James Myers

Copper Production in the High Peruvian Andes: Geology, Economics and Politics part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Activities
This is a multi-component case study on copper and Peru. It attemps to look at a specific mineral resource through multiple lenses, e.g. geology, economics, regulation and political process.

Earth & Mineral Resources part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Courses
An interdisciplinary lecture-lab course for upper division focusing on the Earth and mineral resources that are critical to maintaining a modern, industrialized society. The course follows a resource, e.g. copper, ...

GEOL3650: Energy: A Geological Perspective part of Quantitative Skills:Courses
Examines the energy needs of a modern industrialized society. Looks at the typesof energy, the natural laws that govern its use, transformation, and conservation. The different sources of energy available to modern ...

Tackling the Grand Challenges: the Role of Complexity in Student Preparation part of Complex Systems:Workshop 2010:Participant Essays
James D. Myers, University of Wyoming Introduction  Current estimates of the world's human population places it at 6,681,111,786 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). At a minimum, each of these individuals must ...

Preparing Citizens: Examining the Role of Metacognition in Promoting Life-long Learning part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Preparing Citizens: Examining the Role of Metacognition in Promoting Life-long Learning James D. Myers, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming As members of a modern industrialized and ...

Literacy Assessment part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
These activities are pre- and post-course surveys to assess improvement in the fundamental, technical and citizenship literacies necessary to turn scientific content into scientific knowledge and understanding. They collect background information, test quantitatively literacy proficiency and assess the student's confidence level.

James Myers part of Online Games:Workshop 08
James Myers Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming What is your experience with on-line games or environments? Create number of multimedia materials for class, construction of many Web resources for ...