Jeff Wilson

The University of Texas at Brownsville

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (3)

Project Topic Mind Map part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
This map assignment is used in my undergraduate science course to help students generate ideas on their term paper topic.

Character coding part of Paleontology:Activities
Learning about the different ways the morphological variation can be coded into phylogenetic character data, with emphasis on the limitations and assumptions of each.

Deep time - what is your metaphor? part of Paleontology:Activities
Construct your own metaphor, appropriately scaled, for communicating deep time.

Courses (2)

Conservation of Natural Resources part of Complex Systems:Courses
This course utilizes current literature seminar-style discussions and integrates the virtual world software SECOND LIFE into some of the content/presentations.

GS 150: Dinosaur Extinction and Other Controversies part of Paleontology:Courses
This course has the general goal of providing an introduction to scientific reasoning – how our hypotheses about the natural world are formed, accepted, modified, and rejected – using examples from the history ...

Other Contributions (2)

BS in Environmental Science at UT Brownsville part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Programs
Information for this profile was provided by Jeff Wilson, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Brownsville, The. Information is also available on the program website. Students in this ...

Principles of Earth Science Laboratory (GEOL1101) at The University of Texas at Brownsville part of Math You Need:Implementations
This page is designed to provide a guide to a planned implementation ofThe Math You Need, When You Need It. It will change as the implementation proceeds at this institution. Please check back regularly for ...