Project Management

Denise Blumenthal, Director, Educational Productions

Karen Cariani, Director, Media Library

Christine Dietlin, Senior Producer

Peter Pinch, Director of Technology

Ted Sicker, Executive Producer, Teachers' Domain

Amy Tonkonogy, Video Executive Producer

Christian Wise, Senior Designer

Resource Production Team

Stephanie Boutin, Associate Producer

Mary Ellen Gardiner, Production Manager

Jim Geis, Web Developer

Jessica Gidal, Associate Producer

Lily Ladd, Production Coordinator

Alison Morando, Designer

Dan Paquin, Web Developer

Lisa Rosenthal, Designer

Christian Wise, Senior Designer

Content Development

Steven Bedard, Content Producer

Anna Brooks, Editorial Producer

Emily Lu, Content Producer

Christopher Riegle, Content Producer

Web Production, Design, and Development

Jon Alper, Video Technology Director

Jamie Biggar, Senior Developer

Joe Brandt, Senior Developer

Bob Donahue, Senior Developer

Jason Kahn, Systems Support

Christian Wise, Senior Designer

Business Management

Jim Barton, Business & Operations Manager

Maria Constantinides, Business Manager

Amy Stahl, Unit Manager

Advisors

Mark Bloom, BSCS

Jim Carter, HSCA

Sally Crissman, TERC

Alex Griswold, HSCA

Nancy Finkelstein, HSCA

Gillian Puttick, TERC

Lesson Plan Writers

Mark Bloom, BSCS

Jim Carter, HSCA

Alex Griswold, HSCA

Christopher Riegle, WGBH

Copy Editors

Cindy Bond

Donna Woonteiler

Additional Assistance

Leslie Coles, Office Coordinator

Susan Chopnick, Intern

Drew Fetterman, Intern

Weiling Guo, Intern

Salme Lopez, Rights Manager

Narrator

Alisha Jansky

Alex Griswold, HSCA

American Chemical Society

American Museum of Natural History

American Society Of Mechanical Engineers

Arbor Day Foundation

Aspire Lab, University of Utah

The Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Bob Hirshon, Kinetic City

British Antarctic Survey

Charles Sprandel

Charlie Jui, University of Utah

ChemThink

Clive Grainger, HSCA

Daryl Rizzo, Shedd Aquarium

David M. Harrison, Deptartment of Physics, University of Toronto

Design Squad

DragonflyTV, Twin Cities Public Television

Earth Day Canada

EcoKids

The Education Group

Thinkport

Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D., Neuroscience for Kids, University of Washington

Exploratorium

Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah

Harvard—Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Harvard—Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Kenneth Libbrecht, CalTech

Kurt Feichtmeir, Exploratorium

Marisa Wolsky, WGBH

Marcus Brandt

Maryland Public Television

Michael J. Jaquez, Arbor Day Foundation

Mike Shanahan, Bishop Museum

Meg Bury, Exploratorium

Missouri Botanical Garden

NASA—GFSC

NASA—GRC

NASA—JPL

NASA—MSFC

Jon L. Holmes, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Journal of Chemical Education

Julie Callahan, University of Utah

Kenneth G. Libbrecht, California Institute of Technology

Kenton J. Moody, University of California, Berkeley

Kinetic City/AAAS

Kristan Hutchison, Antarctic Sun Staff

Louisa Stark, University of Utah

Maryland Public Television/Thinkport

National Park Service

National Park Service: Webrangers

National Science Center

Nick Doe, Wellesley College Chemistry DepartmentNOAA

NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation

NOVA scienceNow/WGBH Educational Foundation

Patricia Morner, University of Nebraska

PhET, Physics Education Techonolgy, University of Colorado

Pearson Education, Inc.

Richard Roberts, Texas Parks and Wildlife

Richard Hudson, DragonflyTV

Rick Swanson, DragonflyTV

Rob Rothfarb, Exploratorium

Robert Morsberger, Composer

Robert Pittman, Photographer

Roger Hangarter, Indiana University, Department of Biology

Rutgers Physics and Astronomy Education Research Group

Sally Reinman, WWF

Shedd Aquarium

Sheppard Software

SnowCrystals.com

Steve Gano, AMNH

Dr. Suhail Islam, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London

Susan Wirth, Arbor Day Foundation

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Thomas J. Greenbowe, Iowa State University Chemical Educational Group

University of Alberta and Bio-DiTRL

University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Valerie Briscoe, Photographer

Wake Forest University, Department of Physics

Wisconsin Online Resource Center

World Images

World Wildlife Fund

Music compositions by Robert Morsberger

Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H.A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Company and used under license. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. Television Series: © 2006. Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

DESIGN SQUAD is produced by WGBH Boston. Design and engineering consulting services provided by Continuum. Major funding for DESIGN SQUAD is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Intel Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Tyco Electronics, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, Noyce Foundation, Intel Corporation, American Society of Civil Engineers, and the IEEE. This DESIGN SQUAD material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0515526. 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.

Special thanks to AFTRA and AF of M for granting permission to use segments produced with participation of their members.