The Knowitall staff would like to extend many thanks to Katie Metz, former Simulation and Science Curriculum Specialist of ETV's Creative Services. Her talents and science genius will be greatly missed. Thank you, Katie.
We are grateful to the following persons for their generous advice and assistance in the development of The Hobby Shop's online activities:
Jim Spencer
Hanahan High School
For use of microscopes to photograph specimens
Assisted with Microscope module
Ed Donovan
Reviewed Rocket module
Sharon Donovan
Reviewed Rocket module
Amy Paul
Reviewed Chemistry Set module
Dr. John Morris, Ph.D.
Chapin High School
Reviewed Chemistry Set module
References
- In the teacher resources, the basis for our straw rocket activity section came from the NASA's web site.
- The equations for the Rocket module from Randy Culp's model rocket web site. The drag values for the nose cones of each rocket were based on a report by John S. DeMar.
- The element descriptions for the Periodic Table were compiled using Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division's Periodic Table of Elements and Wikipedia.