ctivities Acknowledgments
The were developed by teachers participating in the Maryland Pilot Earth
Science and Technology Education Network (MAPS-NET) project: Mr. Donald Allen,
Hancock High School, Hancock, MD; Ms. Mary Ann Bailey, Crossland High School,
Temple Hills, MD; Ms. Angeline Black, Kenmoor Middle School, Landover, MD; Mr. Russ
Burroughs, Harford Day School, Bel Air, MD; Mr. Stu Chapman, Southampton Middle
School, Bel Air, MD; Ms. Sarah Clemmitt, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring,
MD; Mr. Bill Davis, DuVal High School, Lanham, MD; Mr. Edward Earle, Norwood
School, Bethesda, MD; Mr. John Entwistle, Damascus High School, Damascus, MD;
Ms. Gayle Farrar, Southern Middle School, Oakland, MD; Ms. Renee Henderson,
Forestville High School, Forestville, MD; Mr. Onyema Isigwe, Dunbar High School,
Washington, DC; Ms. Eileen Killoran, Glenelg Country Day School, Glenelg, MD; Mr.
Tony Marcino, Margaret Brent Middle School, Helen, MD; Ms. Karen Mattson, Ballenger
Creek Middle School, Frederick, MD; Ms. Sue McDonald, Canton Middle School,
Baltimore, MD; Mr. Bob Mishev, DuVal High School, Lanham, MD; Ms. Stacey Mounts,
Ballenger Creek Middle School, Frederick, MD; Mr. Terrence Nixon, Maryland Science
Center, Baltimore, MD; Ms. Carolyn Ossont, DuVal High School, Lanham, MD; Mr. Dale
E. Peters, Linganore High School, Frederick, MD; Mr. Wayne Rinehart, North
Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown, MD; Ms. Lonita Robinson, Suitland High
School, District Heights, MD; Ms. Sandra Steele, Pikesville High School, Baltimore, MD;
Mr. Hans Steffen, DuVal High School, Lanham, MD; Ms. Sushmita Vargo, Washington
International School, Washington, DC; Ms. Linda Webb, Jarrettsville Elementary School,
Jarrettsville, MD; Mr. John Webber, Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, MD; Mr. Allen
White, New Market Middle School, New Market, MD; Ms. Nancy Wilkerson, Prince
George’s County Public Schools.
Editor and Illustrator, Colleen Steele, WT Chen & Company
Meteorology Background and Terms, Mr. William Ryan, University of Maryland
Graphic design, NASA Printing and Design
Special thanks to Dr. Gerald Soffen, Director, Office of University Programs, Goddard
Space Flight Center for nurturing this series of publications.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of the following people in
preparing this document: Mr. Louis Caudill, NASA Headquarters; Ms. Claudia Dauksys,
WT Chen & Company; Dr. Robert Hudson, University of Maryland; Dr. George
Huffman, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.; Dr. Jack Kaye, NASA Headquarters;
Dr. Nahid Khazenie, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Captain David Miller, United
States Air Force; Ms. Theresa Schwerin, WT Chen & Company; and Mr. John Tillery,
Fairfax Public Schools.
Satellite images courtesy of: Mr. Geoff Chester, Smithsonian Institution, Albert Einstein
Planetarium, Washington, DC; Mr. Charles Davis, Dallas Remote Imaging Group,
Hampstead, MD; Mr. Dale Peters, Linganore High School, Frederick, MD; Dr. Mohan K.
Ramamurthy, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL.; Space Science and
Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Mr. David Tetreault,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
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