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

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.

Vermont Geographic Alliance

Department of Geography
Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439
Phone: (802) 654-2488
Fax:  (802) 654 2610
Email: rkujawa@smcvt.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.

Vermont Geological Survey
103 S. Main St., Laundry Building
Waterbury, VT 05671-0301
Phone: (802) 241-3608
Fax: (802) 241-3273
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/geology/vgshmpg.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_nh@usgs.gov
361 Commerce Way
Pembroke, NH 03275
Phone: (603) 226-7800
Fax: (603) 226-7894
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Vermont Field Office:
P.O. Box 628
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 828-4479
Fax: (802) 828-4465

USGS Programs in Vermont
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 Vermont: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-045-96/

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. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux
Department of Geography
Old Mill Bldg
University of Vermont
P.O. Box 54170
Burlington VT 05405-4170
Phone: (802) 656-3060
Fax: (802) 656-3042
Email: State.Climatologist@uvm.edu

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers
• NASA Education Resources

The American Meteorological Society's 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 Vermont

Bruce Parks
P.O. Box 231
Chester, VT 05143
Phone: (802) 875-2753
Fax: (802) 875-4686
Email: beparks@sover.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 Vermont

Brad Frohloff
RR 2 Box 171
E. Wailingford, VT 05742
Phone:  (802) 259-2259
Fax:  (802) 247-4627 (school)

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.