• Geographic Alliance Network
• NASA Education Resources
• State Geological Survey
• Tennessee State Climatologist
• 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.

Tennessee Geographic Alliance
http://web.utk.edu/~sjumper

Sidney R. Jumper
Department of Geography
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1420
Phone: (423) 974-2418
Fax: (423) 974-6025
Email: sjumper@utk.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.

Tennessee Division of Geology
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243-0445
Phone: 615-532-1500
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tdg/

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.

Mr. Wayne Hamberger
Tennessee Valley Authority
400 West Summit Hill Dr
Knoxville TN 37902-1499
Phone: (615) 632-4222
Email: whamberger@tva.gov

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_tn@usgs.gov
640 Grassmere Park Drive, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: (615) 837-4700
Fax: (615) 837-4799
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Tennessee
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 Tennessee: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-042-96/
 

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
• Summer 2000
• Tennessee Geographic Alliance June, 1999

• NOVA

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/amsedu/index.html  Make this a hotlink.

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 Tennessee
Gloria Turner
407 Smoky Crossing Way
Seymour, TN 37865
Phone: (423) 577-1727
Fax: (423) 577-1974
Email: GJTurner@GTE.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 Tennessee

Patty Littlejohn
7371 Bridle Dr.
Nashville, TN 37221
Phone:  (615) 646-7238

Leesa Hubbard
504 Chelsea Lane
Lebanon, TN 37090
Phonee:  (615) 758-3468
Email:  AstroPoet@aol.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.

GLOBE at Tennessee State Department of Education, Nashville
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Mr. John Beam
Office of Training and Professional Development
Tennessee State Department of Education
East Tennessee Technology Center
2761 Island Home Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: (423) 594-5230
Fax: (423) 594-5242
Email: beamj@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us

GLOBE at The University of Tennessee at Martin
Franchise Coordinator :
Mr. J. Preston Prather, Director
Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education
The University of Tennessee at Martin
15 Gooch Hall
Martin, TN 38238
Phone:  (901) 587-7166
Fax:  (901) 587-7206
Email:  jpprather@utm.edu

Training Point-of-Contact :
Ms. Ramona Nelson
Information Technologist and Projects Coordinator
Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education
The University of Tennessee at Martin
145 Gooch Hall
Martin, TN 38238
Phone : (901) 587-7907
Fax: (901) 587-7206
Email: rnelson@utm.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://cesme.utm.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.

The Tennessee, Oklahoma, Florida, and South Carolina 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.  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.  Contact:  Dr. Sidney Jumper, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee Phone: (423) 974-2418.

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.

AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Clarksville, TN  37044

Arthur Carpenter
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
P. O. Box 4608
Phone: (931) 648-6118
Email: carpentera@apsu01.apsu.edu

Donald Luck
Assistant Professor
College of Education
P. O. Box 4545
Phone: (615) 648-7511
Email: luckd@apsu01.apsu.edu

Becky McMahan
Professor
Department of Education
P. O. Box 4545
Phone: (931) 648-7513
Email: mcmahanb@apsu.edu

Ronald Robertson
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
P. O. Box 4547
Phone: (615) 648-6298
Email: robertsonr@apsu01.apsu.edu

Jaime Taylor
Assistant Professor
Physics Department
P. O. Box 4608
Phone: (931) 648-7683
Fax: (931) 648-5996
Email: taylorjr@apsu01.apsu.edu

CRICHTON COLLEGE
6655 Winchester Road
Memphis, TN  38175-7830

Robert M. Brian
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Office of Academic Affairs
Phone: (901) 367-9800
Email: rmbrian@crichton.edu

William S. Hough
Associate Professor
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Phone: (901) 367-9800
Email: hough@crichton.edu

Zella C. McDonald
Chair
Department of Teacher Education
Phone:  (901) 367-9800
Fax: (901) 367-3893
Email: mcdonald@crichton.edu

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN  37403

Thomas E. Bibler
Professor and Head
Teacher Preparation Academy
Phone:  (432) 755-5376
Email:  thomas-bibler@utc.edu

Betsy Darken
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Phone:  (432) 755-4580
Email:  betsy-darken@utc.edu

Deborah A. McAllister
UC Foundation Associate Professor
Technology Coordinator,  21st Century Classroom
College of Ed. & Applied Professional Studies
Phone:  (432) 755-5376
Fax:  (423) 755-5380
Email: dmcallis@cecasun.utc.edu

Ling-Jun Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Geology, and Astronomy
Phone:  (432) 755-5248
Email:  lingjun-wang@utc.edu