• Geographic Alliance Network
• Michigan 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.

Michigan Geographic Alliance
http://www.cst .cmich.edu/units/geo/alliance.html

Michael Libbee
Department of Geography
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: (517) 774-3723 or (800) 279-1423
Fax: (517) 774-2907

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. Fred V. Nurnberger
MSU/State Climatology
417 Natural Sciences Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1115
Phone: (517) 355-0231
Fax: (517) 432-1076
Email: scmifred@pilot.msu.edu
http://climate.geo.msu.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.

Department of Environmental Quality
Geological Survey Division
P.O. Box 30256
Lansing MI 48909-7756
Fax:  (517) 334-6038
http://www.deq.state.mi.us/gsd/

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_mi@usgs.gov
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone: (517) 887-8903
Fax: (517) 887-8937
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

USGS Programs in Michigan
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 Michigan: http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-022-96/

The Cooperative University-based Program for Earth System Science (ESSE)
http://www.usra.edu/esse/es sonline/

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.

University of Michigan
Dr. Timothy L. Killeen
University of Michigan
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
2455 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Email:  tkilleen@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 764-1185
Fax: (734) 763-0437
"Introduction to Global Change" Home Page:
http://www.sprl.umich.edu/GCL/

Michigan State University
Dr. Stuart Gage
Department of Entomology
Michigan State University
243 Natural Science Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: gages@msu.edu
Phone: (517) 355-2135
Fax: (517) 355-4354
Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory Home Page:
http://www.cevl.msu.edu/
 

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

The GLOBE Program

NASA Education Resources

NOVA

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

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 Michigan

Thomas Kelly
3385 Oconto Ct., SW
Grandville, MI 49418
Phone:  (616) 531-2834
Fax:  (616) 531-2834
Email: twister@altelco.net

Dave Mastie
14490 East Old U.S. 12
Chelsea, MI 48118
Phone:  (734) 433-1244
Email: mastie@cirrus.sprl.umich.edu

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 Michigan

Jodie Lugar-McManus
343 Harrington
Delton, MI 49046
Phone:  (616) 623-5630
Email: jmcmanus@remc12.k12.mi.us

George Rausch
238 Eloise Drive
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Phone:  (616) 925-9194
Fax:  (616) 927-2481 W
Email: grausch@remc11.k12.mi.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 at Grand Valley State University, Allendale
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Janet Vail
Research Associate/Senior Program Manager
Robert E. Annis Water Resources Institute
Grand Valley State University
118 Padnos Hall
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401
Phone: (616) 895-3048
Fax: (616) 895-3864
Email: vailj@gvsu.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.gvsu.edu /features/wri/index.html

GLOBE at Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Martin Hetherington, Curator of Education
Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, MI 48824-1045
Phone: (517) 355-3795
Fax: (517) 432-2846
Email: hetheri3@pilot.msu.edu

GLOBE at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Paul Bieneman, Chairperson
Department of Geography
Aquinas College
Albertus Magnus Science Building
1607 Robinson Road, S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49506-1799
Phone: (616) 459-8281 x4639
Fax: (616) 732-4487
Email: globe@aquinas.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.aquinas.edu/

GLOBE at Wayne County Math/Science Center at Wayne County RESA, Wayne
Franchise Coordinator:
Mr. David Bydlowski, Science Consultant
Wayne County Math/Science Center at Wayne County RESA
33500 Van Born Rd.
Wayne, MI 48184
Phone: (734) 334-1455
Fax: (734) 334-1411
Email: bydlowd@wcresa.k12.mi.us

Training Point-of-Contact :
Ms. Sandy Brunette, Secretary
Wayne County Math/Science Center at Wayne County RESA
33500 Van Born Rd.
Wayne, MI 48184
Phone: (734) 334-1492
Fax: (734) 334-1411
Email: brunets@wcresa.k12.mi.us
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.wcresa.k12.mi.u s/msonline

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

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
East Lansing, MI  48824

Dr. Joyce Parker
Division of Science and Mathematics Education
N. Kedzie Hall
Michigan State University
E. Lansing, MI 48824
Phone:  (517) 353-3712
Email:  loh@pa.msu.edu