Geoscience Experiences for Teachers Out in the Field
Step beyond the classroom with Geoscience Experiences for Teachers Out in the Field (GET-Out). Attend conferences, shadow geoscientists, and visit field sites alongside professionals. Gain firsthand experience and real-world insights to bring back to your students, making geoscience more engaging and relevant.
2025 GET-Out with AGI
Take advantage of AGI’s opportunities across the country for teachers to get out in the field and engage with professional geoscientists.
GET-Out at the ESIP Summer Meeting
Middle and high school science teachers attended a GET-Out workshop hosted by AGI in collaboration with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP). This GET-Out took place at the ESIP Summer Meeting and included a teachers workshop (featuring a hands-on session on rain gardens), a field excursion, and conference presentations. View a recording of AGI’s teacher workshop presentation, Stormwater Solutions: Designing and Using Rain Gardens in Education and explore the RAINSS curriculum webpage for more information.
Teacher Reviews of the GET-Out at the ESIP Summer Meeting
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The GET-Out workshop was a truly enriching and inspiring experience. The combination of hands-on classroom activities, field excursions, and engaging sessions with geoscientists provided practical tools and fresh perspectives for teaching Earth science. I especially appreciated the focus on real-world applications, such as rain gardens, soil testing, and energy education. The Innovation to Impact research showcase and FUNding Friday were creative highlights that sparked new ideas. Overall, this workshop was informative, collaborative, and highly relevant to both educators and students.
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If you want to know about DATA used by proffesionals in Earth science, you need to go to the ESIP meetings. I had the opportunity to go last July in Seattle and I learned to transform data in to action, find data to explain climate change to my 6th grade students and found interactive tools to learn about soil, fossils and rain gardens.
GET-Out with AEG
Middle and high school science teachers joined AGI at the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) Annual Meeting for a GET-Out workshop. This workshop offered a comprehensive learning experience through interactive sessions in the classroom and out in the field. Participants also attended AEG conference sessions, where they connected with geoscience professionals, explored current research, and gained broader perspectives on the geoscience community. These combined experiences gave teachers fresh insights, practical strategies, and professional connections to bring back to their classrooms.
GET-Out at GSA Connects 2025
Join AGI for a GET-Out workshop held alongside the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2025 event and the Planetary Geologic Mappers Meeting. This workshop will be packed with interactive sessions with educators, presentations from geoscientists (including planetary geologic mappers), and a field excursion. Optionally, participants can also attend GSA Connects presentations on October 20 and 21. Participants will be provided with conference registration, room, and board for the duration of the workshop and will be reimbursed up to $500 for travel expenses.
- Who: Middle and High School Teachers
- When: October 18-19, 2025 (traveling on October 17)
- Where: San Antonio, Texas
Applications closed
Contact outreach@americangeosciences.org with any questions.
GET-Out with Other Organizations
There are many experiences for teachers to get out in the field and interact with geoscientists. Browse some of the long-standing programs below!
Does your organization offer an immersive geoscience experience for teachers? Share the details with us at outreach@americangeosciences.org to have it considered to be included on this page.
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