• Geographic Alliance Network
• NASA Education Resources
• The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
• 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.

Maine Geographic Alliance
http://www.car rabec.sad74.k12.me.us/MGAhome.html

Paul Frederic
Department of Social Sciences and Business
University of Maine at Farmington
112 Main Street
Roberts Center
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone: (207) 778-7442
Fax:  (207) 778 7418
Email: frederic@maine.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.

The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) is engaged in research with computer technologies that enable scientists and policy makers to visualize geographic problems through maps, images, and data.  Integral parts of the NCGIA's functions include educational outreach to the academic and professional worlds and collaboration with partners from education, government, and the private sector.

NCGIA
5711 Boardman Hall, Rm. 348
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5711
Phone (207) 581-2149
Fax: (207) 581-2206
Email: ncgia@spatial.maine.edu

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.

Maine Geological Survey
Maine Department of Conservation
State House Station 22
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-289-2801
Email: nrimc@state.me.us
http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/mgs.htm

USGS 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_me@usgs.gov
26 Ganneston Dr.
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: (207) 622-8201
Fax: (207) 622-8204
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

USGS Programs in Maine
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 Maine: http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-020-99/

The Cooperative University-based Program for Earth System Science (ESSE) Sponsored by NASA through the Universities Space Research Association, supports the development of undergraduate curricula in Earth System Science and Global Change at forty-four participating colleges and universities.

Participant: Bates College

Contact:  Sharon M. Locke
202 Carnegie Science Hall
Lewiston, Maine 04240
Phone:  (207) 786-6388
Email:  slocke@bates.edu
http://www.bates.edu/acad/depts/geology/

Maine Virtual Vacationland A "Virtual" Tour of Maine-Related Resources for Earth Science Education
http://www.bigelow.org/virtual/

The site includes an example of how to align Earth system science topics with Maine Learning Results, and over 40 hands-on activities.Science Topics include:  Maine's Watersheds & Rivers; Maine Topography; Gulf of Maine Bathymetry; Coastal Tides; Gulf of Maine Buoy Data; Weather & Climate.  Coming soon:  Sea Surface Temperature; Predicted Wind, Waves, & Storm Surge; Ocean Currents; Ocean Color; Fisheries Information and Statistics; Tracking Marine Mammals.

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences:  Summer Course Series

The Gaia Crossroads Project

NASA Education Resources

The American Meteorological Society's 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 Maine

Lawrence Greenleaf
RR #4, Box 2610 E. Waldo Rd.
Belfast, ME 04915
Phone:  (207) 338-2324
Fax:  (207) 338-2324
Email: luckyg@agate.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 Maine

James Beam
PO Box 55
Hulls Cove, ME 04644
Phone:  (207) 288-3561
Email:  jbeam@acadia.net

Located on the shore of the Gulf of Maine Bigelow Laboratory is a private, non-profit research center whose principal scientific concern is the biological productivity of the oceans.  The Keller Bloom Program is a week-long internship for sixteen high school juniors, and the National Ocean Sciences Bowl is a competition for high school students.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
P.O. Box 475
McKown Point
West Boothbay Harbor, ME  04575
Phone:  (207) 633-9600
Fax:  (207) 633-9641

Using Satellite Imagery in the Classroom and Community
The Gaia Crossroads Project is a K-12 interdisciplinary program that uses satellite imagery in the classroom as a resource for learning. Students are given the same tools that scientists use, and they experience science as a process of disciplined inquiry.  The Gaia Crossroads Project provides teachers with training, tools, and technical support.

Cyndy Erickson
Project Director, Gaia Crossroads Project
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
McKown Point
West Boothbay Harbor, Maine  04575
Phone:  (207) 633-9600
Email:  gaiaxroads@bigelow.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.

The National Ocean Sciences Bowl is a competition for high school students.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
P.O. Box 475
McKown Point
West Boothbay Harbor, ME  04575
Phone:  (207) 633-9600
Fax:  (207) 633-9641