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.

• National Weather Service (Little Rock) Radar - http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=lzk/
• USGS Water Resources of Arkansas - http://ar.water.usgs.gov/

• Audubon Arkansas (with The Nature Conservancy & Central Arkansas Water - http://ar.audubon.org/

• 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/

• Arkansas Tourism Websites for Teachers - http://www.arkansas.com/kids/parents-teachers/helpful-links.aspx/

• 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/

• 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/

• NOAA Central Texas Radar - http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=grk/
• Texas USGS Water Science Center - https://tx.usgs.gov/

• 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