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Science Educator Recognized Peggy W. Cain, founder of an award-winning, cross-disciplinary, geology-based curriculum, received the Charles H. Townes Award for Support of Science and Mathematics Education. The award was given by the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Foundation. Now a visiting assistant professor in geological sciences at Clemson, Cain has been a powerful voice for science education in South Carolina for more than 30 years. As a science consultant for the S.C. Department of Education, she originated the award-winning South Carolina Maps and Aerial Photographic Systems (SC MAPS) program. The SC MAPS middle-school curriculum uses a portfolio collection of topographic map prints, infrared aerial photographs and satellite images as a framework for hands-on student activities. The diversity of the state is highlighted by references to regional places and folk tales. Teachers widely praise it for its ability to show students how the environment affects human action and how human action in turn modifies the environment. "It has been my pleasure to be a part of the renewed interest in science education in South Carolina," said Cain, the executive director of the SC MAPS program. |
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