Barbara Gardner Conklin is a special education teacher at Plymouth Elementary School, in Plymouth, New Hampshire. She received a B.A. from Bard College and an M.Ed. from Plymouth State College. She is currently writing two books with Robert Gardner, Health Science Projects about Psychology and Science Projects about Sports and Health. Robert Gardner, former chair of the science department at the Salisbury School, in Salisbury, Connecticut, is a consultant on science education and a distinguished, prolific, and longtime author of science books for children, young adults, and adults. Among his many books are From Talking Drums to the Internet: An Encyclopedia of Communications Technology; Communication, Where On Earth Am I?; Human Evolution; Kitchen Chemistry, and Ideas for Science Projects. Dennis Shortelle is a history teacher and former chairman of the history department at Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut. He is the coauthor with Robert Gardner of The Future and the Past; The Forgotten Players: The Story of Black Baseball in America, and From Talking Drums to the Internet: An Encyclopedia of Communications Technology.