Every Child a Scientist: Achieving Scientific Literacy for All (1998)
Chapter: Front Matter
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Committee on Science Education K-12
JANE BUTLER KAHLE (Chair), Condit Professor of Science Education,
Department of Teacher Education, Miami University
JOSEPH D. MCINERNEY (Vice Chair), Director,
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
J. MYRON ATKIN, Professor,
School of Education, Stanford University
CARYL EDWARD BUCHWALD, Professor of Geology and
Lloyd McBride Professor of Environmental Studies,
Department of Geology, Carieton College
GEORGE BUGLIARELLO, Chancellor,
Polytechnic University
CHRISTINE CHOPYAK-MINOR, Director,
Keystone Science School
PETER B. DOW, Director of Education,
Buffalo Museum of Science
WILLIAM E. DUGGER, JR., Director,
Technology for All Americans
WADE ELLIS, JR., Professor of Mathematics,
West Valley College
NORMAN HACKERMAN, Chairman,
Scientific Advisory Board, The Robert A. Welch Foundation
ROBERT HAZEN, Staff Scientist,
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory;
Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science,
George Mason University
LEROY HOOD, Professor of Molecular Biotechnology,
University of Washington
MICHAEL G. LANG, Science Specialist,
Phoenix Urban Systemic Initiative, Maricopa Community College
WILLIAM LINDER-SCHOLER, Executive Director,
SciMathMN
MARIA ALICIA LOPEZ FREEMAN, Director,
Center for Teacher Leadership in Language and Status, California Science Project
JOHN A. MOORE, Professor Emeritus of Biology,
Department of Biology, University of California
DARLENE NORFLEET, Teacher,
Flynn Park Elementary School
WILLIAM SPOONER, Director,
Instructional Services, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
JUDITH SYDNER-GORDON, TEAMS Science Distance Learning, Instructor,
Los Angeles County Office of Education
RACHEL WOOD, Science Specialist,
Science Frameworks Commission, Delaware State Department of Public Instruction
Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education Staff
Rodger Bybee, Executive Director
Harold Pratt, Director,
K-12 Division
Cynthia Allen, Graphics Consultant
Kristance Coates, Project Assistant
Marilyn Fenichel, Editorial Consultant
Kit Johnston, Editorial Consultant
Steve Olson, Editorial Consultant
Doug Sprunger, Senior Project Assistant
Robert Strawn, Photographer
Tina Winters, Senior Project Assistant
