Carnegie Institute dba Carnegie Museums Of Pittsburgh
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- Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Phone: 412-622-3351
- Estimated Number of Employees: 1,250
- Estimated Annual Receipts: $62,166,568
- Business Start Date: 1895
- Contact Person: Frank Cardiello
- Contact Phone: 412-622-3301
- Contact Email: cardiellof@carnegiemuseums.org
- Business Structure:
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Business Type:
- Non-Profit Organization
- Industries Served: Support Activities for Coal Mining, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining, Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- Product Areas: OTHER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES, SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: OTHER
Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides
In order by amount of set aside monies.
- $99,983 - Wednesday the 7th of December 2011
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA APHIS MRPBS
WOODBORING BEETLE IDENTIFICATION. - $304,623 - Wednesday the 20th of May 2015
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER (CSC), LOCATED IN PITTSBURGH, PA, IS RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EXPERTISE IN TRANSLATING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTO HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT EXCITE, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE DIVERSE AUDIENCES. "SOLARQUEST: EXPLORATION OF THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM" BUILDS ON THIS EXPERTISE, MARRYING CSC'S TRACK RECORD OF DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING EFFECTIVE SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMMING WITH ITS LEADERSHIP IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE BUHL PLANETARIUM&OBSERVATORY (ESTABLISHED IN 1939) AND THE BUHL DIGITAL PLANETARIUM. "SOLARQUEST: EXPLORATION OF THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM" WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR CSC'S SCIENCE ON THE ROAD PROGRAM, WHICH CURRENTLY DELIVERS STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO 200,000 K-8 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ANNUALLY IN 150 LOCATIONS ACROSS 5 STATES. THE PRIMARY PREMISE OF THE SOLARQUEST PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-8 WITH HIGH-QUALITY, HIGH-TECHNOLOGY LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN HELIOPHYSICS THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. SOLARQUEST WILL INCORPORATE FORMATS THAT HAVE PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ENGAGING YOUNG MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS, UTILIZING NASA'S SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) MISSION DATA, IMAGERY, AND EXPERTS TO PORTRAY THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE EARTH TRAVELS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE SUN AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH THE PLANET AFFECT HUMAN LIFE. THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE A 45-MINUTE, IMMERSIVE ASSEMBLY PROGRAM THAT INCORPORATES A 10-MINUTE DIGITAL PLANETARIUM SHOW, AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES THAT REINFORCE THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN THE ASSEMBLY SHOW. TEACHER RESOURCES WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE CSC WEB SITE. ALL PROGRAM CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE AGE/GRADE ADAPTED AND ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS; THE MOST IN-DEPTH CONNECTIONS WILL BE WITH CONTENT STANDARDS B: PHYSICAL SCIENCE; D: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE; AND E: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. LIKE OTHER SCIENCE ON THE ROAD ASSEMBLY SHOWS (E.G., "ION JONES AND THE LOST CASTLE OF CHEMISTRY" AND "CAPTAIN GREEN'S TIME MACHINE"), SOLARQUEST IS CONCEIVED AS AN ADVENTURE STORY DELIVERED THROUGH A LIVELY MIX OF LARGE-SCALE PROPS AND COSTUMES, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS, VIDEO, AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. ALL ASSEMBLY SHOWS ARE LED BY AN EXPERIENCED CSC EDUCATOR/PRESENTER. IN THE CASE OF SOLARQUEST, STUDENTS WILL BOARD AN IMAGINARY SPACECRAFT, LED BY A CSC "COMMANDER," AND BLAST OFF TO EXPLORE THE SUN AND ITS IMPACT ON PLANET EARTH. ALONG THE WAY, THEY WILL VISIT (VIA VIDEOTAPE) NASA SATELLITES ENGAGED IN HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH AND ENCOUNTER NASA SDO SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS WHO DISCUSS THEIR WORK AND THEIR CAREERS. THE PROGRAM WILL BE ORGANIZED AROUND MAJOR THEMES, SUCH AS ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT, SOUND, COLOR, SATELLITE DESIGN, AND SPACE WEATHER, AMONG OTHERS. THESE THEMES, AND CORRESPONDING SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, ARE REINFORCED IN 10 HANDS-ON ACTIVITY STATIONS THAT STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING THE ASSEMBLY SHOW. THE 10-MINUTE DIGITAL PLANETARIUM SHOW, DELIVERED TO SCHOOL AUDIENCES VIA A PORTABLE DIGITAL PLANETARIUM SYSTEM, BRINGS HELIOPHYSICS TO LIFE IN A UNIQUE AND POWERFUL WAY--A STUNNING "YOU ARE THERE" PERSPECTIVE THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE THROUGH OTHER PRESENTATION FORMATS. AUDIENCES WILL LITERALLY "FLY THROUGH" THE SUN-EARTH ENVIRONMENT, EXPERIENCING THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM THROUGH THE LENS OF ACTUAL NASA SDO MISSION DATA. THE DIGITAL PLANETARIUM SHOW WILL HAVE A SECOND OUTLET AS PART OF CSC'S REGULAR PROGRAMMING IN THE BUHL DIGITAL PLANETARIUM. CSC ALSO PROPOSES TO DISTRIBUTE 50 FULL-DOME DIGITAL COPIES OF THE SHOW TO DIGITAL-CAPABLE PLANETARIUMS AROUND THE WORLD. "SOLARQUEST: EXPLORATION OF THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM" IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A 5-YEAR LIFE SPAN FOLLOWING ITS FULL LAUNCH IN 2013. APPROXIMATELY 850,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS COULD BE SERVED BY THE PROJECT: 250,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGH SCIENCE ON THE ROAD; 100,000 THROUGH PRESENTATION AT THE BUHL DIGITAL PLANETARIUM; AND 500,000 AT PLANETARIUMS WORLDWIDE.
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