Out on a Limb -- Forest Canopies

Information

• NSF Award
• 0455286

Owner

• New College

• Award Id

  0455286

• Award Effective Date

  10/1/2005 - 19 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  12/31/2008 - 16 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 74,945.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

The "Out on a Limb -- Forest Canopies" exhibit will educate people about forest canopies, and illustrate the challenges of canopy access by scientists. A traveling rain forest diorama -- with scaled models of scientists exploring the canopy, and accompanying graphic panels and interactive activities -- will circulate to community venues in southwest Florida, increasing public awareness of how forest canopies are important to life on Earth. Canopy research provides a highly visual, exploratory approach to scientific inquiry that can be effectively communicated to the general public and school groups. Based on research funded by NSF, (DEB-0228871), this project was funded as part of the Communicating Research to Public Audiences program.

• Program Officer

  Sylvia M. James

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/10/2005 - 19 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  6/9/2008 - 16 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  New College of Florida

• City

  Sarasota

• State

  FL

• Country

  United States

• Address

  5800 Bay Shore Road

• Postal Code

  342432109

• Phone Number

  9414874200

• First Name

  Margaret

• Last Name

  Lowman

• Email Address

  mlowman@calacademy.org

• Start Date

  8/10/2005 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Text

  AISL

• Code

  7259

• Text

  ECOSYSTEM STUDIES

• Code

  1181

• Text

  ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Code

  9177

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION

• Text

  BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS

• Code

  9169

• Text

  ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE