• Geographic Alliance Network
• Iowa State Climatologist
• NASA Education Resources
• Northern Trails Area Education Agency
• State Geological Survey
• U.S. Geological Survey

The National Geographic Society's 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.

Geographic Alliance of Iowa
http://csbsnt.csbs.uni .edu/geog- alliance

Kay E. Weller
Department of Geography
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0406
Phone: (319) 273-5952; In Iowa: (800) 601-3899
Fax: (319) 273-2222
Email: kay.weller@uni.edu

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. Harry J. Hillaker, Jr.
State Climatologist
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture
9607 NW Beaver Drive
Johnston, IA 50131-1908
Phone: (515) 270-6907
Email: iastatec@netins.net

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.

9184 B 265th Street
PO Box M
Clear Lake, IA 50428
Phone:  (515) 357-6125; In Iowa: 800-392-6640
Fax:  (515) 357-3201

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.

Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa Geological Survey Bureau
109 Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1319
Phone:  (319) 335-1575
Fax:  (319) 335-2754
Email: webmanager@igsb.uiowa.edu
http://www.igsb.uiowa.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_ia@usgs.gov
Federal Building, Room 269
400 S. Clinton St.
P.O. Box 1230
Iowa City, IA 52244
Phone: (319) 337-4191
Fax: (319) 358-3606
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time

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

Fact Sheets at the following WWW site describe several of the USGS activities in Iowa: http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-015-96/
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-016-99/

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:  University of Iowa
Contact: Dr. Frank Weirich
University of Iowa
Department of Geoscience
121 Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:  (319) 335-0156
Fax:  (319) 335-2670
Email: frank_weirich@uiowa.edu

Global Change Course at Iowa State University
http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/ gcp/
 

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

The GLOBE Program

NASA Education Resources

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 Iowa

Hector Ibarra
1940 Rohret Court, SW
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: (319) 337-3590
Fax: (319) 337-3590
Email: hibarra@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu

Karen Wignall
3105 Pine Circle
Urbandale, IA 50322
Phone: (515) 278-9986
Fax: (515) 251-8370
Email: kwignall@netins.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 Iowa

Peggy Steffen
16034 Airport Rd.
Ottumwa, IA 525501
Phone:  (515) 933-4712
Email: steffenp@aea15.k12.ia.us

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 Franchise at the Iowa Academy of Science

Franchise Coordinator :
Dr. David V. McCalley, Executive Director
The Iowa Academy of Science
Baker 175
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0508
Phone: (319) 273-2581
Fax: (319) 273-2807
Email: david.mccalley@uni.edu

Training Point-of-Contact :
Ms. Marcy Seavey
Network Coordinator, GLOBE Iowa
Co-coordinator, Iowa Project WET
The Iowa Academy of Science
Baker 175
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Phone: (319) 273-7486
Fax: (319) 273-2807
Email: iowawet@iscssun.uni.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.iren.net/ias/

GLOBE at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. William Stigliani
Director
University of Northern Iowa
Center for Energy and Environmental Education
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0293
Phone: (319) 273-2573
Fax: (319) 273-7140
Email: stigliani@uni.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.  NASA Educator Resource Centers (ERCs) and Space Grant Colleges offer teacher workshops and other education programs in their state.

Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa

The Earth Science Department offers earth science education as one of its four major curricular areas.  The department offers a B.A. degree in Earth Science (both teaching and non-teaching) as well as in other fields.

Contact:
Dr. James Walters, Head
Department of Earth Science
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335
Phone: (319) 273-2759
Main Office Location:121 Latham Hall
Email: walters@uni.edu
http://www.earth.uni.edu/