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Credits and collaborators
The project team
This site is a project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology and is the result of collaboration among a diverse group of scientists, teachers, designers, and web experts.
Principal investigators: Roy Caldwell, David Lindberg
Project coordinator: Judy Scotchmoor
Project assistant, author: Anna Thanukos
Webmaster, graphic artist: Josh Frankel
Graphic artist, web assistant: David Smith
Postdoctoral student advisor and author: Jennifer Skene
Graduate student advisors, authors: Candace Gilet, Stephanie Stuart, Lorraine Casazza
Teacher Advisory Board: Jen Collins, Bob Connell, Peg Dabel, Deb Farkas, Stan Hitomi, Al Janulaw, Sharon Janulaw, Mark Stefanski, Mark Terry, Cecilia Tung
Teacher ambassadors: Sarah Estes, Deb Farkas, Mark Stefanski, Teresa Strube, Claudia VanWie, Lisé Whitfield
Project Advisory Board: Max Bronstein, Sam Donovan, Anne Egger, Jack Hehn, Sharon Janulaw, Natalie Kuldell, Norman Lederman, Tania Lombrozo, Ian MacGregor, Richard O'Grady, W. Geoffrey Owen, Mark Richards, Edward Robeck, Walter Snyder, Mark Stefanski, Richard Stucky, Mark Terry, Michael Weisberg, Lisa White, Lori Zaikowski
Learn more about the project team.
Collaborating organizations
The Understanding Science project works with many other organizations to promote public, student, and teacher understanding of the nature and process of science. Collaborators include:
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The California Science Teachers Association
CSTA has enthusiastically endorsed Understanding Science and helped to launch the beta version of the site at the 2008 California Science Education Conference in San Jose, CA. |
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BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium actively supports undergraduate biology education and the collaborative development of curricula in which students are able to pose problems, work collaboratively on solving those problems, and provide — as well as receive — peer review.
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Deep Earth Academy
Deep Earth Academy supports the goals of the Understanding Science website.
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GeoStratSys
Working to link research and data with a better understanding of science
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Dr. Norman G. Lederman
Chair Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Illinois Institute of Technology
We are always looking for new ways to reach new audiences. If you are interested in developing a large- or small-scale collaborative project with us, please contact Judy Scotchmoor.
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Funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EAR-0624436. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
