South East Maps & Aerial Photographic Systems

SE MAPS PROJECT UPDATE AND STATE PROGRESS REPORTS VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2 DECEMBER 1997 SE MAPS PROJECT OFFICE - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY P.O. BOX 341908, CLEMSON U., CLEMSON SC 29634-1908

THE SE MAPS PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, GRANT #ESI-9452842, DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

elcome to the world of SE MAPS, an interdisciplinary science curriculum project involving eight southeastern states and incorporating aerial photography, satellite imagery, topographic and special-purpose maps, and other remotely sensed data in a series of investigative hands-on activities designed for middle school students. Instructional materials currently under development include a classroom set of large laminated lithographs, two CD-ROMs, and a Teaching Manual.

VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT http://semaps.atmos.uah.edu

WEBSITE LOGISTICS CLARIFICATION

In the November newsletter, we stated that Burgess Howell, our technical consultant, was housing and maintaining the SE MAPS web site for us. In reality, the web site is hosted by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) through their Earth System Science Laboratory. It turns out that Burgess Howell is not technically a UAH employee, although he is doing much of the work of placing information on the web pages for us. The actual credit for gaining access to the UAH computer facilities and making these resources available to us goes to Alabama Coordinator Greg Cox. We very much appreciate Gregís role in this endeavor, as well as the UAH support, and apologize for any confusion our previous misprint might have caused.

All State Coordinators are invited to begin sending immediately to Burgess Howell any draft versions of study area narratives and student activity questions which are ready for review and comment. Such materials should be sent in electronic format if at all possible. If you have suggestions for other items that should be included on the SE MAPS web page, please contact Burgess Howell or the Clemson project office.

LISTSERV AVAILABLE

To send an e-mail message to everyone participating in the development of SE MAPS, address your message to SEMAPS-L@clemson.edu. To send a message to one person (or a few), you can access the e-mail address from the hard copy list all participants were sent this past summer, or you can contact your state coordinator or the SE MAPS Project Office for this information.

DEBATE OVER NEWSLETTER FORMAT Unfortunately, only a few comments (14 out of over 150) were received regarding electronic versus hardcopy distribution of the SE MAPS newsletter. Opinion ranged from a couple of recipients who thought we should not offer hardcopy versions at all because we should be promoting the use of technology instead, to several development team members who were totally unable to get anything readable from the e-mail attachment. In view of these results we will continue to send both electronic and hardcopy versions of the newsletter for the present (except to those persons who specifically requested only one or the other). Hopefully, in the near future we will have the newsletter available on the web. If you have not yet returned the questionnaire you received a few weeks ago, it is not too late. 14 returns is simply not an adequate sample

IMPORTANT CONTACTS

SE MAPS PROJECT OFFICE	PROJECT DIRECTOR	PILOT TESTING	TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
NORMA ADAMS	JOHN WAGNER	PHIL ASTWOOD	BURGESS HOWELL
(864) 656-1560	(864) 656-5024	(803) 777-7685	(205) 922-5908
NADAMS@CLEMSON.EDU	JRWGNR@CLEMSON.EDU	ASTWOOD@PSC.SC.EDU	BURGESS.HOWELL@MSFC.NASA.GOV

FLORIDA UPDATE

The draft version of the Woodville Karst Plain study area will be ready for pilot testing once images are received. The NAPP order has been filled for this study area and the team awaits draft hard copies in order to tailor the text to specific image features. The USGS delivered digital Landsat TM data to Burgess Howell and the Florida peninsula teams should be receiving draft plots within the next couple of weeks. To date, one image (digital) has been received by the Florida teams, which was used to identify the locations for Central Peninsula and South Florida Landsat TM images.

The Florida NAPP order was only partially filled by the USGS and they apparently misplaced the original order. As a result, the remaining images have had to be re-ordered and a delivery date is uncertain at this time. Historic air photos of the peninsular Florida activity sites have not been ordered because the NAPP images are required to exactly match image scale and coverage. Some of the historic sketches of the South Florida region will be sent to Burgess this month for scanning.

Slow, yet solid progress is being made on the activity writing for the Florida peninsula study areas. The South Florida rough draft is reported to be near complete. Activity writing is difficult without being able to refer to specific image features, however, resources such as topographic maps, DOQs and posters are temporarily being used. We anticipate activity writing to get back on schedule once all images are received. Until then, the teams will continue to improvise using available imagery. Pilot testing for the Woodville Karst Plain study area should be able to begin in Spring, 1998 or the SE MAPS Project Office for this information.

NO OTHER STATE REPORTS RECEIVED.

LISTING OF STATE COORDINATORS

ALABAMA	Greg Cox	GHCC, 977 Explorer Blvd., U. Alabama Huntsville, AL 35806	(205) 922-5738	cox@atmos.uah.edu
FLORIDA	Jon Arthur Jim Anderson	FGS/FDEP, 903 W Tennessee St., Tallahassee, FL 32304-7700 C2200 U. Ctr., Florida St U., Tallahassee, FL 32306-4015	(904) 488-9380 (850) 644-2883	arthur_j@dep.state.fl.us janderso@garnet.cc.fsu.edu
GEORGIA	Amy Millians	Univ. Georgia, 1234 S. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA 30602	(706) 542-3350	acmillia@moe.coe.uga.edu
LOUISIANA	Bill Craig	UNO Lakefront Campus, Dept Geology, New Orleans LA 70148	(504) 280-6325	wcraig@geology.uno.edu
MISSISSIPPI	Gail Russell	Box 5044, Univ. Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406	(601) 266-4077	gail.russell@usm.edu
NORTH CAROLINA	Fred Beyer	CCSD, PO Box 2357, Fayetteville NC 28301-9286	(910) 678-2456	cn2951@coastalnet.com
SOUTH CAROLINA	Peggy Cain	715 Camp Branch Road, Sumter, SC 29153-9364	(803) 495-2761	SCMAPS-L@clemson.edu
TENNESSEE	Mike Clark	Geol Sci, Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996-1410	(423) 974-2366	clarkgmorph@utk.edu

SC MAPS PROJECT TIMETABLE

JANUARY, 1998

- State Coordinator makes final selection of pilot schools and tentatively schedules dates for initial pilot testing of state units.

- State Coordinator notifies Pilot Testing Director Phil Astwood of school selection and provides demographic information.

- Burgess Howell gets draft versions of all cartographic products to state coordinators for distribution to team members.

- Project participants turn in reimbursement requests or other bills from Fall 1997 to Clemson SE MAPS Project Office .

SE MAPS PROJECT OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES BOX 341908 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLEMSON, SC 29634-1908