• Geographic Alliance Network
• Mississippi 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.

Mississippi Geographic Alliance
http://www.ms state.edu/Dept/GeoSciences/msga.html

Taylor E. Mack
Mississippi State University
Department of Geosciences
P.O. Drawer 5448
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (601) 325-2905
Fax: (601) 325-2907

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. Charles L. Wax
MS State Climatologist
Drawer 5448
Mississippi State Univ/Geosciences
Mississippi State MS 39762
Phone: (601) 325-3915
Email: wax@geosci.msstate.edu
http://www.msstate.edu/Dept/GeoSciences/climate/

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.

Office of Geology
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 20307
Jackson, MS 39289-1307
Phone:  (601) 961-5500
Fax:  (601) 961-5521
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/newweb/homepages.nsf

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_ms@usgs.gov
308 South Airport Road
Pearl, MS 39208-6649
Phone: (601) 965-4600
Fax: (601) 965-5782
Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Mississippi
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 Mississippi:   http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-024-96/

Links to water resource issues of particular interest to Western States residents and students. Includes these links:

Issues:  Dams, Floods, Drought, Acid Rain, Unsaturated Zone, Super Fund, Water Quality, Rangeland

Regions:  AZ Cities, San Pedro, Mexican Border, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado River Basin, Mississippi River Basin

Organizations: Water Resource Centers, Press, Federal, Environmental, Monitoring

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

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

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 Mississippi

James Colbert
302 Fairground St.
Winona, MS 38967
Phone:  (601) 283-4424
Fax:  (601) 283-4424
Email: jcolbert@network-one.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 Mississippi

Dr. Shelia Brown
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
2226 Switzer Road
Gulfport, MS 39507
Phone:  (228) 896-3355
Fax:  (228) 896-2520
Email:  shelia.brown@mgccc.cc.ms.us

Barb Burns
318 Indian Mound Rd.
Clinton, MS 39056
Phone:  (601) 924-3823
Fax:  (601) 987-3927
Email: jmohle@jackson.k12.ms.us

Joe Price
105 CR 218
Glen, MS 38846
Phone:  (601) 286-8689

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 Alcorn State University, Alcorn State
Franchise Coordinator:
Dr. Joseph L. Russell
Professor of Chemistry
Alcorn State University
1000 ASU Drive, #780
Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500
Phone:  (601) 877-6436
Fax:  (601) 877-3989
Email: chemjoe@lorman.alcorn.edu

Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Voletta P. Williams
Assistant Professor of Biology
Alcorn State University
1000 ASU Drive, #1027
Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500
Phone: (601) 877-6243
Fax:  (601) 877-3989
Email:  vwilliams@lorman.alcorn.edu

GLOBE at University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Rosalina Hairston
EARTH Focus
University of Southern Mississippi
P.O. Box 5087
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Phone: (601) 266-4742
Fax: (601) 266-4741
Email: Rosalina.Hairston@usm.edu

GLOBE at Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Stacy J. White
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Mississippi Valley State University
14000 Hwy. 82 W
Itta Bena, MS 38941-1400
Phone: (601) 254-3661
Fax: (601) 254-3408
Email: swhite@cypress.mcsr.olemiss.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.mvsu.edu/

GLOBE at Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Ms. Laura Jones, Science Specialist
Mississippi Department of Education
359 North West Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-3778
Fax: (601) 359-1818
Email: ljones@mdek12.state.ms.us
Franchise Homepage:
http://mdek12.state.ms.us /ACAD/id.htm

GLOBE at Mississippi State University, Mississippi State
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point of Contact:
Dr. Burnette Hamil
Mississippi State University
P.O. Box 6343
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (601) 325-7052
Fax: (601) 325-8784
Email: bhamil@ra.msstate.edu

GLOBE at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center
Franchise Coordinator:
Ms. Jennifer F. Seal
Education Resource Coordinator
NASA/SSC History Office
NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
InDyn, Inc.
Building 1100, Room 1002
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone : (228) 688-3220
Fax:  (228) 688-2824
Email:  Jennifer.Seal@ssc.nasa.gov

Training Point-of-Contact:
Ms. Vessie Means
NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone:  (228) 688-2529
Fax:  (228) 688-2824
Email: vessie.means@ssc.nasa.gov
Franchise Homepage: :
http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/htmls/trc/globe_franchise.htm

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.