NOAA supports science education for students through a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
NOAA is excited to be working with the the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to support a new grant opportunity bringing together two great programs: the NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program and the U.S. Department of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program. Seventeen projects funded by the Foundation, totaling $500,000, will provide NOAA related STEM environmental education programming to students at 37 U.S. Department of Education 21st CCLC sites in spring and summer 2017.
![NOAA staff members joins 2 students in the water to try to grab a sample. NOAA staff holds a net in the water, one student holds a smaller handheld net for scooping, and another student holds a bucket. (Image credit: Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida) NOAA staff members joins 2 students in the water to try to grab a sample. NOAA staff holds a net in the water, one student holds a smaller handheld net for scooping, and another student holds a bucket.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/GOM15_michelle.jpg?h=98cff4e1&itok=TtazFUue)
Middle school students participating in Project Children as Watersheds Stewards (CAWS) Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) of the Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida, a project funded by B-WET Gulf of Mexico. (Image credit: Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida)