The curriculum was developed by the following New Mexico State University faculty:

1 Dr. Thomas Dormody, Regents Professor, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
2 Dr. Peter Skelton, Professor and Director of the ERYASC, Department of 4-H Youth Development

Special thanks go to Dr. David DuBois, College Associate Professor and State Climatologist, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU, for content assistance; Gabrielle Rodriguez, former graduate student in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education Department, for accessibility assistance; teachers Margaret Lewis, Crystal Rougemont, and Melissa Vigil, Memorial Middle School, Las Vegas, New Mexico, for facilitating the pilot testing of lesson activities and the full curriculum in their classrooms; and New Mexico State University students enrolled in AXED 484 “Methods of Teaching Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences in Agriculture” from 2015-2018 who piloted various elements of the lesson plans.

Funding for the development of this curriculum was provided by the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station; National Institute for Food and Agriculture, USDA; New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service, and The Enchanted Life Foundation.

Sending up a balloon to get greenhouse gas and air pollution data for a local area (Lessons 2 and 4).