• Geographic Alliance Network
• Hoosier Association of Science Teachers Inc. (HASTI)
• Indiana State Climatologist
• NASA Education Resources
• State Geological Survey
• U.S. Geological Survey

The National Geographic Societyís Geography Education Program has established a network of state geographic alliancesógrassroots organizations composed mainly of K-12 teachers and university geographersódedicated 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.
NGS Geographic Education Program:

Geographic Educators Network of Indiana
http://www.iupui.edu/it/geni

Roger L. Jenkinson
Taylor University
236West Reade Ave.
Upland IN 46989-1001
Phone: (765) 998-5323
Fax: (765) 998-4930
E-mail: rgjenkins@tayloru.edu
http://www.iupui.edu/it/geni

Edward Frazier, Executive Director
5007 West 14th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46224
Phone:  (317) 243-0107
Email:  efrazier@msn.com

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.

Mr. Ken Scheeringa
1150 Lilly Bldg.
Purdue University
West Lafayette IN 47907-1150
Phone: (765) 494-8105
Fax: (765) 496-2926
Email: kens@purdue.edu or pbeneker@purdue.edu
http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu

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.

Indiana Geological Survey
611 North Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-7636
Email: igsinfo@indiana.edu
http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/

The U.S. Geological Survey provides the Nation with reliable, impartial information to describe and understand the Earth.  Science topics are Biology, Geology, Mapping, and Water. The U.S. Geological Survey 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_in@usgs.gov
5957 Lakeside Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46278-1996
Phone: (317) 290-3333, ext. 175
Fax: (317) 290-3313
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

USGS Programs in Indiana
USGS Fact Sheets listed by state can be found at this WWW site:
http://water.usgs.gov/public/wid/index-state.html

A Fact Sheet at the following WWW site describes several of the USGS activities in Indiana: http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-014-96/

Indiana Curriculum Materials

A rich array of links to teaching resources for Indiana

Indiana Curriculum Support

Sponsored by NASA through the Universities Space Research Association, ESSE supports the development of undergraduate curricula in Earth System Science and Global Change at forty-four participating colleges and universities.

Participant:   Purdue University
Contact: Dr. James G. Ogg
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone:  (317) 494-8681
Fax:  (317) 496-1210
Email: jogg@purdue.edu

Indiana Professional Development

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

NASA Education Resources

NOVA

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/amsedu/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 Indiana

Mark Mettert
2316 Hazelwood Avenue
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Phone:  (219) 471-1148
Fax:  (219) 471-1148
Email: mmettert@mail.fwi.com

Lee Ann Richardson
1656 Leerkamp Drive
Franklin, IN 46131
Phone: (317) 738-0968
Fax: (317) 738-0685
Email: leearichardson@tcon.net

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 Indiana

Kim Giesting
546 N.C.R. 325 E.
Connersville, IN 47331
Phone:  (765) 825-5572
Email: kgiestin@fayette.k12.in.us

Karen Grimes Cooper
6210 Hampton Drive, East
Indianapolis, IN 46226-3517
Phone:  (317) 546-5336

Cara Sajko
919 Oakland Drive
New Albany, IN 47150
Phone:  (812) 944-7647

Kathleen Sladen
3335 Kenaston Dr.
Ft. Wayne, IN 46815
Phone: (219) 486-1018
Email: ksloewer@aol.com

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.

NOVA
http://www.eng.ua.edu/~nova

NOVA was created to develop and disseminate a national framework for enhancing science, mathematics, and technology literacy for teachers in the 21st century.  This effort is accomplished through the demonstration of an undergraduate science/math/technology course framework, examples of successful course models, and a mentoring support system for faculty wishing to implement new courses or modify existing courses at their universities.  The framework uses interactive learning and integrates science, mathematics and technology as a means of developing a new paradigm for educating teachers.  NOVA invites the participation of science, mathematics, engineering, technology, and education faculty who are concerned with how universities prepare new teachers.  Using NASA missions (including the Earth sciences), facilities, and resources, NOVA provides faculty with enhanced knowledge and skills to implement change in university courses. The NOVA team presents its framework for change primarily through three-day workshops to interdisciplinary university teams. These universities are then eligible to submit proposals for Implementation Planning Grants (up to $30,000 for a one-year period) to initiate change in science, mathematics, or engineering courses for preparing K-12 teachers. The schedule of workshops is available at http://www.eng.ua.edu/~nova.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Bl oomington, IN  47405

Dorothy Gabel
Professor
Department of Science Education
201 N. Rose Street
Phone: (812) 856-8141
Fax: (812) 856-8014
Email: gabel@indiana.edu

Al Ruesink
Professor
Department of Biology
Jordan Hall 133
Phone:  (812) 855-5555
Email:  ruesink@indiana.edu

Eric A. Worch
Associate Instructor
Department of Anthropology
Student Building 130
Phone:  (812) 856-5841
Email:   eworch@indiana.edu