Geographic Alliance Network

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.

Montana Geographic Alliance
http://www.umt.edu/ policy/null/alliance.htm

Jeffrey A. Gritzner
Public Policy Research Institute
University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-1018
Phone: (406) 243-5626
Fax: (406) 243-4840
http://www.umt.edu/ policy/null/alliance.htm

Partnership:  UM GLOBE Franchise, the Montana Geographic Alliance, and NASA
http://www.eoscenter.co m/geographic.htm

Lauren Mackay, Communications Director
Email:   lmackay@eoscenter.com
Phone:  (406) 243-6703 or (800) 411-0341

Alex Philp
Assistant Director for Special Projects
EOS Education Project
School of Education
The University of Montana, Missoula
James E. Todd Building
The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana  59812
Phone:  (406) 243-6469
Fax:  (406) 243-2047
Email: aphilp@eoscenter.com

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.

Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
West Park Street
Butte, MT 59701
Phone:  (406) 496-4181
http://mbmgsun.mtech.edu/mbmg.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_mt@usgs.gov
3162 Bozeman Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
Phone:  (406) 457-5900
Fax:  (406) 457-5990
Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time

USGS Programs in Montana
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 Montana: http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-026-96/
 

Network Montana Project
http://www.math.montana.edu/~ nmp/

The Network Montana Project was funded in October 1995 by a three year 2.5 million dollar National Science Foundation Network Infrastructure for Education grant.  This project involves a statewide collaborative effort with industry support to construct a scalable, sustainable network for Montana's educational needs.  An international partnership with the Institute of New Technologies in Moscow adds more dimension to the project.

The site includes online Earth system science lesson plans specific to Montana:
Montana is My Home
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/rs/index4.html
Understanding and Using Remote Sensing Data.
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/rs/index3.html
Understanding and Using Models
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/rs/index2.html

Contacts:
David A. Thomas, Co-Director
Network Montana Project
Professor of Mathematics Education
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone (406) 994-5341
Fax (406) 994-1789
Email:  dave@mathfs.math.montana.edu

The University of Montana EOS (Earth Observing System) Education Project
http://eoscenter.com

As the educational arm of the EOS Training Center at The University of Montana, The School of Education's EOS Education Project disseminates Earth system science imagery and supportive curriculum to the global K-16 education community. The EOS Education Project provides training for the K-16 educational community in the interpretation, utilization and relevancy of EOS mission imagery.  The project will also investigate how EOS information can enhance existing interdisciplinary curriculums that explore the diverse and changing landscapes of the world.

Contact:
Jeff Crews
Assistant Director
EOS Education Project
School of Education
The University of Montana, Missoula
James E. Todd Building
The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana 59812
Phone: (406) 243-2644
Fax: (406) 243-2047
Email: jcrews@eoscenter.com

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers
• The University of Montana EOS (Earth Observing System) Education Project
• The GLOBE Program
• NASA Education Resources

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 Montana

Jeanne Frank
139 New Meadows Drive
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone:  (406)543-7713
Fax:  (406) 543-7713
Email: jfrank@bigsky.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 Montana

Richard Jones
1732 Broadview Dr.
Billings, MT 59105
Phone:  (406) 256-6292
Email: rmjones@metnet.mt.gov

As the educational arm of the EOS Training Center at The University of Montana, The School of Education's EOS Education Project disseminates Earth system science imagery and supportive curriculum to the global K-16 education community. The EOS Education Project provides training for the K-16 educational community in the interpretation, utilization and relevancy of EOS mission imagery.  The project will also investigate how EOS information can enhance existing interdisciplinary curriculums that explore the diverse and changing landscapes of the world.

Contact:
Jeff Crews
Assistant Director
EOS Education Project
School of Education
The University of Montana, Missoula
James E. Todd Building
The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana 59812
Phone: (406) 243-2644
Fax: (406) 243-2047
Email: jcrews@eoscenter.com

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.

Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Georgia A. Cobbs
Curriculum and Instruction
University of Montana
105 Education
School of Education
Missoula, MT 59812
Phone: (406) 243-6052
Fax: (406) 243-4908
Email: gcobbs@selway.umt.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.  NASA Educator Resource Centers (ERCs) and Space Grant Colleges offer teacher workshops and other education programs in their state.