The Importance and the Challenge of Geoscience Education

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Here's a quick story about geoscience education, and how important it is: Laura Branch lives in Orcutt, Calif., and teaches high school science courses. Branch said she is one of only a few credentialed Earth science teachers in Santa Barbara County and has the only upper-level high school geology class in the county. She is AAPG Foundation's 2019 K-12 Teacher of the Year. When her students see the sheen of an oil slick on the beach, they tend to associate it with oil drilling derricks or production facilities, Branch said.