The National Geographic Society's Geography Education Programhas 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.NASA Education ResourcesPuerto Rico Geographic Alliance
Lillian Bird
Alianza Geografica de Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 21896
San Juan, PR 00931-1896
Phone: (787) 764-0000, ext. 5876 or ext. 3505
Fax: (787) 764-1588
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.Puerto Rico State Climatologist
State Climatologists are individuals who have been identifiedby 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.State Geological SurveyDr. Amos Winter
Dept of Marine Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez, PR 00681-9013
Phone: (787) 265-5416
Fax: (787) 265-2195
Email: a_winter@rumac.uprm.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 email and Internet links.U.S. Geological SurveyBureau of Geology, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Box 5887
Puerta de Tierra, PR 00906
Phone: (809) 725-2526
Fax: (809) 724-0365
The U.S. Geological Survey provides the Nation with reliable, impartial information to describe and understand the Earth. Sciencetopics 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 personnelis a resource that provides a valuable and nationally consistent, long-term earth science information base.USGS State Representative
dc_pr@usgs.gov
GSA Center
651 Federal Drive, Suite 400-15
Guaynabo, PR 00965
Phone: (787) 749-4346
Fax: (787) 749-4462
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Atlantic TimeUSGS Programs in Puerto Rico
USGS Fact Sheets listed by state can be found at this WWW site:
http://water.usgs.gov/public/wid/index-state.htmlA Fact Sheet at the following WWW site describes several of theUSGS activities in Puerto Rico: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-040-99/
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.NASA Education ResourcesIn Puerto Rico
Herald Roettger
PO Box 250004
Ramey, P.R., PR 00604
Phone: 787-890-4755
Email: dosolas@coqui.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.