Professional Development

Project Learning Tree Teacher Training

• Texas Contacts: www.plttexas.org
  
  John Boyette, PLT State Co-Coordinator
  Texas Forest Service
  4126 Old Tyler Road
  Nacogdoches, TX 75964
  Phone: 936-564-9276
  Email: jboyette@tfs.tamu.edu
  
  Ron Hufford
  Texas Forestry Association
  PO Box 1488
  Lufkin, TX 75901
  Phone: 936-632-8733
  Email: rhufford@texasforestry.org
  
  Misty Bowie, PLT State Co-Coordinator
  Texas Forestry Association
  P.O. Box 1488
  Lufkin, TX 75902-1488
  Phone: 936-632-8733
  Email: educationintexas@texasforestry.org
  Web: www.texasforestry.org

Project Wet

• Texas Contact: www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/waterworks
  
  City of Houston Water Works Education Center
  Coordinator Contact: Alondra Hernandez
  12121 North Beltway 8 East
  Humble, TX 77396
  Email: alondra.hernandez@houstontx.gov

Project Wild / Project Wild Aquatic / Flying Wild / Growing Up Wild

• Texas Contact: tpwd.texas.gov/education/resources/project-wild
  
  Project WILD Coordinator: Kiki Corry
  Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
  4200 Smith School Road
  Austin, TX 78744
  Phone: 512-389-4369
  E-mail: Kiki.Corry@tpwd.state.tx.us

Learning Across New Dimensions in Science (L.A.N.D.S.)

• Harris and surrounding counties: 
  
  Schools located in Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Harris County ISDs (Alief, Deer Park, Houston, La Porte, and Pasadena)
  Jo Picken
  Phone: 254-749-4245
  E-mail: jpicken@texas-wildlife.org
  
  Schools located in Liberty, Montgomery, Waller, and Harris County ISDs (Aldine, Channelview, Crosby, Cypress-Fairbanks, Galena Park, Goose Creek, Huffman, Humble, Katy, Klein, Sheldon, Spring, Spring Branch, and Tomball)
  Adrienne Paquette
  Phone: 972-743-2956
  E-mail: apaquette@texas-wildlife.org

Texas Parks and Wildlife Classroom Resources

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Professional Development Opportunities

The GLOBE Program

NOAA Ocean Exploration Program

NOAA Teacher at Sea Program

National Science Teachers Association

National Science Teachers Association: Science Objects

National Science Teachers Association: Web Seminars

PolarTREC: Teacher Research Experience

American Museum of Natural History: Seminars on Science

Educator Academy in the Amazon

Children's Museum of Houston

Junior Master Gardener

Teacher Training and General Resources

Academic Earth — A comprehensive collection of free online courses, eTextbooks, and other resources covering a variety of subjects.

Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program — TRT gives teachers the opportunity to work in a national park, become a park ranger for eight weeks, and develop lesson plans based on their experience for use in their classroom the following year.