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

Wyoming Geographic Alliance

Ronald E. Beiswenger
University of Wyoming
Department of Geography
Rm. 207, Arts & Sciences Bldg.
Box 3371
Laramie, WY 82071-3371
Phone: (307) 766-3311
Fax: (307) 766-3294

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.

Geological Survey of Wyoming
Box 3008
University Station
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone:  (307) 742-2054
Email:  wsgs@wsgs.uwyo.edu
http://www.wsgsweb.uwyo.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

staterep_wy@mailcheyenne.cr.usgs.gov
2617 E. Lincolnway, Suite B
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: (307) 778-2931, ext. 2728
Fax: (307) 778-2764
Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time

USGS Programs in Wyoming
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 Wyoming:   http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-050-96/

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. Larry Pochop
Wyoming State Climatologist
Dept. Of Civil & Architectural Engr.
P.O. Box 3295
University of Wyoming
Laramie WY 82071-3295
Phone:  (307) 766-3326
Fax:  (307) 766-4444
Email: pochop@uwyo.edu
 

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer 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 Wyoming

L. Windsor Copley
Box 537
390 S. Cottonwood
Mt. View, WY 82939
Phone:  (307) 782-6310
Fax:  (307) 782-6310
Email: copleyw@mail.unitab.k12.wy.us

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 Wyoming

John Coyne
1003 19th Street
Wheatland, WY 82201
Phone:  (307) 322-5264
Email: jcoyne@wyoming.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 the University of Wyoming, Laramie
Franchise Coordinator and Training Point-of-Contact:
Dr. Patricia A. McClurg, Director
Natural Science Program
University of Wyoming
P.O. Box 3992
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6381
Fax: (307) 766-3792
Email: patmc@uwyo.edu
Franchise Homepage:
http://nasc.uwyo.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.