• Geographic Alliance Network
• Missouri 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.

Missouri Geographic Alliance
http://www.missouri.edu/~mgawww

Carol Craig
University of Missouri?St. Louis
201 Ward E. Barnes Educational Library
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis MO 63121-4499
Phone:  (314) 516 7517 or 5792
Fax:   (314) 516 7518
Email:  mgacraig@umsl.edu
http://www.umsl.edu/~mga

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. F. Adnan Akyuz
Missouri State Climatologist
Missouri Climate Center
100 Gentry Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-8559
Fax: (573) 882-5133
Email: AkyuzF@missouri.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 Natural Resources
Division of Geology and Land Survey
P. O. Box 250
Rolla, MO 65402
Phone:  (800) 334-6946
Email:  dnrdgls@mail.dnr.state.mo.us
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/dgls/homedgls.htm

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_mo@usgs.gov
1400 Independence Rd., Mail Stop 100
Rolla, MO 65401
Phone: (573) 308-3667
Fax: (573) 308-3645
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Missouri
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 Missouri:  http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-027-96/

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.

Washington University
Dr. Bruce Fegley
Email: bfegley@levee.wustl.edu
Phone:  (314) 935-4852
Fax:  (314) 935-7361

Raymond Arvidson
Email: arvidson@wunder.wustl.edu
Phone:  (314) 935-5609
Fax:  (314) 935-4998

Washington University
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
#1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169
St. Louis, MO 63130
 
 

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers

NASA Education Resources

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
http://www.ametsoc .org/AMS/a msedu/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 Missouri

Kathleen Murphy
4107 Victoria
House Springs, MO 63051
Phone: (314) 671-0591
Fax:  (314) 671-0591
Email: murphyka@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 Missouri

Ann Kelly
10126 C Puttington Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63123-5258
Phone:  (314) 638-6134
Email: oceans@stlnet.com

Justin Mutrux
21819 West Ashley
Raymondville, MO 65555
Phone:  (573) 548-2576
Email: adj000@mail.connect.more.net

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.