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

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.

West Virginia Geographic Alliance
http://www.wvgeography.org

Sharon Flack
Coordinator of Pre-School and Early Childhood
West Virginia Department of Education
B-330, Building 6
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Phone: (304) 558-7805
Fax: (304) 558-0459
Email: sflack@access.k12.wv.us

NASA's State-Based Electronic Notebook is the source for NASAand 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.

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Mont Chateau Research Center
P.O. Box 879
Morgantown, WV 26507-0879
Phone:  (304) 594-2331
http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/

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_wv@usgs.gov
11 Dunbar St.
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 347-5130
Fax: (304) 347-5133
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

USGS Programs in West Virginia
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 West Virginia: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-049-96/

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.

There is no state climatologist at this time.

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project AtmosphereAERAs
• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury ProjectPeer Trainers
• The GLOBE Program
• 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 West Virginia

Toni DeVore
1305 Liberty St.
Parkersburg, WV 26101
Phone: (304) 422-3776
Fax: (304) 422-3776
Email: u0414@wvnvm.wvnet.edu

Maury Project Peer Trainers are Master precollege teachers trained in one of the AMS Summer training workshops held at the UnitedStates Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, who have demonstrated an exceptional competency and commitment to the process of guiding fellow teachers inthe 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 West Virginia

James Jenkins
Route 1, Box 266 E
Charles Town, WV 25414
Phone:  (304) 725-6834
Email: jenkinsj@intrepid.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 Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling
Franchise Coordinator:
Mr. Robert J. Myers
Senior Instructional Designer
Center for Educational Technologies
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Ave.
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: (304) 243-2368
Fax: (304) 243-2497
Email: bmyers@cotf.edu

Training Point-of-Contact :
Mr. James A. Botti
Instructional Designer
Center for Educational Technologies
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Ave.
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: (304) 243-2388
Fax: (304) 243-2497
Email: jbotti@cotf.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://www.cotf.edu/

Blue Ice International
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact :
Dr. Lee Summerville
Director of Education Programs
Blue Ice International
405 Raleigh Street
PO Box 4252
Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone: (301) 596-9779
Fax: (301) 596-9937
Email: peterw@blueiceonline.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.  NASA Educator Resource Centers (ERCs) and Space Grant Colleges offer teacher workshopsand other education programs in their state.

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.

WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY
316 Washington Avenue
Wheeling, WV  26003

Meri Cummings
Department of Physics
Email:  meri@cotf.edu

Ray McBeth
Dean, Adult and Continuing Education
Phone:  (304) 243-2216
Email:  mcbeth@wju.edu

Ann Calder Rose, Director
Department of Teacher Preparation
Phone:  (304) 243-22221
Email:  acr@wju.edu