Program Credits

Authors:

Meera Chandrasekhar is a Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has a keen interest in teaching and has developed numerous programs for students and teachers in grades 5-12. Her teaching awards include the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching (1997), the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (1998), and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (1999). Her research centers on the optical spectroscopy of semiconductors, superconductors and polymers under hydrostatic pressure. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
email: Meera Chandrasekhar

Rebecca Q. Litherland is Science Coordinator of Columbia Public Schools in Columbia MO. Dr. Litherland has 13 years classroom teaching experience and has served as the district coordinator since 1984. She is also an adjunct assistant professor with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. She has conducted numerous workshops at the state level and presented at national NSTA conventions. She has co-directed several CBHE Eisenhower projects with faculty from the University of Missouri, and is director of the Show-me Science Center.
email: Rebecca Litherland

Jennifer Geib is gender equity coordinator for the project "Promoting Young Women in the Physical Sciences" at the Department of Physics, University of Missouri, Columbia. She taught middle school science for three years and is currently pursuing graduate work in science education.
email: geibj@missouri.edu

Graphics/Programming:
Emerging Technologies Group, Information Access Technology Services, University of Missouri-Columbia: Prof. Bill Plummer, Director; John Earle, graphic designer/programmer; Tim Linder, graphic designer; Ben Meinhardt, graphic designer/programmer; Charles Claxton, graphic designer; Aaron Brown, programmer; and Matt Tipton, programmer.

Other Contributors:
We thank Dr. Larry Newitt, Geological Survey of Canada, (http://www.geolab.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag/e_nmpole.html) National Geomagnetism Program, Ontario, Canada for the map showing the movement of the magnetic pole (1831-2000).

Reviewers:
We thank the many reviewers of this CD: Prof. H.R. Chandrasekhar and Dr. Fred Ross, Physics Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Prof. Suchismitha Guha, Physics Department, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield MO; Prof. Mark Boley, Physics Department, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; Dr. Nader Haghighipour, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University; Benjamin Hughes and Doug Hague, physics undergraduate students, University of Missouri; Carla Blackaby, Jennifer Geib, Brian Earls, Gregory Kirchhofer, Carey Nahler, Thuy Nguyen, Carol Sheehan, Laura Traffenstedt, and Laura Zinszer, science teachers in Missouri schools.

Support:
Support for creating this CD came from the National Science Foundation via grant NSF HRD 96-19140, as part of a project entitled "Promoting Young Women in the Physical Sciences" (http://www.missouri.edu/~wwwepic); and via grant NSF HRD 99-08509, 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. Partial support for reviewing this CD came from the Eisenhower Professional Development program administered by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Cycle XVII.