Contributing Writers
Ann Bekebrede
Science Writer
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Mary Dylewski
Science Writer
Kassel, Germany
Frances Jenkins
Science Writer
Sunburg, Ohio
Matt T. Lee, Ph.D.
Science Writer
Coos Bay, Oregon
Annette Ratliff
Science Writer
Austin, Texas
Feature Development
Linda K. Gaul, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist
Texas Department of Health
Austin, Texas
Matt T. Lee, Ph.D.
Science Writer
Coos Bay, Oregon
Inclusion Specialists
Joan A. Solorio
Special Education Director
Austin Independent School
District
Austin, Texas
John A. Solorio
Multi-Technology Lab Facilitator
Austin Independent School
District
Austin, Texas
Teacher Edition
Development
Linda K. Blumenthal
Science Writer
Columbus, Ohio
Alan Eagy
Biology Teacher
The Dalles High School
The Dalles, Oregon
Linda K. Gaul, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist
Texas Department of Health
Austin, Texas
Erik Hahn
Naturalist
Hartley Nature Center
Duluth, Minnesota
Kevin L. Moore
Science Writer
Denver, Colorado
JoAnne Morgan Mowczko,
Ed.D.
Educational Consultant
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tyson Yager
Science Instructor
Wichita High School East
Wichita, Kansas
Academic Reviewers
Mead Allison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
David M. Armstrong, Ph.D.
Professor
Environmental, Population, and
Organismic Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Nigel Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Neurobiology
Institute for Neuroscience
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas
John A. Brockhaus, Ph.D.
Director of Mapping, Charting,
and Geodesy Program
Department of Geography and
Environmental Engineering
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York
John Caprio, Ph.D.
George C. Kent Professor of
Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Marian R. Chertow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Industrial
Environmental Management
Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
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Acknowledgments