
  builds capacity with                                                 
  and among informal                                                   
  science education                                                    
  institutions; (2)                                                    
  encourages                                                           
  collaborations                                                       
  within communities;                                                  
  (3) increases the                                                    
  participation of                                                     
  underrepresented                                                     
  groups; and (4)                                                      
  models an effective                                                  
  after-school                                                         
  program. \" ASM+\"                                                   
  is being developed                                                   
  in collaboration                                                     
  with the New York                                                    
  Hall of Science and                                                  
  the St. Louis                                                        
  Science Center with                                                  
  support from                                                         
  after-school centers                                                 
  in their                                                             
  communities.                                                         
  \"ASM+\"                                                             
  incorporates the                                                     
  best practices of                                                    
  existing programs,                                                   
  while adding its own                                                 
  innovative elements                                                  
  that have proven                                                     
  successful in the                                                    
  NSF-funded                                                           
  \"After-School                                                       
  Science Plus\" (HRD                                                  
  #9632241). \"ASM+\"                                                  
  is aimed at                                                          
  underserved youth                                                    
  and their families,                                                  
  as well as                                                           
  after-school group                                                   
  leaders and teenage                                                  
  museum explainers                                                    
  who will benefit                                                     
  from training and                                                    
  participation in the                                                 
  project. It has                                                      
  facilitated the                                                      
  creation of                                                          
  alliances between                                                    
  museums,                                                             
  after-school                                                         
  centers, schools and                                                 
  the community                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9627030                                         

  **Award Title text   BioQuest Woods: Linking Animals and Plants with 
  :**                  Interactive Exhibits                            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     11-01-1996                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,854,986.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Roy Griffiths                                   

  **Sponsor:**         North Carolina Museum of Life and Science       

                       P O Box 15190 Durham ,North Carolina 277040190  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9627030 Krakauer The                                                 
  North Carolina                                                       
  Museum of Life and                                                   
  Science will develop                                                 
  two areas in a new                                                   
  70 acre outdoor                                                      
  exhibit \"BioQuest                                                   
  Woods: Linking                                                       
  Animals and Plans                                                    
  with Interactive                                                     
  Exhibits\". This                                                     
  concept is to pair                                                   
  live animals and                                                     
  plants in their                                                      
  natural setting with                                                 
  science center-style                                                 
  interactive exhibits                                                 
  to communicate key                                                   
  ideas in biology and                                                 
  physics. Support                                                     
  will go to sixteen                                                   
  interactive stations                                                 
  in two four-acre                                                     
  theme areas \"Catch                                                  
  the Wind\" and                                                       
  \"Down to Earth\".                                                   
  \"Catch the Wind\"                                                   
  will assist visitors                                                 
  in the exploration                                                   
  air movement and                                                     
  learning about how                                                   
  plants and animals                                                   
  use air in                                                           
  specialized ways.                                                    
  For example,                                                         
  visitors will                                                        
  experiment with air                                                  
  thermals while                                                       
  observing the                                                        
  behavior of birds of                                                 
  prey and will learn                                                  
  how prairie dogs                                                     
  exploit the venturi                                                  
  effect to ventilate                                                  
  their burrows. In                                                    
  the \"Down to                                                        
  Earth\" thematic                                                     
  area, visitors,                                                      
  simulate the                                                         
  activities of field                                                  
  biologists, will                                                     
  track bears equipped                                                 
  with radio collars,                                                  
  examine living                                                       
  invertebrates, among                                                 
  other activities.                                                    
  Scientific                                                           
  instruments,                                                         
  including                                                            
  microscopes, in                                                      
  kiosks will aid                                                      
  on-the-scene study                                                   
  of live animals and                                                  
  plans. \"BioQuest                                                    
  Woods\" will help                                                    
  visitors, teachers                                                   
  and students gain                                                    
  the realistic                                                        
  experience of                                                        
  scientific inquiry                                                   
  in a natural                                                         
  setting. Education                                                   
  programming will                                                     
  highlight curriculum                                                 
  linkages and                                                         
  fulfills the goals                                                   
  of North Carolina\'s                                                 
  new science                                                          
  curriculum. It                                                       
  directly addresses                                                   
  the State\'s                                                         
  competency-based                                                     
  goals requiring                                                      
  understanding of                                                     
  natural systems and                                                  
  the interrelations                                                   
  of the basic                                                         
  sciences. Pre and                                                    
  post-visit materials                                                 
  will be developed                                                    
  along with teacher                                                   
  guides and                                                           
  enhancement                                                          
  activities. This                                                     
  project is being                                                     
  developed with the                                                   
  cooperation of the                                                   
  Austin Nature                                                        
  Center, the National                                                 
  Zoo, and the                                                         
  Indianapolis Zoo.                                                    
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9726190                                         

  **Award Title text   The Eyes of Nye                                 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-15-1998                                      

  **Expiration Date    01-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,195,718.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    William Nye                                     

  **Sponsor:**         KCTS Television                                 

                       401 Mercer Street Seattle ,Washington 981094640 

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9726190 Brock KCTS,                                                  
  Seattle\'s PBS                                                       
  affiliate, is                                                        
  producing a series                                                   
  of three one-hour                                                    
  prime-time science                                                   
  education television                                                 
  specials starring                                                    
  Bill Nye. The                                                        
  specials will be                                                     
  aimed at a family                                                    
  audience and will be                                                 
  designed to promote                                                  
  informal science                                                     
  learning through an                                                  
  entertaining                                                         
  presentation of                                                      
  science in everyday                                                  
  life. Topics                                                         
  currently being                                                      
  considered for the                                                   
  specials are The                                                     
  Science of Sports,                                                   
  The Science of                                                       
  Learning, and The                                                    
  Science of the                                                       
  Future, thought                                                      
  other topics, such                                                   
  as Pseudo Science,                                                   
  also are being                                                       
  considered. Each                                                     
  program will                                                         
  maintain the                                                         
  entertainment values                                                 
  of enthusiasm for                                                    
  science so prominent                                                 
  in the Bill Nye the                                                  
  Science Guy series                                                   
  but will have a                                                      
  strong narrative                                                     
  element and air of                                                   
  suspense as Bill                                                     
  embarks on a journey                                                 
  of discovery,                                                        
  greater depth of                                                     
  content and                                                          
  presentation, and                                                    
  longer uninterrupted                                                 
  segments. The                                                        
  programs will be                                                     
  supported by a                                                       
  multi-pronged                                                        
  outreach program to                                                  
  reach parents and                                                    
  children through                                                     
  local PBS stations                                                   
  and science museums,                                                 
  community                                                            
  organizations                                                        
  serving                                                              
  disadvantaged                                                        
  populations and,                                                     
  possibly, a tie-in                                                   
  with a national                                                      
  chain of quick                                                       
  family restaurants.                                                  
  Many of the same                                                     
  team that created                                                    
  Bill Nye the Science                                                 
  Guy will work on                                                     
  this project                                                         
  including Bill Nye;                                                  
  Elizabeth Brock,                                                     
  Executive Producer;                                                  
  and Erren Gottlieb                                                   
  and James McKenna,                                                   
  producers. The                                                       
  production team will                                                 
  work with fourteen                                                   
  scientists and                                                       
  science educators                                                    
  who will advise the                                                  
  project on                                                           
  presentation and                                                     
  outreach. This group                                                 
  also will review and                                                 
  comment on all                                                       
  scripts and drafts                                                   
  of outreach                                                          
  material.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9804040                                         

  **Award Title text   WINDOW ON CATAHOYUK: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK IN  
  :**                  PROGRESS                                        

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     01-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,550,073.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Donald Pohlman                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  98-04040 Pohlman The                                                 
  Science Museum of                                                    
  Minnesota (SMM) will                                                 
  develop Window on                                                    
  Catalhoyuk: An                                                       
  Archaeological Work                                                  
  in Progress. The                                                     
  project will include                                                 
  a 4,500 sq. ft.                                                      
  exhibit, a World                                                     
  Wide Web site, an                                                    
  exhibit cookbook for                                                 
  archaeology                                                          
  interactives                                                         
  developed for the                                                    
  exhibit, and a suite                                                 
  of related classroom                                                 
  activities.                                                          
  Catalhoyuk is                                                        
  currently the most                                                   
  important                                                            
  archaeological site                                                  
  in Turkey and among                                                  
  the most significant                                                 
  cultural heritage                                                    
  monuments in the                                                     
  world. It consists                                                   
  of two mounds                                                        
  located on either                                                    
  side of an ancient                                                   
  river channel. The                                                   
  larger mound has                                                     
  Early Neolithic age                                                  
  occupation levels                                                    
  (9000 and 7500 years                                                 
  ago) and represents                                                  
  one of the largest                                                   
  known Neolithic                                                      
  settlements, holding                                                 
  links to the                                                         
  beginnings of                                                        
  agriculture, animal                                                  
  domestication, and                                                   
  the rise of urban                                                    
  complexity. The                                                      
  smaller mound                                                        
  consists of more                                                     
  recent occupations                                                   
  (7500 to 5000 years                                                  
  ago). Together they                                                  
  may record nearly                                                    
  10,000 years of                                                      
  human occupation.                                                    
  SMM has been a                                                       
  partner, along with                                                  
  the Turkish team, in                                                 
  the Catalhoyuk                                                       
  Research Project                                                     
  since its inception                                                  
  in 1993 and has the                                                  
  responsibility of                                                    
  developing public                                                    
  programs and for                                                     
  bringing the                                                         
  research findings                                                    
  before a worldwide                                                   
  audience. Unlike a                                                   
  traditional approach                                                 
  where the results of                                                 
  archaeological                                                       
  research appear                                                      
  years after the                                                      
  excavations, this                                                    
  project will focus                                                   
  on the process of                                                    
  archaeology giving                                                   
  visitors the                                                         
  opportunity of                                                       
  learning about the                                                   
  workings of                                                          
  contemporary                                                         
  archaeology and the                                                  
  nature of scientific                                                 
  inquiry, along with                                                  
  the important                                                        
  insight into the                                                     
  beginning of                                                         
  Mediterranean                                                        
  civilization. The                                                    
  exhibit will be                                                      
  updated annually for                                                 
  two years to reflect                                                 
  new results of                                                       
  ongoing fieldwork.                                                   
  The project                                                          
  addresses the                                                        
  National Science                                                     
  Education Standards,                                                 
  particularly those                                                   
  related to science                                                   
  as inquiry and to                                                    
  the history and                                                      
  nature of science.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9804615                                         

  **Award Title text   Volcano: Lost City Pompii                       
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     05-01-1998                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,753,450.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Paula Apsell                                    

  **Sponsor:**         WGBH Educational Foundation                     

                       125 Western Avenue Boston ,Massachusetts 02134  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9804615 Apsell The                                                   
  large format film                                                    
  unit at NOVA/WGBH                                                    
  Boston, in                                                           
  association with the                                                 
  Liberty Science                                                      
  Center, is producing                                                 
  a 40-minute large                                                    
  format film about                                                    
  the science of                                                       
  volcanology.                                                         
  Volcano: Lost City                                                   
  of Pompeii will tell                                                 
  the story of a                                                       
  diverse group of                                                     
  scientists working                                                   
  together, each in                                                    
  his or her specific                                                  
  field, to understand                                                 
  better how Vesuvius                                                  
  can reasonably be                                                    
  expected to behave -                                                 
  today and in the                                                     
  years to come.                                                       
  Following the                                                        
  scientific teams,                                                    
  the film will impart                                                 
  a basic                                                              
  understanding of                                                     
  magma flow and plate                                                 
  tectonics, the                                                       
  geological building                                                  
  blocks out of which                                                  
  volcanoes emerge.                                                    
  The film will blend                                                  
  geology with                                                         
  archaeology to tell                                                  
  an ongoing detective                                                 
  story - a                                                            
  present-day                                                          
  scientific                                                           
  investigation that                                                   
  integrates state of                                                  
  the art techniques                                                   
  and technology with                                                  
  ancient evidence                                                     
  derived from                                                         
  buildings, victims\'                                                 
  remains, and vivid                                                   
  eyewitness accounts                                                  
  that go back nearly                                                  
  2,000 years to the                                                   
  eruption of Vesuvius                                                 
  in 79 A.D. The range                                                 
  of scientific                                                        
  disciplines involved                                                 
  in the film                                                          
  includes:                                                            
  geochemistry,                                                        
  geology, geophysics,                                                 
  remote sensing,                                                      
  plate tectonics,                                                     
  seismology,                                                          
  archaeology, and                                                     
  volcanology. The                                                     
  film will be                                                         
  available with both                                                  
  captioning for the                                                   
  hearing impaired and                                                 
  visual description                                                   
  for visually                                                         
  impaired members of                                                  
  the audience. The                                                    
  film will be                                                         
  supported by an                                                      
  extensive                                                            
  educational outreach                                                 
  plan that includes:                                                  
  \* Pompeii Earth                                                     
  Science Exploration,                                                 
  a program targeting                                                  
  underserved and                                                      
  disadvantaged youth                                                  
  at 100 Boys & Girls                                                  
  Clubs nationwide, \*                                                 
  Pompeii Museum                                                       
  Toolkit, a blueprint                                                 
  enabling museums to                                                  
  integrate existing                                                   
  exhibitry with use                                                   
  of the film and                                                      
  including models for                                                 
  outreach initiatives                                                 
  built around the                                                     
  film, \* Pompeii                                                     
  Activity Guide, an                                                   
  activity guide for                                                   
  us with upper                                                        
  elementary and                                                       
  middle school youth                                                  
  in both informal and                                                 
  form science                                                         
  education settings,                                                  
  and \* Pompeii Idea                                                  
  Handbook, a booklet                                                  
  for museums that                                                     
  shares successful                                                    
  outreach programs                                                    
  implemented by                                                       
  museums showing the                                                  
  film during the                                                      
  first year. Paula                                                    
  Apsell, Executive                                                    
  Producer of N OVA                                                    
  and Director of the                                                  
  WGBH Science Unit,                                                   
  will be the PI. The                                                  
  Co-Executive                                                         
  Producer will be                                                     
  Susanne Simpson who                                                  
  previously produced                                                  
  such large format                                                    
  films as Storm                                                       
  Chasers and To the                                                   
  Limit. The Key                                                       
  Scientific Advisor                                                   
  will be Richard                                                      
  Fisher of the                                                        
  University of                                                        
  California, Santa                                                    
  Barbara. Others on                                                   
  the advisory                                                         
  committee include                                                    
  Lucia Civetta,                                                       
  Director of                                                          
  Osservatorio                                                         
  Vesuvio; Diane                                                       
  Favro, Assoc. Prof.                                                  
  in the School of                                                     
  Arts and                                                             
  Architecture at                                                      
  UCLA; Grant Heiken,                                                  
  President of the                                                     
  Earth and                                                            
  Environmental                                                        
  Science Division of                                                  
  Los Alamos National                                                  
  Laboratory and                                                       
  President of the                                                     
  International                                                        
  Society of                                                           
  volcanology; Dan                                                     
  Miller, Chief of the                                                 
  U.S. Geological                                                      
  Survey\'s Disaster                                                   
  Assistance Program;                                                  
  Haraldur Sigurdsson,                                                 
  Professor in the                                                     
  Graduate School of                                                   
  Oceanography at the                                                  
  University of Rhode                                                  
  Island; and Barbara                                                  
  Tewksbury, Professor                                                 
  of Geology at                                                        
  Hamilton College and                                                 
  past president of                                                    
  the National                                                         
  Association of                                                       
  Geoscience Teachers.                                                 
  Emyln Koster,                                                        
  President and CEO of                                                 
  the Liberty Science                                                  
  Center, will act as                                                  
  key education                                                        
  advisor.                                                             
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9814643                                         

  **Award Title text   ORIGINS: A Four-Part Documentary Series and     
  :**                  Outreach Project on Cosmological and Biological 
                       Origins                                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,133,410.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Thomas Levenson                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Unicorn Projects Inc                            

                       2601-A Wilson Boulevard Arlington ,Virginia     
                       22207                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9814643 LEVENSON                                                     
  Unicorn Projects,                                                    
  Inc. is producing                                                    
  and distributing a                                                   
  project on the                                                       
  origins of life and                                                  
  its connections to                                                   
  the origin of the                                                    
  universe. The                                                        
  project will present                                                 
  the challenges                                                       
  facing scientists                                                    
  working to unlock                                                    
  universal mysteries                                                  
  and the often                                                        
  painstaking but                                                      
  ultimately rewarding                                                 
  process of the                                                       
  scientific endeavor.                                                 
  It will be designed                                                  
  to reach the lay                                                     
  audience by linking                                                  
  what seem to be                                                      
  abstract and                                                         
  complicated ideas                                                    
  \-- like how the                                                     
  universe was born,                                                   
  or how stars evolve                                                  
  \-- to issues at the                                                 
  heart of everyday                                                    
  life raised by such                                                  
  simple questions as                                                  
  \"Where did we come                                                  
  from?\" The                                                          
  components of the                                                    
  project will                                                         
  include: \* Four,                                                    
  one-hour television                                                  
  programs for prime                                                   
  time broadcast \* An                                                 
  informal science                                                     
  outreach component                                                   
  targeted to middle                                                   
  school-age children                                                  
  and families \*                                                      
  Activity kits and                                                    
  training guides                                                      
  adaptable for both                                                   
  informal and formal                                                  
  education \* A World                                                 
  Wide WEB site The                                                    
  Co-Executive                                                         
  Producers for the                                                    
  series will be                                                       
  Thomas Levenson and                                                  
  Larry Klein.                                                         
  Levenson has been on                                                 
  the staff of NOVA at                                                 
  WGBH and was                                                         
  producer for the                                                     
  NOVA program on                                                      
  Einstein. Klein has                                                  
  been the producer                                                    
  for numerous science                                                 
  films including                                                      
  \"Matters of Life                                                    
  and Death\" in the                                                   
  Science Odyssey                                                      
  series. The                                                          
  co-producer for the                                                  
  series and science                                                   
  editor for the                                                       
  project will be Alan                                                 
  Dressler, an                                                         
  astronomer and                                                       
  cosmologist whose                                                    
  principal area of                                                    
  research is the                                                      
  formation and                                                        
  evolution of                                                         
  galaxies. Advisors                                                   
  to the series                                                        
  include: Colleen                                                     
  Cavanaugh, Professor                                                 
  of Organismic and                                                    
  Evolutionary Biology                                                 
  at Harvard                                                           
  University; George                                                   
  V. Coyne, Director                                                   
  of the Vatican                                                       
  Observatory; Douglas                                                 
  Erwin, Research                                                      
  Paleobiologist and                                                   
  Curator at the                                                       
  National Museum of                                                   
  Natural History;                                                     
  Sandra Faber,                                                        
  Professor of                                                         
  Astronomy and                                                        
  University Professor                                                 
  at the UCO/Lick                                                      
  Observatory, UC,                                                     
  Santa Cruz; John P.                                                  
  Grotzinger,                                                          
  Professor at                                                         
  Massachusetts                                                        
  Institute of                                                         
  Technology; Matt                                                     
  Mountain, Director                                                   
  of the Gemini 8M                                                     
  Telescopes project;                                                  
  and Ethan J.                                                         
  Schreier, Astronomer                                                 
  and Associate                                                        
  Director for                                                         
  Operations at the                                                    
  Space Telescope                                                      
  Science Institute.                                                   
  Outreach material                                                    
  will be developed by                                                 
  staff at the Pacific                                                 
  Science Center and                                                   
  implementation will                                                  
  be handled by the                                                    
  AAAS.                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9815069                                         

  **Award Title text   Investigations in Cell Biology                  
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    06-30-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$974,943.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Susan Fleming                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Science Museum of Minnesota                     

                       120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul           
                       ,Minnesota 551021208                            

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9815069 NEWLIN The                                                   
  Science Museum of                                                    
  Minnesota will                                                       
  develop                                                              
  \"Investigations in                                                  
  Cell Biology,\" an                                                   
  integrated program                                                   
  that introduces                                                      
  cell, microbiology,                                                  
  and molecular                                                        
  biology to museum                                                    
  audiences through                                                    
  open-access,                                                         
  wet-lab,                                                             
  micro-experiment                                                     
  benches; training                                                    
  and support for                                                      
  school teachers;                                                     
  classes for adults                                                   
  and teens; and a                                                     
  long-term program                                                    
  for local high                                                       
  school youth. The                                                    
  project includes the                                                 
  development,                                                         
  testing, and                                                         
  installation of four                                                 
  micro-experiment                                                     
  benches that                                                         
  introduce visitors                                                   
  to the objectives,                                                   
  tools, and                                                           
  techniques of cell                                                   
  biology                                                              
  experimentation.                                                     
  These                                                                
  benches,\"Inside the                                                 
  Cell,\" \"Testing                                                    
  for DNA,\" \"DNA                                                     
  Profile,\" and                                                       
  \"Microbe Control,\"                                                 
  will be part of                                                      
  \"Cell Lab,\" a                                                      
  1,500 square-foot                                                    
  open experiment area                                                 
  within the science                                                   
  museum\'s new core                                                   
  exhibition, \"The                                                    
  Human Body,\"                                                        
  opening December                                                     
  1999.                                                                
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9901275                                         

  **Award Title text   Math and Parent Partnerships in the Southwest   
  :**                  (MAPPS)                                         

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$3,199,994.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    David Gay                                       

  **Sponsor:**         University of Arizona                           

                       601 Administration Building Tucson ,Arizona     
                       85721                                           

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9901275 GAY In                                                       
  several primarily                                                    
  Hispanic, low                                                        
  socio-economic                                                       
  school districts of                                                  
  the southwest in                                                     
  partnership with                                                     
  local institutions                                                   
  of higher learning,                                                  
  this 48-month                                                        
  project will develop                                                 
  programs and                                                         
  materials to attract                                                 
  parents of children                                                  
  of all grade levels                                                  
  and make them active                                                 
  supporters of a                                                      
  system that promotes                                                 
  good mathematical                                                    
  learning for their                                                   
  children. These                                                      
  programs and                                                         
  materials will help                                                  
  them become aware of                                                 
  what is happening in                                                 
  their children\'s                                                    
  classroom; offer                                                     
  them occasions to                                                    
  take on leadership                                                   
  roles in working                                                     
  with teachers,                                                       
  administrators, and                                                  
  other parents; and                                                   
  provide them                                                         
  opportunities for                                                    
  in-depth experiences                                                 
  with school                                                          
  mathematics. The                                                     
  materials will be                                                    
  initially developed                                                  
  and piloted in the                                                   
  Sunnyside School                                                     
  District. After                                                      
  revision from the                                                    
  pilot project, the                                                   
  project will be                                                      
  implemented in                                                       
  several other school                                                 
  districts.                                                           
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9901364                                         

  **Award Title text   Project PARTNERS (Parents-Allies Reinforcing    
  :**                  Technology and Neighborhood Educators           
                       Reinforcing Science) in MST                     

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     07-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$844,101.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Herminio Martinez                               

  **Sponsor:**         CUNY Herbert H Lehman College                   

                       250 Bedford Park Blvd West Bronx ,New York      
                       104681589                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9901364                                                              
  SARAVIA-SHORE This                                                   
  project, Project                                                     
  PARTNERS (Parents:                                                   
  Allies Reinforcing                                                   
  Technology and                                                       
  Neighborhood                                                         
  Educators                                                            
  Reinforcing Science)                                                 
  supports parents and                                                 
  their children in                                                    
  learning the                                                         
  mathematics and                                                      
  science taught in                                                    
  the schools. The                                                     
  Bronx Educational                                                    
  Alliance (BEA), in                                                   
  collaboration with                                                   
  Lehman College,                                                      
  School District                                                      
  Nine, the Bronx High                                                 
  School                                                               
  Superintendency, and                                                 
  the Bronx Federation                                                 
  of High School                                                       
  Parent Association                                                   
  Presidents, provides                                                 
  a four-month Parent                                                  
  Academy twice a                                                      
  year. Thirty-six                                                     
  parents (20                                                          
  elementary, 6 middle                                                 
  and 10 high school),                                                 
  from 18 Bronx                                                        
  schools in three                                                     
  K-12 corridors with                                                  
  which the BEA                                                        
  Resource/Outreach                                                    
  Center for Parents                                                   
  currently works,                                                     
  participate in each                                                  
  Academy, reaching                                                    
  360 over five years.                                                 
  Project PARTNERS                                                     
  goals are to: 1)                                                     
  increase student                                                     
  achievement in 18                                                    
  Corridor Schools                                                     
  through meaningful                                                   
  parental support; 2)                                                 
  provide parent                                                       
  training in Math,                                                    
  Science and                                                          
  Technology and                                                       
  enable parents to                                                    
  understand the New                                                   
  Standards; 3)                                                        
  develop skills to                                                    
  reinforce their                                                      
  children\'s learning                                                 
  at home; and 4)                                                      
  model how to                                                         
  effectively learn in                                                 
  science-rich                                                         
  informal educational                                                 
  institutions.                                                        
  Parents meet on                                                      
  Saturdays twice a                                                    
  month for six hours.                                                 
  On one Saturday they                                                 
  team with a teacher                                                  
  and child to visit a                                                 
  science rich                                                         
  institution. On the                                                  
  other Saturday they                                                  
  learn to use                                                         
  computer software                                                    
  programs which                                                       
  support MST, and                                                     
  math concepts                                                        
  through games and                                                    
  manipulatives.                                                       
  Incentives for                                                       
  parents include                                                      
  learning computer                                                    
  skills and stipends                                                  
  of \$300 upon                                                        
  completion. The BEA                                                  
  Academies coordinate                                                 
  with the BUSI and                                                    
  District\'s Family                                                   
  Math and Family                                                      
  Science workshops.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9901892                                         

  **Award Title text   Family ASTRO                                    
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-15-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,348,428.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Andrew Fraknoi                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Astronomical Society of the Pacific             

                       390 Ashton Ave San Francisco ,California        
                       941121722                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9901892 FRAKNOI The                                                  
  Astronomical Society                                                 
  of the Pacific                                                       
  requests \$1,348,428                                                 
  to enhance the                                                       
  dissemination of                                                     
  Project ASTRO in                                                     
  communities by                                                       
  building new                                                         
  capability into an                                                   
  existing network to                                                  
  serve the \"whole                                                    
  family\". Family                                                     
  ASTRO will consist                                                   
  of the following                                                     
  components: Six                                                      
  Family Astronomy                                                     
  Kits, in English and                                                 
  Spanish, each                                                        
  consisting of a                                                      
  suite of hands-on                                                    
  activities that can                                                  
  be done with simple                                                  
  materials that are                                                   
  available to a wide                                                  
  range of families.                                                   
  All families will                                                    
  have the capability                                                  
  to perform these                                                     
  activities. A Family                                                 
  Astronomy Events                                                     
  Manual to help                                                       
  partners and site                                                    
  leaders use star                                                     
  parties, Sun, Moon,                                                  
  and Shadows                                                          
  sessions, and other                                                  
  larger group                                                         
  astronomy events                                                     
  into the project.                                                    
  Training protocols                                                   
  and materials at                                                     
  three levels: to                                                     
  train the families                                                   
  in doing astronomy                                                   
  activities directly,                                                 
  to train the                                                         
  astronomy/teachers                                                   
  partners to work                                                     
  with families and to                                                 
  train regional site                                                  
  leaders on the best                                                  
  ways to work with                                                    
  their local partners                                                 
  to start their own                                                   
  Family ASTRO                                                         
  program. The project                                                 
  will have a strong                                                   
  focus on families of                                                 
  underserved                                                          
  populations in                                                       
  science by                                                           
  continuing the work                                                  
  of Project ASTRO                                                     
  sites in urban areas                                                 
  such as Chicago and                                                  
  San Francisco, and                                                   
  in rural areas like                                                  
  southern New Mexico.                                                 
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**Award Information**

  --------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**          9901961                                         

  **Award Title text    Families Exploring Science Together             
  :**                                                                   

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**    Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.    Sylvia James                                    
  :**                                                                   

  **Division :**        11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**      10-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date :** 12-31-2004                                      

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$957,158.00                                    

  **Investigator:**     Angela Wenger                                   

  **Sponsor:**          New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences         

                        1 Riverside Drive Camden ,New Jersey 081031060  

  **Program Element     7259                                            
  code:**                                                               

  **Abstract :**                                                        

  9901961 JOHNSON The                                                   
  New Jersey Academy of                                                 
  Natural Sciences, The                                                 
  Franklin Institute                                                    
  Science Museum, the                                                   
  New Jersey State                                                      
  Aquarium, and the                                                     
  Philadelphia Zoo                                                      
  request \$957,158.                                                    
  The consortium of                                                     
  Philadelphia area                                                     
  science museums                                                       
  jointly with                                                          
  community-based                                                       
  organizations will                                                    
  design and implement                                                  
  a science experience                                                  
  that will stimulate,                                                  
  encourage, and enrich                                                 
  families\' interest,                                                  
  learning, and                                                         
  involvement in                                                        
  science. The                                                          
  collaborative known                                                   
  as Families Exploring                                                 
  Science Together                                                      
  (FEST) will offer                                                     
  multi-level                                                           
  programming ranging                                                   
  from introductory                                                     
  museum experiences to                                                 
  in-depth science                                                      
  inquiry activities                                                    
  for families that are                                                 
  associated with                                                       
  community-based                                                       
  organizations that                                                    
  serve                                                                 
  African-American,                                                     
  Latino, and Asian                                                     
  communities. The                                                      
  target audience will                                                  
  be families from 8-12                                                 
  culturally diverse                                                    
  neighborhoods in the                                                  
  Philadelphia-Camden                                                   
  region.                                                               
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         9901967                                         

  **Award Title text   Texas Dinosaurs: How Do We Know? \-- Regional   
  :**                  Dissemination of Science Inquiry Exhibits and   
                       Educational Programs on Paleontology            

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,383,739.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    James Diffily                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Fort Worth Museum of Science and History        

                       1501 Montgomery Street Fort Worth ,Texas        
                       761073017                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9901967 DIFFILY The                                                  
  Ft. Worth Museum of                                                  
  Science and History                                                  
  will develop \"Texas                                                 
  Dinosaurs: How Do We                                                 
  Know? \-- Regional                                                   
  Dissemination of                                                     
  Science Inquiry                                                      
  Exhibits and                                                         
  Educational Programs                                                 
  on Paleontology.\"                                                   
  This will be a major                                                 
  permanent and                                                        
  portable exhibition                                                  
  project that will be                                                 
  accompanied by an                                                    
  array of educational                                                 
  programs for formal                                                  
  and informal                                                         
  audiences throughout                                                 
  Texas. The permanent                                                 
  12,000 sq. ft.                                                       
  exhibit, \"Texas                                                     
  Dinosaurs: How Do We                                                 
  Know?\", will                                                        
  recreate field and                                                   
  laboratory processes                                                 
  of paleontological                                                   
  research in an                                                       
  inquiry approach to                                                  
  public learning in                                                   
  geology, biology,                                                    
  ecology and                                                          
  mathematics.                                                         
  Portable versions of                                                 
  the exhibit will be                                                  
  distributed to the                                                   
  Dinosaur Valley                                                      
  State Park in Glen                                                   
  Rose, the Texas                                                      
  Parks and Wildlife                                                   
  Headquarters, the                                                    
  Panhandle-Plains                                                     
  Historical Museum in                                                 
  Canyon, the Science                                                  
  Spectrum in Lubbock,                                                 
  the McAllen                                                          
  International                                                        
  Museum, and the El                                                   
  Paso Insights                                                        
  Science Museum \--                                                   
  all in Texas.                                                        
  Regional                                                             
  dissemination of                                                     
  \"How Do We Know?\"                                                  
  exhibits and                                                         
  educational programs                                                 
  and materials will                                                   
  reach at least 1.5                                                   
  million people                                                       
  annually, including                                                  
  isolated rural                                                       
  communities in the                                                   
  large geographic                                                     
  region of Texas.                                                     
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9901979                                         

  **Award Title text   The Science, Mathematics, Engineering and       
  :**                  Technology of Discovery: Unlocking the Secrets  
                       of Nubian Culture                               

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    02-28-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$2,081,018.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    Kristen Bjork                                   

  **Sponsor:**         Education Development Center                    

                       55 Chapel Street Newton ,Massachusetts          
                       024581060                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9901979 BAILEY The                                                   
  Education                                                            
  Development Center,                                                  
  Incorporated,                                                        
  requests \$2,081,018                                                 
  to create informal                                                   
  learning                                                             
  opportunities in                                                     
  science,                                                             
  mathematics,                                                         
  engineering and                                                      
  technology utilizing                                                 
  the study of the                                                     
  ancient African                                                      
  civilization of                                                      
  Nubia as context.                                                    
  Educational                                                          
  activities and                                                       
  resources will be                                                    
  developed based on                                                   
  the extensive                                                        
  ongoing                                                              
  archeological                                                        
  research on                                                          
  historical Nubia.                                                    
  The two main                                                         
  components of the                                                    
  project are a                                                        
  traveling exhibit                                                    
  with related                                                         
  educational                                                          
  materials and a                                                      
  website that will                                                    
  provide the target                                                   
  audience an                                                          
  opportunity to                                                       
  access extensive                                                     
  on-line resources                                                    
  and activities. The                                                  
  project will provide                                                 
  community outreach                                                   
  and professional                                                     
  development for                                                      
  educators in                                                         
  museums, community                                                   
  groups, schools and                                                  
  libraries. The                                                       
  project is designed                                                  
  for thirty-six                                                       
  months\' duration.                                                   
  In year one, a                                                       
  network of                                                           
  collaborators in the                                                 
  Boston area will                                                     
  focus on research                                                    
  and development; in                                                  
  year two, project                                                    
  materials will be                                                    
  piloted and                                                          
  evaluated in six                                                     
  cities, and on-line                                                  
  professional                                                         
  development programs                                                 
  will be conducted;                                                   
  and in year three,                                                   
  project materials                                                    
  will be disseminated                                                 
  directly to 60 sites                                                 
  and more broadly via                                                 
  the internet.                                                        
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9902047                                         

  **Award Title text   The Math Explorer Activity Book                 
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-1999                                      

  **Expiration Date    11-30-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$279,714.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Pat Murphy                                      

  **Sponsor:**         Exploratorium                                   

                       3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                       941231099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9902047 MURPHY The                                                   
  Exploratorium will                                                   
  develop \"The Math                                                   
  Explorer Activity                                                    
  Book,\" a project                                                    
  designed to build                                                    
  interest in math                                                     
  among youth ages 11                                                  
  to 14, particularly                                                  
  girls and minority                                                   
  youth; and to engage                                                 
  youth group leaders,                                                 
  parents, and                                                         
  caregivers in math                                                   
  outside the                                                          
  classroom. The                                                       
  project includes a                                                   
  national campaign to                                                 
  raise public                                                         
  awareness among                                                      
  youth and adults of                                                  
  the critical                                                         
  difference that                                                      
  achievement in                                                       
  middle school-level                                                  
  mathematics makes in                                                 
  the life                                                             
  opportunities of                                                     
  students as well as                                                  
  to publicize a new                                                   
  book of math                                                         
  activities, the                                                      
  heart of the                                                         
  project. The new                                                     
  book, tentatively                                                    
  titled \"The Math                                                    
  Explorer,\" will                                                     
  describe how to do                                                   
  activities at home                                                   
  or in nonschool                                                      
  settings with                                                        
  common, inexpensive                                                  
  materials. The                                                       
  experiences and                                                      
  activities in the                                                    
  book will give                                                       
  middle school-aged                                                   
  youth opportunities                                                  
  to see the relevance                                                 
  of mathematics to                                                    
  their lives and to                                                   
  experiment with math                                                 
  outside the social                                                   
  pressure of school.                                                  
  After testing and                                                    
  evaluation, the                                                      
  Exploratorium will                                                   
  publish the book in                                                  
  collaboration with a                                                 
  commercial publisher                                                 
  for wide                                                             
  dissemination.                                                       
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**Award Information**

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---
  **Awd Id :**         9909405                                         

  **Award Title text   \"The Human Body\" - A Large Format Film        
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.   Valentine Kass                                  
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-01-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    12-31-2004                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$1,946,523.00                                  

  **Investigator:**    James O\'Leary                                  

  **Sponsor:**         Maryland Academy of Sciences                    

                       601 Light Street Baltimore ,Maryland 212303812  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9909405 O\'LEARY The                                                 
  Maryland Science                                                     
  Center is developing                                                 
  a large format film                                                  
  project on the inner                                                 
  workings of the                                                      
  human body. The                                                      
  film, to be produced                                                 
  in collaboration                                                     
  with the British                                                     
  Broadcasting                                                         
  Corporation (BBC),                                                   
  SDA of Canada, and                                                   
  the Science Museum                                                   
  of London, will                                                      
  focus on the daily                                                   
  activities of the                                                    
  human body \-- the                                                   
  simple yet                                                           
  astonishing things                                                   
  that happen                                                          
  throughout one\'s                                                    
  body on a single                                                     
  day. Emphasis will                                                   
  be placed on such                                                    
  everyday events as                                                   
  hearing, sneezing,                                                   
  eating, healing,                                                     
  crawling and seeing.                                                 
  It will be                                                           
  complemented by a                                                    
  range of ancillary                                                   
  educational                                                          
  materials including                                                  
  teachers\' guides, a                                                 
  web site, and a                                                      
  small exhibit for                                                    
  placement in theater                                                 
  lobbies. The                                                         
  co-Executive                                                         
  Producers for the                                                    
  project are James                                                    
  O\'Leary and Greg                                                    
  Andorfer, both from                                                  
  the Maryland Science                                                 
  Center; Richard Dale                                                 
  from the British                                                     
  Broadcasting System;                                                 
  Alison Roden from                                                    
  the Science Museum                                                   
  of London; and Andre                                                 
  Picard of SDA                                                        
  Productions. Michael                                                 
  Ackerman, Assistant                                                  
  Director for High                                                    
  Performance                                                          
  Computing and                                                        
  Communications at                                                    
  the National Library                                                 
  of Medicine of the                                                   
  NIH, and Lord Robert                                                 
  Winston, Professor                                                   
  of Reproductive                                                      
  Medicine at                                                          
  London\'s Imperial                                                   
  College, will be the                                                 
  project\'s principal                                                 
  advisors. Other                                                      
  advisors include:                                                    
  Harry Chugani,                                                       
  Neurochemistry,                                                      
  Henry Ford Hospital,                                                 
  Detroit; Susan                                                       
  Greenfield,                                                          
  Neuropharmacology,                                                   
  Oxford University,                                                   
  London; Chris Firth,                                                 
  Wellcome Institute                                                   
  of Cognitive                                                         
  Neurology, London;                                                   
  Michael Preece,                                                      
  Institute of Child                                                   
  Health, University                                                   
  College, London;                                                     
  John B. West, School                                                 
  of Medicine,                                                         
  University of                                                        
  California, San                                                      
  Diego; and Scott                                                     
  Frazer, Head of                                                      
  Biological Imaging,                                                  
  California Institute                                                 
  of Technology,                                                       
  Pasadena.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         9909764                                         

  **Award Title text   Math in the Garden                              
  :**                                                                  

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Continuing Grant                                

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     02-01-2000                                      

  **Expiration Date    07-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$925,217.00                                    

  **Investigator:**    Jennifer White                                  

  **Sponsor:**         University of California-Berkeley               

                       Sponsored Projects Office 336 Sproul Hall       
                       Berkeley ,California 947205940                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  9909764 WHITE Math                                                   
  in the Garden is a                                                   
  collaborative                                                        
  project between the                                                  
  University of                                                        
  California\'s                                                        
  Botanic Garden and                                                   
  17 organizations                                                     
  around the nation                                                    
  that work with                                                       
  underserved urban                                                    
  youth, as well as                                                    
  rural communities.                                                   
  The project will                                                     
  create a series of                                                   
  five (5) guidebooks                                                  
  with activities that                                                 
  bring adults and                                                     
  children together in                                                 
  the garden to learn                                                  
  the mathematics                                                      
  inherent in the                                                      
  nature of gardening.                                                 
  The materials and                                                    
  activities will                                                      
  teach mathematical                                                   
  concepts and skills,                                                 
  feature plants,                                                      
  flowers, and fruits                                                  
  as math                                                              
  manipulatives,                                                       
  promote active                                                       
  learning, and                                                        
  support NCTM and                                                     
  National Science                                                     
  Standards. The                                                       
  guides will organize                                                 
  activities into                                                      
  clusters for various                                                 
  times of the year                                                    
  and contain                                                          
  appropriate                                                          
  activities for                                                       
  elementary through                                                   
  middle school-aged                                                   
  youth. Partner                                                       
  organizations will                                                   
  coordinate a trial                                                   
  test. Afterwards,                                                    
  the formative                                                        
  evaluation will                                                      
  guide the revision                                                   
  and finally,                                                         
  national                                                             
  distribution of the                                                  
  guides will be in                                                    
  conjunction with                                                     
  Dale Seymour                                                         
  Publishers. A                                                        
  national Advisory                                                    
  Committee of                                                         
  mathematicians,                                                      
  botanists, science                                                   
  educators, math                                                      
  educators, botanical                                                 
  garden staff, and                                                    
  leaders working in                                                   
  community gardens                                                    
  has been                                                             
  established. The                                                     
  entire project will                                                  
  be evaluated at                                                      
  every stage of                                                       
  development for its                                                  
  ability to increase                                                  
  math skills, garden                                                  
  knowledge, and to                                                    
  encourage young                                                      
  people to engage in                                                  
  active, inquiry                                                      
  learning.                                                            
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0439564                                         

  **Award Title text   Conference & Proceedings: \"Crafting and        
  :**                  Evaluating Interactive Educational Websites,\"  
                       Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell      
                       University, Ithaca, New York, Spring, 2005      

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     10-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    09-30-2006                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Kathleen McLean                                 

  **Sponsor:**         Exploratorium                                   

                       3601 Lyon Street San Francisco ,California      
                       941231099                                       

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The \"Crafting &                                                     
  Evaluating                                                           
  Interactive                                                          
  Educational                                                          
  Websites\"                                                           
  conference will be                                                   
  developed through a                                                  
  collaboration                                                        
  between the Cornell                                                  
  University                                                           
  Laboratory of                                                        
  Ornithology and the                                                  
  Exploratorium. The                                                   
  PIs will develop and                                                 
  host a three-day                                                     
  invitational                                                         
  conference focusing                                                  
  on the practice of                                                   
  interactive web site                                                 
  design, development,                                                 
  evaluation and                                                       
  maintenance intended                                                 
  to achieve or                                                        
  support informal                                                     
  STEM learning. The                                                   
  conference, which                                                    
  will be held in                                                      
  Spring, 2005, will                                                   
  involve 50                                                           
  individuals with a                                                   
  wide range of                                                        
  expertise who will                                                   
  focus on a variety                                                   
  of issues including                                                  
  audience                                                             
  expectations and                                                     
  abilities, designing                                                 
  for learner                                                          
  outcomes, testing                                                    
  for usability,                                                       
  evaluation tools and                                                 
  accessibility. With                                                  
  regard to                                                            
  intellectual merit,                                                  
  conference attendees                                                 
  will explore                                                         
  challenges and                                                       
  barriers that hinder                                                 
  development of truly                                                 
  interactive web                                                      
  sites and identify                                                   
  best practices and                                                   
  promising models,                                                    
  tools and                                                            
  technologies for                                                     
  encouraging                                                          
  authentic public                                                     
  interaction.                                                         
  Conversations begun                                                  
  at the conference                                                    
  will be extended to                                                  
  a broader audience                                                   
  through development                                                  
  of an online manual,                                                 
  informed by the                                                      
  conference                                                           
  presentations and                                                    
  commentaries, and                                                    
  designed for use by                                                  
  the museum, media                                                    
  and research                                                         
  communities. An                                                      
  interactive Web site                                                 
  developed after the                                                  
  conference will                                                      
  allow Web developers                                                 
  to locate content                                                    
  and ideas for                                                        
  design, and to share                                                 
  new ideas and                                                        
  results of usability                                                 
  studies and                                                          
  evaluations.                                                         
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**         0441289                                         

  **Award Title text   National Coalition for Science in Afterschool   
  :**                  Conference Proposal                             

  **NSF Org :**        ehr                                             

  **Award Instr. :**   Standard Grant                                  

  **Program Manager.                                                   
  :**                                                                  

  **Division :**       11020000                                        

  **Start Date :**     09-01-2004                                      

  **Expiration Date    08-31-2005                                      
  :**                                                                  

  **Est Total Amt :**  \$0.00                                          

  **Investigator:**    Elizabeth Stage                                 

  **Sponsor:**         University of California-Berkeley               

                       Sponsored Projects Office 336 Sproul Hall       
                       Berkeley ,California 947205940                  

  **Program Element    7259                                            
  code:**                                                              

  **Abstract :**                                                       

  The Lawrence Hall of                                                 
  Science will host a                                                  
  follow-up conference                                                 
  to the January, 2004                                                 
  conference of the                                                    
  National Coalition                                                   
  for Science in                                                       
  After-school. The                                                    
  goal of this 2nd                                                     
  conference is to                                                     
  take the emerging                                                    
  National Coalition                                                   
  for Science in                                                       
  After-school                                                         
  further, bringing in                                                 
  additional                                                           
  organizations and                                                    
  points of view, to                                                   
  take the vision the                                                  
  next step into                                                       
  action plans that                                                    
  will establish an                                                    
  infrastructure, a                                                    
  research agenda and                                                  
  framework, an                                                        
  advocacy campaign                                                    
  and a plan for                                                       
  sustainability that                                                  
  will include further                                                 
  networking among                                                     
  participants. The                                                    
  conference will                                                      
  contribute to the                                                    
  enhancement of                                                       
  science education                                                    
  for the more than                                                    
  ten percent of the                                                   
  Nation\'s youth who                                                  
  currently                                                            
  participate in                                                       
  after-school                                                         
  programs, many of                                                    
  whom are least well                                                  
  served in the formal                                                 
  educational system.                                                  
  The conference will                                                  
  bring together                                                       
  leaders in science                                                   
  education and                                                        
  after-school                                                         
  programs to combine                                                  
  their best thinking                                                  
  about ways to share                                                  
  current ideas and to                                                 
  create new                                                           
  partnerships,                                                        
  models, research                                                     
  initiatives and                                                      
  organizational                                                       
  structures to                                                        
  advance their work.                                                  
  The conference will                                                  
  allow current and                                                    
  potential leaders in                                                 
  STEM and                                                             
  after-school                                                         
  organizations to                                                     
  inform one another,                                                  
  share best practices                                                 
  and form strategic                                                   
  alliances. In                                                        
  addition to                                                          
  traditional                                                          
  dissemination                                                        
  mechanisms (website,                                                 
  listserv, conference                                                 
  report), the                                                         
  conference will                                                      
  result in an action                                                  
  plan that includes                                                   
  extending membership                                                 
  in the Coalition to                                                  
  additional                                                           
  organizations and                                                    
  its messages to new                                                  
  audiences, including                                                 
  those who work with                                                  
  students with                                                        
  disabilities,                                                        
  community                                                            
  organizations and                                                    
  parent advocates. In                                                 
  addition to Lawrence                                                 
  Hall, the lead                                                       
  organizations in the                                                 
  Coalition are the                                                    
  Exploratorium, TERC,                                                 
  the Children\'s Aid                                                  
  Society, the                                                         
  National Afterschool                                                 
  Association and The                                                  
  After School                                                         
  Corporation.                                                         
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