Directory of Federal Grant-making
Programs for Environmentally-related Education

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INFORMAL AND/OR FORMAL EDUCATION

Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET Chesapeake Bay)

Agency		Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Program Name		Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET Chesapeake Bay)
Program Website
Eligible Applicantes		ELIGIBLEAPPLICANTS are K-through-12 public and independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher education, community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Budget FY06
Budget FY07
Range of Awards		$10,000- 200,000
Number of Awards		Number dependent upon grant amounts awarded.
Percent of Applicants Awarded
Cost Sharing Requirements		Highly recommended but not required.
Program Description		Competitive OE proposals will be bold, innovative and interdisciplinary in their approach and objectives and will fall within one (or more) of three categories: Ocean Exploration, Marine Archaeology, and Ocean Exploration Education. Ocean Exploration Education: In response to the 2000 President’s Panel on Ocean Exploration Report and the NOAA Strategic Plan, the NOAA OE Office produced a curriculum titled Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration. Developed for use in professional development for teachers of Grades 6-12, the OE curriculum includes lessons developed from NOAA expeditions of discovery. Curriculum themes progress from physical science through earth science to biological and environmental science. By combining the Ocean Explorer Web site http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov and the OE companion CD into the curriculum, teachers and students have a direct connection to the scientists whose work they are modeling in the classroom and to other new discoveries made on OE expeditions. The curriculum is available online at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/curriculum/welcome.html. NOAA is seeking to extend the use of these OE education materials located on the Web site and in the National Science Education Standards-based curriculum in school districts and other learning centers throughout the country. Education submissions should consider at least one of the following areas to integrate effectively the OE curriculum and companion CD/Web site into teaching and learning: • District-wide professional development for teachers in the use of the curriculum and NOAA Ocean Explorer Companion CD/Web; • School-wide team-based development for teachers in the use of the OE curriculum and NOAA Ocean Explorer Companion CD/Web site; • Integration of institutions of higher learning with teachers of Grades 6-12 in use of the curriculum and NOAA Ocean Explorer Companion CD/Web site; • Integration of the curriculum and NOAA Ocean Explorer Companion CD/Web site into after-school/summer programs; and • Other novel projects that extend the use of the curriculum and companion CD/Web site at the local, state and/or regional level. Formative and summative evaluation and demographic data collection are required as part of the project.
Contact Info		NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration 1315 East West Highway SSMC 3, 10th Floor Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (301) 713-9444.