Jeff Wilson

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.

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

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.

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 ...

Environmental Science and Sustainability programs at UT Brownsville part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Essays
This webpage is an academic essay detailing the BS in Environmental Science and MS in Sustainability Studies programs at UT Brownsville, highlighting their interdisciplinary curricula, workforce development goals, implementation challenges, and regional impact on sustainability education along the Texas-Mexico border.

BS in Environmental Science at UT Brownsville part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Programs
A program description page for the BS in Environmental Science at UT Brownsville, detailing its curriculum, career outcomes, regional industry alignment, and assessment metrics, developed to address regional demand in energy, environmental consulting, and sustainability sectors.

Masters of Science in Sustainability Studies (MSSS), UT at Brownsville part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Programs
This informational page profiles the interdisciplinary Masters of Science in Sustainability Studies (MSSS) program at the University of Texas at Brownsville, detailing its curriculum structure, program goals, core and elective courses—including green chemistry and sustainable urban systems—and career outcomes, while contextualizing it within broader geoscience and sustainability education initiatives.

Principles of Earth Science Laboratory (GEOL1101) at The University of Texas at Brownsville part of Math You Need:Implementations
Implementation plan page detailing the integration of "The Math You Need, When You Need It" modules into an introductory Earth Science lab (GEOL1101) at The University of Texas at Brownsville, focusing on graphing skills to address student quantitative deficiencies in a high-need, predominantly first-generation college population.