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Maureen McManus, environmental and
physical science teacher at Southside High School in Atlanta Public
Schools, developed 3 problem-based learning cases and produced a
revised detailed syllabus for her environmental science course.
The cases she developed with Svea Closser, a graduate student PRISM
fellow, are poignant, relevent, and timely. The cases' controversial
issues will engage students and compel them to use evidence-based
statements to discuss real-world problems.
Another case developed by Ms. McManus places students
in the role of Mayor of Atlanta, in which they must decide how to
best handle the sewer problem that has been plaguing the city of
late. A third case addresses graphic skills and population dynamics
by having students match graphs of population growth with the appropriate
spcies.
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