Acknowledgements

First of all, this project would not be possible without the generous support of donors to the Library Sustainability Fund. Thank you!

The Falcon Curriculum began when three Massachusetts educators teaching kindergarten, first, and fifth grade, respectively, connected with the Du Bois Falcon team. They had started showing the falcon cam in their classrooms, and their students had many questions. Interacting with these students throughout the nesting season made the falcon team want to expand educational outreach opportunities to more classrooms, and the concept of developing an open-access falcon curriculum was unanimously (and enthusiastically) accepted.

With generous support from Nandita S. Mani, PhD, Dean of University Libraries at UMass Amherst, the project took flight. Margaret Krone, doctoral candidate, Sustainability Curriculum Fellow, and open-access and universal design advocate, was recruited to map the Common Core standards. Lauren Weiss, Associate Editor, Digital Content at the Libraries and Du Bois Falcon Team member, served as the project’s researcher and lesson plan developer. Max Weiss, a popular creator for an online educational video company, developed, edited, animated, and produced the curriculum’s video content. Chloe Deeley ’18, artist, provided the majority of the illustrations. Erin Jerome, Open Access and Institutional Repository Librarian, Theresa Dooley, Open Education Librarian, and Therese Kaufman, UX & Web Services Librarian, provided support for Pressbooks and accessibility. Leslie Schaler, Communication Program Coordinator, designed the cover. Kim Fill, Assistant Director of Library Annual Giving and Donor Relations, works with the Library Sustainability Fund and its donors.

The project developers would also like to thank the members of the Du Bois Falcon Team (listed alphabetically) for their invaluable contributions:

  • Carol Connare, Director of Library Communications, UMass Amherst Libraries
  • Luke Doubleday, Computer Specialist, UMass Amherst Libraries
  • Tom French, Retired Assistant Director, Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
  • Allan Krantz, Windows System Administrator, UMass Amherst Libraries
  • Christopher Messier, Computer Specialist, UMass Amherst Libraries
  • Richard Nathhorst, Research Facilities Manager, UMass Amherst
  • David Paulson, Supervisor, Massachusetts Department of Transportation Wildlife and Endangered Species Unit
  • Josh Silver, Web Specialist, UMass Amherst Libraries
  • Lauren Weiss, Associate Editor, Digital Content, UMass Amherst Libraries

The developers would also like to thank the following people and entities (listed alphabetically) for generously providing information, photos, videos, and other resources for the project:

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The UMass Amherst Libraries Falcon Curriculum: An Open, Common Core PreK-12 Curriculum on Peregrine Falcons by The UMass Amherst Libraries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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