• Connecticut State Climatologist
• Geographic Alliance Network
• NASA Education Resources
• State Geological Survey
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

State Climatologists are individuals who have been identified by a state entity as the state's climatologist and who are also recognized by the Director of the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as the state climatologist of a particular state.

Xiusheng (Harrison) Yang
Associate Professor
Natural Resources Management and Engineering
University of Connecticut
1376 Storrs Road, U-87
Storrs, CT 06269
USA
Phone: 860-486-0135
Fax: 860-486-5408
Email: xiusheng.yang@uconn.edu

The National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program has established a network of state geographic alliances-grassroots organizations composed mainly of K-12 teachers and university geographers-dedicated to improving and promoting geography education. These alliances support professional development for teachers, development of classroom materials, and efforts to make geography a part of state and local curricula.

Connecticut Geographic Alliance

Billie M. Kapp
4 Llynwood Drive
Bolton, CT 06043
Phone: (860) 647-0697
Fax:  (860) 647 7826
E-mail:  Billiekapp@aol.com
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/cga

NASA's State-Based Electronic Notebook is the source for NASA and aerospace education in your state. Includes links to K-university level education contacts, resources, and information.

Almost all of the 50 states (and Puerto Rico) have an agency that deals with geological hazards and resources within its bounds. Some have more than one (e.g., one for petroleum resources, one for general geology, and one for water resources), and some have delegated the responsibilities to a unit within a state university. Most, but not all of these institutions are connected to the Internet. For all of these agencies, we've included snail mail addresses as well as known e-mail and Internet links.

Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
Natural Resources Center, Dept. of Environ. Protection
79 Elm St.
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Phone: (860) 424-3540
http://dep.state.ct.us/cgnhs/index.htm

USGS provides the Nation with reliable, impartial information to describe and understand the Earth. Science topics are Biology, Geology, Mapping, and Water.  The Agency has offices in every state, thus providing a local presence and facilitating relations with the public and private sectors, academia, and federal, state, and local agencies. This widely distributed network of scientific personnel is a resource that provides a valuable and nationally consistent, long-term earth science information base.

USGS State Representative

dc_ct@usgs.gov
101 Pitkin Street
East Hartford, CT 06108
Phone: (860) 291-6740
Fax: (860) 291-6799
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

USGS Programs in Connecticut
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-007-96/

American Meteorological Society -- Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society -- Maury Project Peer Trainers

The GLOBE Program

NASA Education Resources

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/a msedu/index.html

The American Meteorological Societyís Project Atmosphere includes the operation of a national network of AMS Atmospheric Education Resource Agents (AERAs), who act as regional points of contact for teachers who are seeking information on atmospheric science topics.  Each AERA presents several general atmospheric sciences information sessions each year to teacher groups. AERAs also conduct teacher-training sessions on single meteorological topics about which they have been specially trained. These sessions often take place at local and state teacher association meetings. Others are held at the school district level on staff development days or included in college courses, with AERAs compensated through local or state funds.

In Connecticut:

Joseph Bosco
66 Poitras Road
Forestville, CT 06010
Phone: (860) 582-8582
Fax: (860) 582-8582
Email: jbosco@knownet.cpbi.org

Maury Project Peer Trainers are Master precollege teachers trained in one of the AMS Summer training workshops held at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, who have demonstrated an exceptional competency and commitment to the process of guiding fellow teachers in the field of precollege physical oceanographic education. These teachers conduct seminar/workshops on an on-going basis, for their peers within their respective teaching districts, using primarily single topic teaching materials developed by AMS specifically for this purpose.

In Connecticut

Lisa Alter
200 Elm Street, Apt. 220
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone:  (203) 931-1763
Email:   lalter@snet.net

James Backus
7 Woodview Drive
Brookfield, CT 06804
Phone:  (203) 775-8746
Fax:  (203) 775-9550
Email: magoo@bix.com

Stephen Rocketto
928 Old Colchester Rd.
Oakdale, CT 06370
Phone: (860) 848-9578
Email: srocketo@auilasys.com

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. GLOBE students make environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data through the Internet. GLOBE Franchises provide training for teachers.

GLOBE Francise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Mr. Jonathan Craig
Talcott Mountain Science Center
Montevideo Rd.
Avon, CT 06001
Phone : (860) 677-8571
Fax : (860) 676-0421
Email : jcraig@g3.tmsc.org

NASA's State-Based Electronic Notebook is the source for NASA and aerospace education in your state. Includes links to K-university level education contacts, resources, and information.  NASA Educator Resource Centers (ERCs) and Space Grant Colleges offer teacher workshops and other education programs in their state.