Peter Anderson

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Wharton County Junior College

BS Geology - West Virginia University (2009)

MS Geology - (microPaleontology) The University of Texas at San Antonio (2012)  

PhD Candidate Geology -  The University of Houston (no degree awarded)

Full Time Geology Professor Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) 

Adjunct Geology Professor - San Jacinto College (north campus)

Traditional student of geology that only recently became aware of the greater Geoscience Educational Research community, and aspires to become an active member within it. Peter has withdrawn from the University of Houston to further his teaching aspirations and taken both full time and part-time positions at a local community colleges. He is seeking a new academic program to enter into, so he can further these goals in the pursuit of his terminal geoscience degree. During his free time he has developed, instituted, and maintained an educational outreach program focused on geoscience education in elementary schools, and graduate student communicative development. {http://terraelm.nsm.uh.edu} 

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Conference Presentation (1)

TerraElm: An exercise in earth science instruction part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Poster Sessions:Tuesday
Public science education is a not just a service industry for the community it can also act as a tool by which graduate students in the field of Earth Science can be trained. The classroom setting is often a ...

Other Contributions (2)

TerraElm: Geology Outreach as a Developmental Tool part of NAGT:Our Resources:NAGT Blogs:Serving Our Communities:Blog Posts
We focus on presenting to 5th grade students the basics of the geological sciences profession and in a more general sense science; as well as finding a career path that can allow for you to be active and not be ...

Science Communication Development part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Morning Workshops:GER:Idea Papers
Peter Anderson, University of Houston Public science education in the United States faces many hardships, ranging from teachers that are assigned classes they are not experts in, to the wholesale distribution of ...