• Geographic Alliance Network
• Kentucky State Climatologist
• NASA Education Resources
• 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.
NGS Geographic Education Program:

Kentucky Geographic Alliance

David Howarth
Department of Geography and Geoscience
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone: (502) 852-6153
Fax: (502) 852-4560
Email: dahowa01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
http://www.kga.org

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.

Dr. Stuart A. Foster, State Climatologist for Kentucky
Mr. Glen Conner, State Climatologist Emeritus
Department of Geography & Geology
Western Kentucky University
1 Big Red Way
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-5983

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.

Kentucky Geological Survey
228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0107
Phone: (606) 257-5500
Fax: (606) 257-1147

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_ky@usgs.gov
9818 Bluegrass Parkway
Louisville, KY 40299
Phone: (502) 493-1900
Fax: (502) 493-1909

Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time

USGS Programs in Kentucky
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 Kentucky: http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-016-96/

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

NASA Earth System Science Education Alliance -- Online Courses for K-12 Teachers

The GLOBE Program

NASA Education Resources

NOVA

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 Kentucky

Kevin Crump
P.O. Box 5204
Richmond, KY 40476-5204
Phonee:  (606) 626-3988
Email:  kevcrump@yahoo.com

Phyllis Shuttleworth
405 Cherokee Dr.
Paint Lick, KY 40461
Phone:  (606) 986-7464
Email: modshutt@acs.eku.edu

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 at East Kentucky Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology, Prestonsburg
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact :
Dr. Cathy Neeley
Outreach Program Specialist
East Kentucky Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology
207 W. Court St., Suite 201
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone: (606) 889-0303
Fax: (606) 889-0306
Email: neeley@se-tel.com

GLOBE at Morehead State University, Morehead
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Robert Boram
Associate Professor of Science
Department of Physical Sciences
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: (606) 783-2931
Fax: (606) 783-5002
Email: r.boram@morehead-st.edu

GLOBE at Southeast Kentucky Educational Technology Consortium, Corbin
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Mr. Mark A. Daniels
Director, Support Services
Southeast Kentucky Educational Technology Consortium
Corbin City Schools
108 East Center Street
Corbin, KY 40701
Phone: (606) 528-1303
Fax: (606) 523-1747
Email: mdaniels@corbin.k12.ky.us

GLOBE at Spalding University
Francise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact :
Ms. Phyllis Hannon, Director
Environmental Seminars
Spalding University
851 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40203-2188
Phone: (502) 585-9911 x268
Fax: (502) 585-7138
Email: phannon@spalding.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.spalding .edu/environ/ecology.htm

NASA Earth System Science Education Alliance--Online Courses for K-12 Teachers

The Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) is a partnership among universities, colleges, and science education organizations dedicated to improving Earth science education. Led by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) http://www.strategies.org and the Center for Educational Technologies (CET) http://www.cet.edu at Wheeling Jesuit University, ESSEA is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration¹s (NASA) Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). ESSEA has created a national professional development program aimed at improving the knowledge, skills, and resources of Earth System Science educators. This professional development program offers state-of-the-art, online courses to promote understanding of Earth system science, to encourage communication and cooperation among teachers, and to facilitate the use of exceptional classroom materials.

In Kentucky, the ESSEA online Earth system science courses are offered by Western Kentucky University along with partner Morehead University. The Universities offer the online courses in alternate semesters, through the Kentucky Virtual University. For mroe information, contact:

Dr. Fred Siewers, Fred.Siewers@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green,

Dr. Joan Whitworth, j.whitworth@morehead-st.edu
Morehead University

NASA Education Resources
http://atoz.nasa.okstate.edu:591/FMPro?-db=notebook&StateAssignment=KY& amp;-format=contact.html&-lay=List&-SortField=Priority&-fi nd

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.

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, KY 43403

Julia McArthur
Assistant Professor
Curriculum and Instruction
121 Life Science
Phone: (419) 372-7365
Fax: (419) 372-7291
Email: mjulie@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Charlene Waggoner
Lecturer
Biological Sciences
217 Life Sciences
Phone: (419) 372-6986
Email: cwaggon@bgnet.bgsu.edu

MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
Morehead, KY  40351

Robert Boram
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Sciences
Lappin Hall 405C
Phone: (606) 783-2931
Fax: (606)783-5002
Email: r.boram@morehead-st.edu

Karen Lafferty
Assistant Professor
Elementary, Reading & Special Education
Ginger Hall B205
Phone: (606) 783-2397
Email: k.laffer@morehead-st.edu

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, KY 42101

Sandra Clements
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
TCCW
Phone:  (270) 745-5003
Email:  clemes@hera.wku.edu

Don Collins
Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education
1629 Park Street
Phone:  (270) 745-4454
Email:  don.collins@wku.edu

Karen Hackney
Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
867 Detour Road
Phone:   (270) 745-
Email:  karen.hackney@wku.edu

Kathleen Matthew
Associate Professor
College of Education
1120 Jones Drive
Phone:  (270) 745-
Email:  kathleen.matthew@wku.edu

Michael May
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography & Geology
312 Environmental Science & Technology
Phone:  (270) 745-
Email:  michael.may@wku.edu

Terry L. Wilson
Associate Professor
College of Education
581 Robin Hood Trail
Phone:  (270) 745-4671
Fax:  (502) 745-6474
Email:  terry.wilson@wku.edu