SE MAPS was designed around current middle school initiatives that emphasize interdisciplinary team approaches to learning. Students can use erasable markers on the laminated lithographs to investigate the influence of geological and cultural processes on landscapes of the past, present, and future. The CD-ROM component highlights changes in land use over time throughout the region. By using SE MAPS, teachers can incorporate social studies, mathematics, and language arts into the science curriculum by using its historical and economic data and developing computational, problem solving, storytelling, and cultural diversity lessons. Earnest is published by the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University for the alumni and friends of the College.
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