Lynn Fichter

Teaching Chaos and Complex Evolutionary Systems Theories at the Introductory Level part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
This is a learning progression of 12 models leading to 19 learning outcomes designed to introduce chaos and complex systems theories concepts in 3 - 5 50 minute classes. Includes power points of class ...

Environmental Systems Theory part of Complex Systems:Courses
Course begins with an exploration of chaos and complex systems theory as an antidote to the equilibrium thinking most students have been taught. This includes the logistic model as a basic definition of chaos ...

Complex Systems as Evolutionary Systems part of Complex Systems:Workshop 2010:Participant Essays
This webpage is an academic essay by Lynn Fichter discussing complex systems as evolutionary systems, proposing a unified theoretical framework that integrates elaboration, self-organization, and fractionation as mechanisms of evolution across biological, geological, and social systems, with implications for teaching chaos theory and complexity science in geoscience education.