BSCS Development Team

Nancy M. Landes, Principal Investigator
Anne L. Westbrook, Project Director
Debra A. Hannigan, Curriculum Developer
Ann C. Lanari, Research Assistant
Carol Vallee, Project Assistant
Karen Bertollini, Project Assistant
Mary Crist, Project Assistant
Carrie Hamm, Project Assistant
Raphaela Conner, Project Assistant
Barbara Resch, Editor
Ric Bascobert, Editor
Diane Gionfriddo, Photo Research
Lisa Chilberg, Graphic Designer
Sandra Matthews, Evaluator

Videodiscovery, Inc. Development Team

Shaun Taylor, Vice President for Product Development
Michael Bade, Multimedia Producer, Project Director, Videographer
Greg Humes, Assistant Multimedia Producer
Cathy Saum, Graphic Designer
Lucy Flynn Zuccotti, Photo Research
Michele Moore, Assistant to Project Director
Jennifer Hunt, Costumes and Makeup
Mike Commins, Gaffer (Lighting)
Chet McKnight, Sound
Lee Strucker, Script Writer

Advisory Committee

Allen Dearry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
David Eaton, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Juliane Hill, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Larry Johnson, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
Greg Nichols, New Options Middle School, Seattle, Washington
Josina Romero O’Connell, Challenger Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jan Ryan, Brandeis Hillel Day School, San Francisco, California
Karen Steinmetz, SUGEN, Inc., South San Francisco, California
Susan Wooley, American School Health Association, Kent, Ohio

Writing Team

Juliane Hill, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Charlene A. McQueen, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Josina Romero O’Connell, Challenger Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Shaun Taylor, Videodiscovery, Seattle, Washington
Mike Trush, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Artists

Susan Bartel
Lisa Chilberg

Cover Design

Martha Blalock, Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health

Design and Layout

Angela Greenwalt, Finer Points Productions

Photo Credits

Michael Bade
Carlye Calvin

BSCS Administrative Staff

Carlo Parravano, Chairman, Board of Directors
Rodger W. Bybee, Executive Director
Janet Carlson Powell, Associate Director, Chief Science Education Officer
Larry Satkowiak, Associate Director, Chief Operating Officer

Videodiscovery, Inc. Administrative Staff

D. Joseph Clark, President
Shaun Taylor, Vice President for Product Development

National Institutes of Health

Allen Dearry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Bruce Fuchs, Office of Science Education
William Mowczko, Office of Science Education
Gloria Seelman, Office of Science Education
Frederick Tyson, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Field-test Teachers

Bernard Bastick, Beckley-Stratton Junior High School, Beckley, West Virginia
Joey Beckett, Beckley-Stratton Junior High, Beckley, West Virginia
Louisa Bliss, Gilman Middle School, Gilman, Vermont
Alice Cook, Moundsville Junior High School, Moundsville, West Virginia
Cassie Cox, Moundsville Junior High School, Moundsville, West Virginia
Rose DiCenso, Sabin Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Anthony DiSipio, Jr., Octorara Middle School, Atglen, Pennsylvania
Claireen Espinoza, Taos Day School, Taos, New Mexico
Anna Kong, Stone Academy, Chicago, Illinois
Susan Long, Frankfort Middle School, Ridgeley, West Virginia
Greg Nichols, New Options Middle School, Seattle, Washington
Josina Romero O’Connell, Challenger Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Barrington Ross, Shepard Magnet Middle School, Durham, North Carolina
Jan Ryan, Brandeis Hillel Day School, San Francisco, California
Mehar Safvi, Shepard Magnet Middle School, Durham, North Carolina
Gina Ward, North Layton Junior High School, Layton, Utah

Special Thanks to:

W. Richard Ulmer of InVitro International, Irving, California, for providing the photograph of the Corrositex® assay.

Deputy Chief Vickery of the Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Fire Department Hazmat Team for their participation in and staging of the Ride Along with HAZMAT mini-documentary.

Minamata Photographs by:
W. Eugene Smith and Aileen M. Smith
Minamata City http://island.qqq.or.jp/hp/minamata.city/english/me_top.htm Used with permission.
Michael S. Yamashita/Corbis
From the book "Bitter Sea The Human cost of Minamata Disease," Kosei Publishing Company, Tokyou, Japan, First English Edition 1992, photo by Shisei Kuwabara.
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