CERTIFICATION OF COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP

All rights to the material submitted to BEoN are certified to belong to the person(s) or organization submitting material to Biology Education Online (BEoN). In the case of graphics or other parts of material owned by others, submitter has written permission from the owner of the intellectual property to submit to and publish in BEoN.

COPYRIGHT STATUS for MATERIAL DURING STAGE ONE REVIEW PROCESS

Copyright for all materials in the Stage One Review process are retained by the person or organization submitting the material. All rights are reserved.

FAIR USE OF SUBMISSIONS DURING REVIEW PROCESS

Fair use means that teachers and students may use the material in a classroom setting for purposes of science education. Individuals may make a single copy for personal use.

Express written permission from the copyright owner is required before

• posting this material on any web site for any reason,
• copying for any use other than in face-to-face classroom instruction,
• storing or disseminating in electronic or other format.

TO CONTACT COPYRIGHT HOLDER

BEoN submissions are posted anonymously during the on-line peer-review process. To contact an author during this period, please write to BEoN at beon@accessexcellence.org and your request will be forwarded.

COPYRIGHT STATUS OF WORK PUBLISHED IN BEoN

Work published in BEoN will follow copyright standards of the National Science Digital Library.

Thank you for respecting the intellectual property of those sharing their work through this innovative on-line journal.