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

The National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program has established a network of state geographic alliancesógrassroots organizations composed mainly of K-12 teachers and university geographersódedicated 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.

Susan Gallagher
University of Nebraska-Kearney
2024 Founders Hall
Kearney NE 68849
Phone:  (308) 865-8074
Fax:  (308) 865-8097
Email:  susangne@kdsi.net
http://coe.unk.edu/geon

Geographic Educators of Nebraska
http://coe.unk.edu/geon/inde x.html

Susan Gay
Geographic Educators of Nebraska
3109 Briarwood Boulevard
Grand Island, NE 68801
Phone: (308) 382-4689 or (800) 893-0843
Email:  sgay@unk.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.

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. Allen Dutcher
Nebraska State Climatologist
15 L.W. Chase Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln NE 68583-0728
Phone: (402) 472-5206
Fax: (402) 472-8763
Email: adutcher@hpccsun.unl.edu
http://hpccsun.unl.edu/st_climate_ne

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.

Conservation and Survey Division
Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
113 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0517
Phone:  (402) 472-3471
http://csd.unl.edu/csd.html

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_ne@usgs.gov
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone: (402) 437-5082
Fax: (402) 437-5139
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time

USGS Programs in Nebraska
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 Nebraska:  http://water.usgs.gov/ pubs/FS/FS-025-96/
 

• Nebraska Earth Science Education Network (NESEN)
• Virtual Nebraska

This site includes:
Earth Science News
Outreach Programs
Letís Talk Earth Science
Nebraska Science Information
Students and Teachers Exchangin Data, Information, and Ideas (STEDII) Weather Project
NESEN Membership Listing
Teacher Resources
Virtual Nebraska:  Gateway to Nebraska Satellite, Space Shuttle, and Aircraft Imagery
Summer Workshops
Severe Weather Education

Virtual Nebraska is an on-line archive of satellite imagery and aerial photography that gives users the opportunity to view the State's landscape from the perspective of remote sensing.  Interdisciplinary Education Modules are based on selected sites in Nebraska:  "Wetlands and Remote Sensing;"  "Salt Creek Watershed;" "Nebraska's Western Lakes and Marshes;" and others.  Joint project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha

Contact:
Rick Perk
Consortium for the Application of Space Data to Education
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Phone:  (402) 472-0310
Email:  rperk@tan.unl.edu

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Project Atmosphere AERAs
• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Maury Project Peer Trainers
• NASA Education Resources
• Nebraska Earth Science Education Network (NESEN)
• Virtual Nebraska

• NOVA

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

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 Nebraska

Ed Schafer
15709 Polk Circle
Omaha, NE 68135
Phone:  (402) 895-3080
Fax:  (402) 895-3184
Email: eschafer@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.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 Nebraska

Rick Perk
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Conservation and Survey
113 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0517
Phone:  (402) 472-0301
Fax:  (402)472-2410
Email: rperk@tan.unl.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.

Workshops and other resources for teachers

Virtual Nebraska is an on-line archive of satellite imagery and aerial photography that gives users the opportunity to view the State's landscape from the perspective of remote sensing. The web site offers digital elevation data, learning activities, image-processing tools, historical "looks" at over 600 cities, and examples of how remotely sensed data can be used to solve problems. Students can study the State's geography, learn about the history of their city, locate their school, monitor vegetation patterns throughout a growing season, or map the statewide distribution of snow cover in January.

Workshops are offered to educators and others interested in learning about remote sensing and how to utilize Virtual Nebraska data in the classroom. In most cases the workshops are free.  Joint project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha

Contact:
Rick Perk
Consortium for the Application of Space Data to Education
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Phone:  (402) 472-0310
Email:  rperk@tan.unl.edu

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 (inlcuding 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

DOANE COLLEGE
1014 Boswell
Crete, NE  68333

Rodney Diercks
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Phone:  (402) 826-8264
Email:  rdiercks@doane.edu

Russell Souchek
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Phone:  (402) 826-8238
Email: rsouchek@doane.edu

Christopher D. Wentworth
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Phone:  (402) 826-8257
Email:  cwentworth@doane.edu