Project Staff and Acknowledgements
Project Director
GEOFF HAINES-STILESExecutive Producer
ERNA AKUGINOWSenior Curriculum Consultant
PATRICIA HADDONEducation Outreach Coordinator
JAN WEE*
Multimedia Instructional Materials Development Team
PATRICIA HADDON, 6th grade science team, Summit Middle School, Summit, NJ
CYNTHIA PECK, middle school English teacher, and writer, NJ
MEREDITH OLSON, Chair, Middle School Science, Seattle Country Day School, WA
DEANE RINK, multimedia producer, Los Angeles, CA
JAN WEE, Library Media Director, West Salem, WI*
Certain Activities adapted from materials originally developed by, and used with the express permisson of:
Gulf of Maine Aquarium, ALAN LISHNESS
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, SHEILA CUSHMAN
Australian Antarctic Division, PETER BOYER
National Geographic Society*
Science Activities reviewers
ROBIN ROSS & LANGDON QUETIN, U. C. Santa Barbara
TAD DAY, Arizona State University
DAVID KARL, Univ. of Hawaii*
NSF Office of Polar Programs
POLLY PENHALE, Biology and Medicine Program Manager
GUY GUTHRIDGE, Manager of Polar Information*
Antarctic Field Team
DEANE RINK, producer
BRIAN IGELMAN, cameraman/editor
SCOTT ENLOW, assistant camera/editor
GREG FALXA, telecommunications specialist, ASA
ANN STASI DEVEREAUX, NASA ACTS Satellite team
DANIEL GUTTRICH, NASA ACTS Satellite team*
Domestic ACTS Satellite Coordination
NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA
BRIAN ABBE
TOM JEDDREY*
Broadcast Coordinator
GEORGE R. BENEMAN, II*
University Television Center, Mississippi State University
DAVID HUTTO*
Passport to Knowledge National Advisory Board
DALE ANDERSEN, Exobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center
BONNIE BRACEY, Teacher representative, National Information Infrastructure Advisory Commission
BILL BURNETTE, Tri-State Education Initiative, and U.S. Department of Education
SCOTT COLETTI, Crittenden Middle School, Mountain View, CA
JOSEPH D. EXLINE, Curriculum Consultant, former head V-QUEST, VA
CAMILLE MOODY, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
LINDA MORRIS, Director of Education/Center Director, Buehler Challenger and Space Center, Paramus, NJ
APRIL WHITT, Fernbank Science Center, DeKalb County School District, Atlanta, GA*
LFA 2 Web Site designed by
Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc.
ROBERT SPIELVOGEL, project director
NANCY ROSS
HAN-HUA CHANG
JESSE GILBERT
ELIZABETH COLLINS*
On-line Materials hosted by
NASA K-12 Internet Intitiative
KAREN TRAICOFF, MARC SIEGEL, ALAN FEDERMANwith the assistance of
NASA's Remote Sensing Public Access Center
Carnegie Mellon University
& PBS Online*
Project Evaluation
Center for Children and Television, Education Development Center, Inc.
*
PBS K-12 Teacher Resource Service
SANDRA WELCH, Executive Vice President, PBS Learning Services
ANITA HARVEY-DIXON, FRANCIS THOMPSON, TOM FLAVELL*
Special Thanks
BILL FRASER, Montana State University
RAY SMITH, U.C. Santa Barbara
MARIA VERNET, Scripps Institution
CAROL VLECK, Iowa State University&
JOE BENTON, DEBBIE RIVERA, KARL BENNETT, NASA-TV
SHELDON BLACKMAN, Kihei Dive and Video, Hawaii
JOE BREDEKAMP, Office of Space Science, NASA
DAVE BRESNAHAN, NSF Office of Polar Programs
DAVID FRISCIC, NSF Office of Polar Programs
FRITZ HASLER & ALAN NELSON, Goddard Space Flight Center
STRATIS KAKADELIS, WINSOME MUNDY, LAURISSA RICHARDS & KELLY JO BROWN, NASA RSPAC
MARGARET LANYON, NSF Representative, Christchurch, New Zealand
MARK LEON, IITA Program, NASA Ames
FRANK OWENS, MALCOM PHELPS, PAM MOUNTJOY, RICK SMITH, Education Division, NASA HQ
DENNIS PEACOCK, NSF Office of Polar Programs
KRISHNA V. PENDYALA, HOWARD WHITE, Carnegie Mellon University
CARL PENNYPACKER, Hands On Universe
DAVID POWE, NASA Stennis Space Flight Center, Tri-State Education Initiative
GERHARD SALINGER, DAN HOUSEHOLDER, NSF EHR
PATRICK SMITH, NSF OPP Telecommunications Specialist
CORNELIUS SULLIVAN, Director, Office of Polar Programs, NSF
ANDREW WRIGHT, Antarctic Support Associates
DAVID ZACHARIAS, President, MSU*
Very Special Thanks
the men and women of the U.S. Antarctic Program
the researchers and science support teams at Palmer Station, Antarctica
NASA's ACTS Satellite Experiments Office
the crew of the R.V. Polar Duke
Antarctic Support Associates
Navy Support Force Antarctica
Air National Guard
and all "PTK Advocate" Teachers*
Please note: affiliations cited for identification purposes only.
