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Funding available through NOAA's Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program
Posted March 24, 2008 - revised April 11, 2008

NOAA B-WET provides grants in support of locally relevant experiential learning through meaningful watershed educational experiences in the K-12 environment. The NOAA B-WET program has been highly successful in the three regions where it currently operates (Chesapeake Bay, California, and Hawaii) and may be expanding in 2008 to three new regions: Northeast, Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. Funded projects will involve meaningful watershed educational experiences addressing regional priorities. Annual project funding ranges from $50,000-$100,000. Proposals must be received by 5 p.m. on April 16, 2008.

NOTE: The deadline for applications is extended to 5:00 EST on April 18, 2008.

See the Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) for details. The FFO is available from http://www.grants.gov (Funding Opportunity Number SEC-OED-2008-2001368).

***Please note that it is very important for potential applicants to register with Grants.gov ASAP. The opportunity will only be open for 30 days, and it can take several weeks to complete the registration process with Grants.gov***

For more information on this funding opportunity, please visit: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/BWET/

2008 Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships - New Extended Deadline
Posted November 6, 2007 - Revised February 25, 2008

Applications for the 2008 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program are now being accepted. Approximately 100 scholarships will be awarded for academic study or training in NOAA-related science, research, technology, policy, management, and education. Designed to build undergraduate interest in environmental studies, foster multidisciplinary training, and increase environmental literacy, the scholarships fund up to $29,000 per student. Please note that the deadline for applications has been extended until February 29, 2008. For details, please visit the NOAA Office of Education, Hollings Scholarship web site: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html

2009 Environmental Literacy Grants for K-12 Education
Posted January 4, 2008 - Revised February 25, 2008

The solicitation for pre-proposals has now closed. NOAA's Office of Education (OED) is currently reviewing these pre-proposals for environmental literacy projects in support of K-12 education. Those selected to submit full applications will be contacted. Funded projects will be between 1 and 5 years in duration and will promote changes in K-12 education to expand the amount of Earth System Science taught in the classroom and improve student learning and application of that subject.

Please visit our Funding Opportunities page for futher information. A list of previously funded projects is available at www.oesd.noaa.gov/elg_projects.html.

Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century: Report and Recommendations from a 50-State Analysis of Earth Science Education
Posted June 11, 2007 - Revised December 19, 2007

The raw data from TERC's analysis of the state-by-state education standards is now available. It can be downloaded below in either an Excel of Filemaker 7 format.

Click here to download the Excel version (6.4 MB)
Click here to download the Filemaker 7 version (2.2 MB)

This study analyzed K-12 Earth science standards and frameworks of all fifty states, plus the District of Columbia, to determine how well each state's standards address the following six Earth science content and pedagogical criteria:

• Content related to atmosphere, weather, climate and the ocean;
• Environmental literacy principles and applications;
• Earth considered as a dynamic interactive system;
• Earth examined through the perspective of space-age tools;
• Use of 21st century technologies in Earth science research; and
• Application of inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning about Earth science

The study was conducted by TERC on behalf of NOAA's Office of Education and is available in both a high resolution and a lower resolution version. To access the TERC website click here. (This is a not a U.S. Government website. NOAA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites).

TERC Report with high resolution images (6 MB)
TERC Report with low resolution images (1.2 MB)

Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded here for free. (This is a not a U.S. Government website. NOAA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites).

If you have any questions or comments about the study, please send them in an email to Sarah Schoedinger.