Acknowledgments

The involvement of scientific and teacher consultants was an important part of creating these lessons and ensuring the soundness of each one from both a scientific, teacher and student aspect. We would like to thank each of these people for their invaluable help in the development of these lessons. The participating scientists were Henry Hagedorn, Carl Olson, John Stoffolano, Jr., Diana Wheeler, Elizabeth Bernays, Nick Strausfeld and Leslie Tolbert. The participating teachers were consultants on the project: [From Arizona] Junardi Armstrong, Katherin Shiba, Joseph Fagan and Gail Hobrock. [From Massachusetts]: Arlene Bagdon, Dale Carew, Elizabeth Devlin, Joanne M. Jenal, Susan Mitchell, Julie Rypysc and Faith Thayer.

The lessons were tested and piloted in Arizona, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Missouri. In each state, key people were designated to be partners on the project. We would like to thank all these partners and all the teachers who test piloted the lessons and provided valuable suggestions and criticisms to help make these lessons evolve into the quality teaching tool that they now are. These people are listed by state.

Arizona:
Partners: Gail Paulin and Rick Larsen at Tucson Unified School District (T.U.S.D.); Ann Bennon and the Altar Valley School District; Marion Wilson at Agua Caliete and the Tanque Verde School District; Holly Flodeen and the Marana School District; Steve Lebrecht and the Sahuarita School District; Nancy Burch, Martin Edwards, and Doris Evans. T.U.S.D.'s Outside Evaluator: Marleen Kotelman.

Pilot Teachers: Leigh Ahrendt, Normal Almada, Michael Amundson, Josephine Arechederra, Susan Baker, Ruth Barry, Daniel Beach, Colleen Grace Beachler, Carol Beagle, Barbara Behvens, Kellie Marie Bell, Nancy Bethune, Linda Bevington, Sara Bingham, Joyce Boreham, Judith Ann Braeutigan, Susan Branham, Darcy Brooks, Nancy Burch, Sherry Kay Cameron, Emily Camp, Betty Lee Carlson, Caroline Carlsor, Anna Chamberlain, Glenda Beth Chambers, Elizabeth Coult, Laura Craft, Judy Cutler, Judith Dickson, Cynthia Ann DiJulio, JoAnn Dorman, Catherine Dover, RenŽ DuLaney, John Durako, Pamela Edgar, Margaret Ferguson, Nancy Margaret Feuerbacher, Cynthia Gettinger, Violetta Green, Virginia Greene, Karen Hanigan, Suzanne Hernandez, Myke Hitchcock, Susan Hochuli, Janice Evelyn Holberg, Linda Hotchkiss, Carol Hughes, Claire James, Sandy Jameson, Jennifer Jenkins, Connie Jensen, Linda Jimenez, Leticia Johns, Meg Johnson, Leslie Knecht Kuhn, Mary Kranis, Julie Laird, Christine Lara, Deborah Larned, Kathy Leckie, Kathy Lohse, Suzi Longville, Barbara Loquasto, Kathy Madsen, Darlene Mallari, Michelle ReneŽ Manterola, Stephanie Marinelli, Judy Ellen Matthews, Stephanie McAndrews, Lois McCartney, Perry Lynne McCauley, Rebecca McCrystall, Molly McCune, Martha Meason, Anita Mendoza, Marcie Merritt, Jani Minker, Ann Minnich, Mar’a Miranda, Barbara Moldovan, Jennifer Moore, Patricia Mustacci, Linda Darlene Myers, Rosemary Nagore, Karen Napier, Joan Patton, Sue Petrick, Lea Prassas, Patty Reid, Laura Replinger, Kari Richardson, Laurie Riesinger, Linda Roeder, Gloria Sather, Sarah Sederholm, Alice Shircore, Kathy Shiba, Christine Smith, Charles Sobghir, Jane Stanley, Madeline Tammami, Barbara Toothman, Elsa Patricia Tr’as, Jana Turner, Jennifer Vemich, Carol Vesterdal, Paula Walker, Karen Walsh, JoAnn Wasko, Jody Welch, Linda Westby, Helen Christine White, Susan Wilkinson, Dell Willman, Delphine Wood, Jane Wood, Laura Zinn.

Massachusetts:
partners: Susan Mitchell and Amherst Pelham Schools; Faith Thayer and the Hitchcock Nature Center; John Stoffolano and the Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts

Pilot Teachers: Rebeca Allessi, Sandra R. Brown, Sandra Davis, Trish Davis, Jan Demers, Elizabeth Devlin, Sharon Edwards, Irene Eigner, Donna Gagnon, Mary Garrity, Marilyn Gundersheim, Rebecca Keenan, Anne Kornblatt, Jane Mellor, Valerie Penniman, Paul Preston, Bette Roberts, Doug Ruopp, Susan Vegiard, Nicholas Yaffe.

Mississippi:
Partners: Richard Brown, Rickey Fontenot, Terry Schiefer and Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University; Bruce Daniels, and Carla Larry at the Tupelo Public Schools.

Pilot Teachers: Sandra D. Ashby, Cherry Broadaway, Renee G. Camp, Mary Crawford, Cynthia M. Davis, Kim Fandel, Judy B. Franks, Donna M. Hallmark, Sherri L. Lazore, Brenda McCarthy, Sherry M. Moore, Patricia Permenter, Brenda Robinson, Sue Simmons, Donna Taylor, Paula Tubbs Renfroe, Janet Violette, Sherry Willis, Sherry T. Winstead.

Missouri:
Partners: Kristin Simpson, and Stephen Penn at the Department of Entomology at the University of Missouri; Robert Fessler and the Fulton Public Schools.

Pilot Teachers: Carol Baumgartner, Judith A. Bland, Anna Lois Brakton, Viola Jacqueline Butler, Ruth Cave, Mary Curtis, Lois Jane Dawson, Nancy Douglas, Lynne Engle, Janet Fischer, Pat Grubb, Marcia Hamilton, J. Christine Jones, Karen Litteken, Elaine Long, Marna Palmer, Margret Randolph, Amy Rankin, Barbara Jo Shaon.

The following people and organization provided the live insects used in the testing of the lessons: Betty Estesen, RenŽ Feyereisen, Edmund Arbas, Steve Prchal, Charles Hedgcock, Kim Sundermeyer and Sonoran Arthropod Studies, Inc.

The following people and libraries helped provide valuable research support and materials necessary to complete the research. These include Kathy Short and Baleka Baker; Tucson Public Libraries, the Information Line and The University of Arizona Libraries.

We would also like to express our sincere thanks to the following people for their support and endurance during the development of this project. Douglas Fleury and Bodo Bartocha who along with Henry Hagedorn wrote the grant that supported this effort; Marjorie Tingle and her staff from NIH for their encouragement and support with this grant; the staff of Agriculture Communications and Computer Support for sharing their office space, etc. with us; Judy Plapinger and Bill Maginnis who did the first draft typing and helped in the design of all these lessons; Caroline Garcia, Jackie Leon, Faith Prasad, Charles Scavo, Sharon Richards and Brian Bennon, who each helped to contribute to the overall functioning of our office.