• Geographic Alliance Network
• NASA Education Resources
• Oklahoma State Climatologist
• State Geological Survey
• U.S. Geological Survey

The National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program has established a network of state geographic alliances - grassroots organizations composed mainly of K-12 teachers and university geographers - dedicated 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.
NGS Geographic Education Program:

Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
http://ou.edu/okage/okage.html

Rebecca Scott
Department of Geography
Sarkeys Energy Center
The University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-0628
Phone: (405) 325-5832
Fax: (405) 325-6090
Email: okagebecky@ou.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.

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. Ken Crawford
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
University of Oklahoma
Sarkey's Energy Center
100 East Boyd, Suite 1210
Norman OK 73019-1012
Phone: (405) 325-0628
Fax: (405) 325-2550
Email: ocs@ou.edu
http://www.ocs.ou.edu

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.

Oklahoma Geological Survey
University of Oklahoma
830 Van Vleet Oval, Room 163
Norman, OK 73019
Phone: 405-325-3031
http://www.ou.edu/special/o gs-pttc/

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_ok@usgs.gov
202 N.W. 66 St., Building 7
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
Phone: (405) 810-4400
Fax: (405) 843-7712
Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma:   http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-036-96/

Southern Great Plains Educational Outreach:  Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)
http://outreach.ocs.ou.edu/ARM/

ARM Education Center Home Page:
http://www.arm.gov /docs/education/index.html

The U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program was created in 1989 as part of the U. S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to improve the treatment of atmospheric radiative and cloud processes in large-scale computer models used to predict climate change. The educational outreach portion of the ARM Program seeks to provide schools with the materials necessary to use environmental data in the  classroom. (KS and OK)]
 

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.
http://www.usra.edu/esse/essonline/

Participant:  University of Oklahoma
Dr. John T. Snow
Office of the Dean
University of Oklahoma
Sarkeys Energy Center
100 East Boyd Street, Room 710
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-0628
Phone: (405)325-3101
Fax: (405) 325-3148
Email: jsnow@ou.edu

K-12 Professional Development Opportunities

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers
• The GLOBE Program
• How the Environment Works -- Summer 2000
• NASA Education Resources

• NOVA

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/maury/

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 Oklahoma

Elizabeth Hall
9217 E. 66th Street
Tulsa, OK 74133
Phone: (918) 252-5263

Dolores Willoughby
116 South 13th Street
Chickasha, OK 73018
Phone: (405) 224-8212
Email: sndwilloughby@scholastic.com

Rita Wilson
113 South 21st
Frederick, OK 73542
Phone:  (580) 335-7280
Email: crwilson@pldi.net

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 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Franchise Coordinator:
Dr. Steve Marks
Director
Aerospace Education Specialist Program
Oklahoma State University
300 Cordell North
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: (405) 744-7015
Fax: (405) 744-7785
Email: smarks@aesp.nasa.okstate.ed u

Training Point-of-Contact:

Ms. Pamela Christol
Aerospace Education Specialist
Oklahoma State University
2909 W. 33rd, #306
Sioux Falls, SD 57015
Phone : (605) 978-9240
Fax : (405) 744-7785
Email : christol@aesp.nasa.okstat e.edu

GLOBE at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Franchise Coordinator:
Dr. Margaret Avard, Assistant Professor
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Station A, Box 4200
Durant, OK 74701
Phone: (580) 924-0121, ext. 2819
Fax: (580) 920-7494
Email: mavard@sosu.edu

Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Bryon Clark, Associate Professor
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Station A, Box 4096
Durant, OK 74701
Phone: (580) 924-0121, ext. 2210
Fax: (580) 920-7459
Email: bkclark@sosu.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.sosu.edu/

Globe at Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Ms. Mary T. Stewart
Science Curriculum Coordinator
Tulsa Public Schools
3027 S. New Haven
Tulsa, OK 74114
Phone: (918) 746-6106
Fax: (918) 669-3553
Email: stewama2@tulsaschools.org

The Tennessee, Oklahoma, Florida, and South Carolina Geographic Alliances, in collaboration with U.S. Geological Survey, has obtained a grant from National Geographic Society Education Foundation to offer a two-week institute for K-12 teachers during summer of 2000, on HOW THE ENVIRONMENT WORKS.  The institute will focus on climatic and geomorphological processes, and will emphasize training of a six-teacher team from each participating state whose mission will be to increase emphasis on environmental processes in the curricula of schools in their respective states.  Each participating state is providing a minimum of $5000 to support its team's activities during 2000-2001.

Dr. T. H. Lee Williams
Department of Geography
The University of Oklahoma
Phone:  (405) 325-5832

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

SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Durant, OK  74701

Margaret Avard, Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Science
Box 4200
Phone:  (580) 924-0121
Email:  mavard@sosu.edu

Billie Cox, Associate Professor
Department of EIL
Box 4100
Phone:  (580) 924-0121
Email:  bcox@sosu.edu

Gordon Eggleton, Professor
Department of Physical Science
Box 4059
Phone:  (580) 924-0121
Email:  geggleton@sosu.edu