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Funding Opportunity for Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums has Closed
Posted June 10, 2009

The NOAA Office of Education (OEd) issued a request for applications to support education projects designed to engage the public in activities that increase ocean and/or climate literacy and the adoption of a stewardship ethic. Funded projects will be between one and five years in duration and will support ocean education projects led by eligible applicants. Eligible applicants were only 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that are either (1) aquariums accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) or (2) have a legally sanctioned affiliation with an AZA-accredited aquarium. This funding opportunity closed on June 9, 2009. Applications are currently being reviewed. It is anticipated that recommendations for funding under this announcement will be made by August 28, 2009. Applicants will be contacted after funding decisions are made.

Please visit our Funding Opportunities page for futher information about this opportunity.

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.