About the Authors:
Joe Mascetta taught high school chemistry for twenty years. He was the science
department coordinator and principal of Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. He also served as a science consultant to the area schools and was
a past-president of the Western Pennsylvania Association of Supervision and
Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the State Advisory Committee of ASCD.
He held degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pennsylvania,
and Harvard University, and was a participant in Harvard Project Physics, a
General Electric Science Fellowship to Union College in Schenectady, New
York, the Chemical Bond Approach Curriculum Study at Kenyon College, Ohio,
and the Engineering Concepts Curriculum Project and Science Curriculum
Supervision at the University of Colorado.
Mark Kernion has been teaching A.P. and Honors Chemistry for the past 25 years
at Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds degrees and
certifications from Penn State University, The University of Pittsburgh, and
Duquesne University. In 2006 he was inducted into the Cum Laude Society, which
is dedicated to honoring scholastic achievement in secondary schools. He was the
recipient of the 2007 Yale Teaching Award. Prior to teaching he worked as a
ceramic engineer for Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, and he holds a
number of patents related to his research.