• Geographic Alliance Network
• Minnesota Geological Survey
• NASA Education Resources
• State Geological Survey
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Global Change Research Program
• The WaterShed Partners

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.

Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education
http://www.macalester .edu/~geograph/mage/

David A. Lanegran
Department of Geography
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN 55105
Phone: (612) 696-6731
Fax: (612) 696-6116
Email: lanegran@macalester.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. Jim Zandlo
State Climatology Office
University of Minnesota
S-325  Borlaug Hall
St. Paul MN 55108
Phone:  (612) 296-4214
Fax:  (612) 625-2208
Email: mcwg@soils.umn.edu
http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/re search/climatology/

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.

School of Earth Sciences
2642 University Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN 55114-1057
Phone:  (612) 627-4780
Email:  mgs@gold.tc.umn.edu
http://128.101.142.76/mgs/

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_mn@usgs.gov
2280 Woodale Dr.
Mounds View, MN 55112
Telephone: (612) 783-3100
Fax: (612) 783-3103
Office hours: 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Minnesota
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 Minnesota:
http://wwwmn.cr.usgs.gov/stsh eet/

The WaterShed Partners is an informal association of organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area committed to addressing shared goals pertaining to watershed education. The group cooperates through educational projects, networking and sharing resources. WaterShed Partners organizations include community-based environmental groups, academic and educational institutions, watershed management organizations or districts, and governmental entities.

Center for Global Environmental Education
Hamline University Graduate School of Education
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
Phone:  (651) 523-2480
Fax:  (651) 523-2987
http://cgee.hamline.edu/watershed/index.htm
 
 

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.

Carleton College
Dr. William (Will) E. Hollingsworth
Department of Chemistry
Carleton College
One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
Email: wholling@carleton.edu
Phone: (507) 646-4412
Fax: (507) 646-4400
ESS Home Page:
ht tp://www.u sra.edu/esse/schools/carleton/carletonessgc.html

University of Minnesota
Dr. Kerry Kelts
Limnological Research Center
N.H. School of Earth Sciences
310 Pillsbury Drive SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone:  (612) 624-0275
Fax:  (612) 625-3819
Email: kkelts@umn.edu

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE)

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 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 Minnesota

Randy Furman
415 10th Street NW
Milaca, MN 56353
Phone: (320) 983-3891
Fax: (320) 983-6428
Email: randy.furman@milaca.k12.mn.us

Craig Wolter
Windom Area High School
1400 West 17th St., Box C-177
Windom, MN 56101
Phone:  (507) 831-4881
Fax:  (507) 831-4882
Email: wolterc@was.mntm.org

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 Minnesota

Craig Croone
9021 Baker Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone:  (507) 663-1240
Email: geo@microassist.com

Vicky Peterson
33254 W. Highway 28
Starbuck, MN 56381
Phone:  (320) 239-2737
Email: vpeterso@minnewaska.k12.mn.us

As part of Hamline Unviersity, CGEE offers graduate-level courses and institutes that blend inquiry-based experiential learning and technology. CGEE courses are facilitated by scientists, master teachers, and Hamline professors. Content ranges from field-based explorations of amphibians as bio-indicators, to strategies for urban environmental education, to immersion experiences in CGEE's distance-learning programs.

Hamline University Graduate School of Education
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-1284
Phone:  (651) 523-2480
Fax:  (651) 523-2987

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 School Nature Area Project, St. Olaf College, Northfield
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Ms. Char A. Bezanson
School Nature Area Project, St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: (507) 646-3605
Fax: (507) 646-3930
Email: bezanson@stolaf.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.stolaf.edu/other/sn ap

GLOBE at Hamline University, St. Paul
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Tony P. Murphy, Assistant Professor
Center for Global Environmental Education
Hamline University
Graduate School of Education
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
Phone: (651) 523-2945
Fax: (651) 523-2987
Email: tmurphy@gw.hamline.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://cgee.hamline.edu/GLO BE/index

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.

ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY
Winona, MN 55987

Robert McClure
Assistant Professor of Education
Director of Masters Degree in Instruction
1165 W. Broadway
Phone: (507) 453-5485
Email: robert.mcclure@mps.org