• Geographic Alliance Network
• Louisiana 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.

Louisiana Geography Education Alliance
http://www.cadgis.lsu.edu/lage a/

Tony Lewis
Louisiana State University
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Room 227, Geology Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4105
Phone: (225) 388-6199
Fax: (225) 388-4420
Email: galewi@unix1.sncc.lsu.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. John M. Grymes, III
Louisiana Office of State Climatology
LSU Southern Regional Climate Center
254 Howe-Russell Complex
Baton Rouge LA 70803-4105
Phone: (225) 388-6870
Fax: (225) 388-2912
Email: jgrymes@mistral.srcc.lsu.edu
http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/LOSC/index.html

Director of the Southern Regional Climate Center:  Dr. Kevin Robbins
Louisiana State University
260 Howe-Russell Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4105
Phone: (504) 388-5021
Fax: (504) 388-2912
Email: krobbins@mistral.srcc.lsu.edu
http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/srcc. html

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.

University Station, Box G
Baton Rouge, LA 70893-4107
Phone: (504) 388-5320
Fax: (504) 388-5328
http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/lgs/

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_la@usgs.gov
3535 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd.
Suite 120
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Phone: (225) 389-0281
Fax: (225) 389-0706
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Louisiana
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 Louisiana:   http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-018-96/

This WWW site includes a lesson on Hurricane Andrew (in Advanced Level).  It is part of a larger, interdisciplinary, problem-solving series of activities on the atmosphere, all Internet-based.  Students use the computer to observe images of the hurricane, then in a written paragraph complete with sketches, they describe how hurricanes move and change appearance over time. They learn how to calibrate an NIH image to their pictures, and they make their own weather movie.
Assessment items are provided at: http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment /index.html

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

The GLOBE Program

Louisiana Geological Survey

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 Louisiana

Linda Wygoda
Sam Houston High School
880 Sam Houston Jones Parkway
Lake Charles, LA 70611
Phone:  (318) 855-3528
Email: lwygoda@aol.com

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 Louisiana

Mr. John M. Grymes, III
Louisiana Office of State Climatology
LSU Southern Regional Climate Center
254 Howe-Russell Complex
Baton Rouge LA 70803-4105
Phone:  (504) 388-6870
Fax:  (504) 388-2912
Email:  jgrymes@maestro.srcc.lsu.edu
http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/LOSC/index.html

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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches
Franchise Coordinator:
Mr. Mike Hawkins, Coordinator
The Space Science Group
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA 71497
Phone: (318) 357-5186
Fax: (318) 357-4307
Email: hawkins@nsula.edu

Training Point-of-Contact :
Ms. Laura Ponder, Director
Creative Activities
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
The Space Science Group
Natchitoches, LA 71497
Phone: (800) 259-9555
Fax: (318) 357-4307
Email: ponder@nsula.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.spacescience group.nsula.edu/

GLOBE at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge
Franchise Coordinator:
Dr. Diola Bagayoko
Director, PIPELINES
Southern University and A&M College
P.O. Box 11776
William James Hall Room 232
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone:  (225) 771-2730
Fax:  (225) 771-4341
Email:  bagayoko@aol.com

Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Janet Hall Reed
Program Administrator, PIPELINES
Southern University and A&M College
P.O. Box 11776
William James Hall Room 232
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone:  (225) 771-2730
Fax:  (225) 771-4341
Email:  jhreed@phys.subr.edu

GLOBE at Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Rosalind Hale
Chair, Division of Education
Xavier University of Louisiana
7325 Palmetto Street
New Orleans, LA 70125
Phone:  (504) 485-7536
Fax:  (504) 485-7909
Email:  rhale@xula.edu

Integrating Math and Science To Improve Teacher Skills (Proposed)  Proposed four-year summer teacher enhancement summer program to provide middle school physical and general science teachers with content development and laboratory experience to develop student-active exercises.  Interdisciplinary integration of mathematical and scientific disciplines; topics include energy, environment, and geology. Includes teacher-scientist partnerships.

Louisiana Geological Survey
University Station, Box G
Baton Rouge, LA 70893-4107
Phone: (504) 388-5320
Fax: (504) 388-5328

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

LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY
600 West Arizona Street
Ruston, LA  71272

Bill B. Elmore
Associate Professor & Program Chair
Department of Chemical Engineering
Phone:  (318) 257-2483
Email:  belmore@coes.latech.edu

William Jordan
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (318) 257-4304
Email:  jordan@coes.latech.edu

Debbie Silver
Assistant Professor
College of Education
Phone:  (318) 257-3753
Email:  dsilver@latech.edu

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
Natchitoches, LA 71497

Mike Hawkins
Coordinator
College of Science and Technology
Phone: (318) 357-5186
Fax: (318) 357-4307
Email: hawkins@nsula.edu

Mary Reeves
Assistant Professor
College of Education
Phone:  (318) 357-5553
Email:   reeves@nsula.edu

Linda Roach
Assistant Professor
College of Science and Technology
Phone:  (318) 357-5186
Email:  roachl@alpha.nsula.edu

Austin L. Temple, Jr.
Dean
College of Science & Technology
Phine:  (318) 357-5131
Email:  temple@alpha.nsula.edu