Globe in the City | Resources

Acorn Naturalists - Acorn Naturalists is an established, independent bookseller and scientific supply company dedicated to providing you informed, personalized service and competitive prices. A new resource for the trail and the classroom!

http://www.acornnaturalists.com/

BioQuip - 17803 LaSalle, Carson 90248; 310 324 0620, 8:00-4:30 M-F biol/ento/botany field equipment. This is a great place to get field biology equipment of all kinds, including specialized items as needed in the GLOBE protocols.

Foresty Suppliers, Inc. - Many of the GLOBE schools order field equipment from Color Forestry Suppliers, Inc which has forestry, engineering, life, earth and environmental science materials. It is one of the best places to order GLOBE materials from. Call 1-800-647-5368 or go to their web site to request a copy of their catalog. It is very good.

http://www.forestry-suppliers.com

Hach - Some of the best quality water testing field kits come from Hach. Call 1-800-227-HACH or request catalogs from their email: h2ou@hach.com. They have an excellent technical support service. They have special research bulletins and many one page summaries of techniques and background information on the techniques in water quality testing parameters. Very experienced.

http://www.hach.com/

PAX Analytics, Inc. - A manufacturer of the ACCESS Environmental Monitoring System. Designed as the first 'plug and play' real-time system for use with both the Macintosh and Windows families of computers, it contains sensors for measuring meteorological, radiological and air quality parameters.

http://www.paxana.com/

Vernier Software - A vendor for bundled hardware and software packages, calculator-based laboratory (CBL) products, computer-based interfacing products, and curricular materials for biology, chemistry, physics, physical science, and water quality testing.

http://www.vernier.com/

Click here for an additional listing of instrument and equipment suppliers as recommended by the Globe central website.

California State Dept of Forestry - 213-897-9900/916-653-8280 request address; 916-653-8280. The California State Department of Forestry has botanists that are useful contacts for names of the local plants, shrubs, trees and plant communities.

Center for Marine Studies (Marine Mammal Care Center) - Jeanine Mauch, Education Department, 310-547-9888 or Jackie Ott, Manager, 310-548-5677; 3601 S. Gaffey St, SP 90731; jmauch@lausd.k12.ca.us. Jeanine or Jackie can help with information you might need regarding the marine environment in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles Conservation Corps - 2824 S Main St, 90015; 213-526-1489; Bruce Saito 213-749-3601, 213-362-9000. These folks can come to your school site and plant trees on request. They will open up asphalt-covered areas, dig the hole, locate trees, install root barriers, and even plant the trees.

Los Angeles County Arboretum, Field Botanist - Jim Bauml, 818-821-3229 or 818-821-3221, also Field Botanist: Darryl Koutnik, Department of Regional Planning, Los Angeles, 213-974-6461. These contact persons really know plant classifications.

Los Angeles County and State Science Fair, Jim Hastings - L. A. County Science Education Consultant, Marine Science and Outdoor Education, 562-922-6334; Dean Gilbert, L. A. County Science Education Consultant, 562-922-6817, Gilbert_Dean@lacoe.edu Both Jim and Dean are the best science consultants in the county and can help you troubleshoot problems in teaching field science. Also see: LAEnvEducFair, Webpage: http://www.laeef.org

Los Angeles' Department of Water and Power's Education Department, Walter Zeisl - A good educator's contact person for local water quality questions. You can contact Walter at 213-367-1342.

Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department - 818 904-1459: Natural Area Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries Castaic Lake, Catalina Island Interpretive Center, Chantry Flats NFS and Chilao VC, Devil's, Punchbowl NC, Eaton Canyon NC, Malibu Tidepools, Placerita Cyn NC, San Dimas Cyn NC, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Whittier Narrows NC, High Desert Wildlife Sanctuaries: Alpine Butte, Big Rock Wash, Butte Valley, Carl O. Gerhardy, Jackrabbit Flat, Mescal, Phacelia, and Theodore Payne. They can tell you environmental information about the above sites.

Los Angeles Unified School District, Environmental Educator, Henry Ortiz - hortiz@lausd.k12.ca.us Henry is the Environmental Education Resource Teacher for LAUSD. He knows all the programs in the area and can be of great help. He is the GLOBE Coordinator for the Los Angeles Franchise.

MWD, Education Programs - 700 N. Alameda St., L.A. 90012-2944 Russ Donnelly, Jan Volsey 981106, pgr 213-990-4754, 213-217-6398 work; Marshall Davis, Water Quality Laboratory Director,909-392-5063. The water quality lab is one of the most advanced water testing labs in the country. They can handle any questions about water quality and water testing.

NPS/Division of Interpretation and Education, P.O.Box 32127#110, Washington DC 20013-7127 Bob Huggins curriculum development and review of "Parks As Classrooms". Bob can help regarding the curricular aspects of your teaching GLOBE.

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area 805-529-4828; 805-492-2184; Arnie Miller, Education Specialist, 805-498-0305 or 818-597-1036 x784 http://ceres.ca.gov/smmc/. Arnie is great and very knowledgeable about environmental education at the SMMNRA.

Smith, Gary - EE 2204 Lizabeth St Anaheim 92806; 714 999 0513; garysmith@earthspirit.org or gsmith@laedu.lalc.k12.ca.us. Gary is the State of California Environmental Educator and is very knowledgeable about all the different environmental education programs in the country and all levels.

TreePeople - 12601 Mullholland Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210, 818-753-4600. Jeff Hohensee, Education Director, 753-4621/4629, 818-623-4852. Jeff is one of the best environmental educators in the State and he has many environmental education contacts throughout the city, county and state.

UCLA and LAUSD Environmental Educator, Priscilla Lee - 310-206-6047. Priscilla is involved with GLOBE, the UCLA Science Project, LA_SI, and other science programs. Priscilla can help you with teacher issues relating to science and is an experienced LAUSD science teacher herself.

US Forest Service/ Rudy Retamoza "GreenLink" 818-952-4935, 701 N. Santa Anita, Arcadia; US/ San Bernardino Biologist Steve Loe 909-383-5588; US/Angeles 818-574-1613; 818-574-5258 Biologist Bill Brown. The U.S. Forest Service has botanists that are useful contacts for names of the local plants, shrubs, trees and plant communities.

Harbor Regional Park
San Pedro Science Center (LAUSD)
Center for Marine Studies at Fort MacArthur (LAUSD)
El Dorado Nature Center
Stunt Ranch Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Preserve
Solstice Canyon
Temescal Gateway Park

All data entry worksheets here come from the national GLOBE site and are made available here in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print these forms, you may need to first download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Hydrology Investigation Data Worksheet

Landcover/Biology Data Worksheet

Soil Moisture Data Worksheet - Star Pattern

Soil Moisture Data Worksheet - Transect Pattern

Soil Moisture Study Site Work Sheet

Study Site Definition Data Entry Sheet

Books on the Atmosphere

Books on Freshwater Biology

Books on Hydrology

Books on Wetlands

California Native Plant Society's Links - Hundreds and hundreds of links devoted to conservation and environmental awareness. Categories include: endangered species, flora, taxonomy, botany, ecology, federal & state legislation, as well as local information on fieldtrips.

http://www.calpoly.edu/~dchippin/

California Science Project at UCLA - Provides overview of Southern Calfifornia habitats as well as k-12 lesson plans unique to LA area. i.e. Butterfly Dreams, LA River, and Life is a Beach, etc. Of particular interest is the long list of related web sites covering such themes as wetlands, chaparral, and coastal sage in the Urban Science area.

http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/uclasp/csp-ucla/pro_index1.html

Environmental Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles - 201 N. Figueroa St., Suite 200, L.A. CA 90012, Dr.Lillian Kawasaki General Manager, 201 N. Figueroa Bl #200 LA 90012; also: Karen Smith 213-580-1040; recording: 800-439-4666; protocols 213-580-1040, Environmental Information Center 213-580-1052. This is a great source for anything environmental happening in the city and surrounding areas.

http://www.lacity.org/EAD

Environmental Website Database - Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, this component of Surf Your Watershed - a service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information about your place - contains hundreds of URLs about environmental information.

http://www.epa.gov/surf2/

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) - Central web site for the worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists from over 7,000 schools in more than 80 countries working together to study and understand the global environment.

http://www.globe.gov/

GLOBE's Master List of Protocols - A comprehensive list of all the measurements students investigate as a part of GLOBE. Lists frequency for taking measurements for categories of atmosphere, hydrology, soil, land cover/biology, and GPS.

http://www.globe.gov/fsl/html/templ.cgi?measpage?&lang=en&nav=1

Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution - Web site put up by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and UC Berkeley devoted to understanding pollution - its causes and effects..

http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html

Information Center for the Environment (ICE) - A cooperative effort of environmental scientists at the University of California, Davis and collaborators at over thirty private, state, federal, and international organizations interested in environmental protection.

http://ice.ucdavis.edu/

National Park Service - Web site is very good for parkland information, such as areas and plants and their communities found in the Santa Monica Mountains Natural Recreation Area near Los Angeles and some other specific sites.

http://www.nps.gov

U.S. Department of the Interior's California Bureau of Land Management - Has plant community information for many of the desert BLM areas in the state.

http://www.ca.blm.gov