South Central Region - Regional Resources
Welcome to the South Central Region Resources page where you will find regional and state Earth and Space Science education resources
for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Consider this your go-to page for local and regional resources, and also a place where you can contribute. Contact
the NESTA President, your Regional Director, or the NESTA Website Coordinator with your suggestions. If you have a suggestion for another category, pass it along. Please let us know if
you find a web link that no longer works. Thank you from all your regional colleagues for your contributions!
Note: States are listed in alphabetic order.
Arkansas
Government Agencies:
- National Weather Service (Little Rock) Radar - http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=lzk/
- USGS Water Resources of Arkansas - http://ar.water.usgs.gov/
Associations:
- Audubon Arkansas (with The Nature Conservancy & Central Arkansas Water - http://ar.audubon.org/
Field Trip Locations and/or PD Providers:
- Arkansas Academy for Space Science Education - http://www.arkballoons.com/
- Common Core Arkansas - http://ideas.aetn.org/commoncore/
- Arkansas's Status of NGSS Wiki - http://arkansasngss.pbworks.com/w/page/50164952/FrontPage/
- Arkansas STEM Coalition & Star Lab - http://www.arkansasstemcoalition.com/
State/County Parks:
- Arkansas Tourism Websites for Teachers - http://www.arkansas.com/kids/parents-teachers/helpful-links.aspx/
Louisiana
Government Agencies:
- Louisiana Geological Survey / Education Resources - http://www.lgs.lsu.edu/deploy/content/EDURE
- Louisiana National Weather Service - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/states.php?state=la&map=on/
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources - http://dnr.louisiana.gov/
- USGS Programs in Louisiana - http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/la.html/
Associations:
- Audubon Nature Institute - http://www.auduboninstitute.org/
- Louisiana Environmental Education Association - http://www.louisianaenvironmentaleducation.org/resources.html/
- Louisiana Science Teachers Association - http://www.lsta.info/
Field Trip Locations and/or PD Providers:
- Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) - http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/
- Sci-Port Louisiana's Science Center - http://www.sciport.org/
State and County Parks:
- Louisiana Outdoors Outreach Programs - http://www.crt.state.la.us/
Oklahoma
Government Agencies:
- National Weather Service (Tulsa) Radar - http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=inx/
- Oklahoma Geological Survey Education Outreach - http://www.ogs.ou.edu/level2-earthscied.php/
- Oklahoma USGS Water Science Center - http://ok.water.usgs.gov/
Associations:
- Oklahoma Science Teachers Association - http://www.oklahomascienceteachersassociation.org/
- Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education, Inc. - http://www.oklascience.org/
Field Trip Locations and/or PD Providers:
- Oklahoma Energy Resources / Education Workshops - http://oerbhomeroom.com/workshops/overview/
Texas
Government Agencies:
- NOAA Central Texas Radar - http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=grk/
- Texas USGS Water Science Center - https://tx.usgs.gov/
Associations:
- Geology of Texas / Texas State Historical Association - http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/environment/geology-texas-0/
- Texas Earth Science Teachers Association - http://hunstem.uhd.edu/TESTA/
- Science Teachers Association of Texas - https://www.statweb.org/
- Texas Earth Science Alliance - http://www.texscience.org/earth/
- Collection of Activities for Teaching Earth and Space Science - http://www.txessrevolution.org