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Credits

BSCS Development Team

Rodger W. Bybee, Principal Investigator
Mark V. Bloom, Project Director
Jerry Phillips, Senior Curriculum Developer
Anne L. Westbrook, Curriculum Developer
Lynda B. Micikas, Curriculum Developer
Sharmila Basu, Curriculum Developer
Sherry Herron, Curriculum Developer
Wendy Haggren, Curriculum Developer
Carrie Zander, Project Assistant
Diane Conrad, Project Assistant
Raphaela Conner, Project Assistant
Doug Coulson, Evaluator
Ann Lanari, Research Assistant
Barbara Perrin, Production Manager
Ric Bascobert, Editor
Barbara Resch, Editor
Diane Gionfriddo, Photo Research
Lisa Rasmussen, Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Stacey Luce, Production Specialist
Angela Barnes, Typesetting

BSCS Administrative Staff

Carlo Parravano, Chair, Board of Directors
Rodger W. Bybee, Executive Director
Janet Carlson Powell, Associate Director, Chief Science Education Officer
Larry Satkowiak, Associate Director, Chief Operating Officer
Pamela Van Scotter, Director, Curriculum Development Division

National Institutes of Health

Dorothea E. deZafra, Science Education Program Manager, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Roger W. Hartman, Public Health Analyst, NIAAA
Jason Lazarow, Science Education Coordinator, NIAAA
Bruce Fuchs, Director, Office of Science Education
William Mowczko, Project Officer, Office of Science Education
Bonnie Kalberer, Senior Program Analyst, Office of Science Education
Cindy Allen, Editor, Office of Science Education
Mary Dufour, Deputy Director, NIAAA
Brenda Hewitt, Special Assistant to Director, NIAAA
William Lands, Senior Scientific Advisor, NIAAA

Outside Reviewer

Mary E. McCaul, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Advisory Committee

V. Gene Erwin, University of Colorado Alcohol Research Center, Boulder, Colorado
Jeff Marshall, Irving Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Marcia Rubin, American School Health Association, Kent, Ohio
Robert Voas, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland
Robert A. Zucker, University of Michigan Alcohol Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Writing Team

William Boggan, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Ed Drexler, Pius XI High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
V. Gene Erwin, University of Colorado Alcohol Research Center, Boulder, Colorado
Jeff Marshall, Irving Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Greg Nichols, New Options Middle School, Seattle, Washington
John Olney, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Field-Test Teachers

Cassie Cox, Moundsville Junior High School, Moundsville, West Virginia
Claireen Espinoza, Taos Day School, Taos, New Mexico
Joel Maier, New Options Middle School, Seattle, Washington
Marguerite Nunnally, Woodward Academy Middle School, College Park, Georgia
Samantha Douglass, Woodward Academy Middle School, College Park, Georgia
Nichole Law, Woodward Academy Middle School, College Park, Georgia
Anne O’Connell, Woodward Academy Middle School, College Park, Georgia

Edge Interactive Staff

Terry Wallace, Senior Project Manager
Liz Bernel, Senior Instructional Designer
George Rosales, Art Director
Bill Bolduc, Software Development Manager
Mark Stevens, Multimedia Engineer
Greg Banse, Multimedia Engineer

SAIC Staff

Bach Nguyen, Project Manager
Steve Larson, Web Director
Doug Green, Project Lead
Tommy D’Aquino, Multimedia Director
Paul Ayers, Multimedia Developer
John James, Multimedia Developer
Jeff Ludden, Multimedia Programmer
Dave Nevins, Audio Engineer
Chris Green, 3D Animator
Aaron Bell, 3D Animator
Craig Weaver, Video Producer
Jessica Butter, Senior Web Developer
Katie Riley, Web Developer

Voice-Over

Dave Nevins

Cover Design

Karen Cook, Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health

Cover Illustration

Salvador Bru, Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health

FIGURE CREDITS

Teacher Background

1, 2, 13: Corel; 3, 7: PhotoDisc; 9, 10, 11, 12: Courtesy of National Institute on Drug Abuse; 14: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1997. Tenth Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health (pp. 1–66). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; 15: © Draeger Safety, Inc. – Breathalyzer® Division.

Lesson 1

1.2, 1.3c: PhotoDisc; 1.3a: Digital Stock; 1.3b: Comstock.

Lesson 2

2.1: PhotoDisc.

Lesson 3

Master 3.1, Master 3.4, Master 3.8: SAIC.

Lesson 4

4.1: Comstock.

Lesson 5

Master 5.1: Tables are adapted from those of the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.

Lesson 6

6.1: PhotoDisc; Master 6.2 (graph): Zador, P., Krawchuk, S.A., and Voas, R.B. 2000. Alcohol-related relative risk of driver fatalities and driver involvement in fatal crashes in relation to driver age and gender: An update using 1996 data. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61: 387–395; Master 6.2 (pie chart): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1997. Tenth Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health (pp. 1–66). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

This material is based on work supported by the National Institutes of Health under Contract No. 263-99-C-0031. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the funding agency.

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NIH Publication No. 04-4991

ISBN: 1-929614-09-8