What Is the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Currently Doing to Attract, Assist and Encourage Students in Geosciences?
The American Association of Petroleum Engineers (AAPG), through its local affiliated societies, encourages students in elementary through to high schools to take scientific and technical classes. It is important to interest young students in geoscience before they enter college or university. Many local societies participate in the Earth Science Week programme, developed by the American Geological Institute (AGI). This year, the West Texas Geological Society, my home society, will send volunteers into 50 elementary schools to give geoscience talks to fourth- to sixth-grade students. The AAPG Sections, with partial funding from the AAPG Foundation, offer elementary- and middle-school science teachers training in geology with applications to the petroleum industry. This is accomplished through the seminar ‘Rocks In Your Head’. The programme is usually offered in conjunction with the Section conventions. The AAPG Foundation has a Grants-in-Aid programme, which was created to foster resear
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