Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Meaningful Watershed Experience
Mini-grant Program for Conservation District – School Partnerships
Funding provided through the Federal NOAA B-WET Program
2010-2011 APPLICATION
 I have read the MWEE Program Overview
Project Title:
2-3 Sentence
Summary of Project:
Conservation District
CD Federal ID #
CD Contact Name
CD Contact Title
CD Contact Email
CD Contact Phone
Partnering School (s)
School District(s)
School Contact
Name
School Contact
Title
School Contact Email
School Contact Phone
Project Description (full but concise description of the project):
Grade(s) being targeted:
What percentage of the students in each grade(s) are being targeted?
Which Environment & Ecology Standards will be addressed?
Other Standards being addressed (Arts & Humanities; Career Education and Work; Civics and Government; Economics; Family and Consumer
Sciences; Geography; Health, Safety and Physical Education; History; Mathematics; Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening; Science and
Technology):
Explain in what way the experiences:
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Are investigative or project oriented:
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Are part of the instructional program:
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Are part of a sustained activity (does not simply take place over one day as a field trip):
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Consider the watershed as a system (project is integrated and not singularly focused):
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Are enhanced by NOAA products, services, or personnel (includes conservation district staff and supplemental programs such as
Project Wet, Project Wild, etc.):
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Address NOAA educational goals: promoting environmental stewardship, facilitating change in education systems, connecting citizens
to nature and community, and use of emerging technologies (see http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/NOAA_Ed_Plan.pdf).
Field experience site(s):
Classroom and field experience assessments to be used:
Partners and their roles (Partners are not required, but are encouraged):
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Project timeline:
Will the experience continue to be part of the school’s instructional program when the grant expires?  yes  no
Please explain:
Please provide a budget in an amount up to $5,000 for the experience (most grants are funded at the $2000 level): Be specific about how
the money will be spent, but keep it to the big ideas.
Expenditure Category
MWEE Funds
Requested
Other funding available for
project (List amount and source.)
Total Budget
for Category
Buses/Transportation
Equipment (test kits, boots, nets, field microscopes, etc.)
Materials (trade books, field guides, historical books, journals, etc.)
Entry fees (museums, parks, exhibits, etc.)
Substitute Teachers / Staff Salaries
Presenter/Speaker fees
Site fees
Other (Please list):
Total:
Please submit application via email to grants@pacd.org.
If you have questions or comments, please feel free to send an email to the same address or call 717-238-7223.
Further information and resources:
http://pacd.org/mwee
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/education_mwee.aspx?menuitem=19534
http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/BWET/resources.html
http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/NOAA_Ed_Plan.pdf
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