VOTE TODAY! 2025 NAGT Elections are happening now!

NAGT holds annual officer elections for National, Division, and Section officers every Spring. Learn more about the candidates who have volunteered to lead NAGT and vote by July 2.

Vote by July 2

The Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty happens this month!

Did the Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop help you get started in your career? We are transitioning to a new model for offering this workshop without external support. Donate today to support our ability to offer ongoing support for early career faculty.

Donate Today!

Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE) Awards

Nominations due June 15

JGE awards are presented annually with nominations solicited from JGE readers, authors, and editors.

• The Outstanding Paper Award recognizes a paper that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics: (1) innovative enhancement of student learning, which is documented and assessed, (2) advancement of the discipline of geoscience education, and (3) broad societal impact of vital and significant high-quality geoscience education.
• The Outstanding Reviewer Award recognizes a reviewer who (1) provides reviews of exceptional quality, (2) completes reviews more quickly than average, and/or (3) completes more reviews than average.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Nominations due June 15

The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizes undergraduate and graduate students for their work as teaching assistants. Up to 30 awards are given annually. The next nomination deadline for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant awards is June 15.

Now Open! EER 2026 Workshop Proposal Submissions

Proposals due October 1

Are you ready to share your work with colleagues in a rich professional learning environment? We invite you to submit a proposal to lead a workshop at the2026 Earth Educators' Rendezvous in South Carolina. The deadline for all proposals is October 1, 2025. After the deadline, the planning committee will review all proposals and create a balanced program that serves a diverse audience. Read more about the proposal process and sign up to receive timely updates as the program and deadlines become available.

Geoscience Congressional Visit Days

Each September, several of NAGT's partner organizations organize a Geoscience Congressional Visit Day (CVD) in Washington, DC.  The CVD is spent on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, meeting with Representatives, Senators, and their staff to discuss federal support for the geosciences, including agencies and research grants.  Visits are scheduled and participants are accompanied by organization staff familiar with working in DC. The CVD is preceded by a full day of training and preparation.

The CVDs provide Congresspeople with tangible examples of how federal research funding and results impact constituents in their districts. Participants discuss grant support they have benefited from, research they have conducted and shared, and resources they have found to be valuable.

NAGT encourages members to participate in the CVD program.  Preference will be given to members of sponsoring organizations, but you do not need to be a member to apply.  AGU's September workshop in DC is a helpful and empowering program, providing excellent guidance and support. In addition, some travel funding is available for those who need it. Click on the following links for more information.

• American Geophysical Union (deadline 6/22):
• GSA application (deadline 7/20)
• Seismological Society of America
• American Meteorological Society (deadline 7/18)
• The Paleontological Society: Contact society leadership

Submit your Abstract for GSA Connects 2025

Abstracts are due August 5

GSA Connects 2025 is happening in San Antonio, Texas, from 19-22 October 2025. Submit an abstract to share about your geoscience teaching endeavors by 5 August 2025. NAGT sponsors a great number of events and sessions at the Geological Society of America Connects each fall. Connect with NAGT leaders and members!

Journal of Geoscience Education

Article of the Month

Each month, the editorial staff of JGE selects a paper to be free to access. For June 2025, they selected "Secondary core science teachers' perceptions of teaching climate change," by Debbie A. French and published online 14 May 2025. Congratulations Debbie!

The Journal of Geoscience Education is always looking for submissions related to learning and teaching in the geosciences and related domains.

Submit a paper to JGE

In The Trenches

ITT seeks a new Editor

Applications due June 16, 2025

NAGT is seeking a new Editor for In The Trenches to begin serving in December 2025. We seek someone interested in learning about what people are doing in the geoscience education community, who enjoys working with authors to quickly amplify their ideas and classroom successes. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the NAGT community through promoting discussion of impactful topics and ideas. If this interests you, consider applying to be Editor of In The Trenches, NAGT's interactive online publication.

Apply by June 16

Using Google Earth Engine laboratory exercises in a college-level introductory physical geography course Part 2: Lab Examples

Check out the second of a two-part series by authors Anthony Feig and Tao Zheng, who discuss the the implementation of Google Earth Engine laboratory exercises for a college-level introductory physical geography course. Links to the lab exercises are provided to readers for free educational use.

Suggest ITT ContentSubmit an Article

Teach the Earth

Teach the Earth is a portal to thousands of resources from dozens of Earth Education websites. Managed by NAGT, this portal supports teaching and learning about the Earth by providing online resources for K-12 and undergraduate educators in the geosciences and related fields. Resources include classroom activities, course descriptions and syllabi, information about pedagogical strategies, topical collections, and more.

Help update valuable teaching resources - contribute resource updates to the Community Contribution Tool

Have you made modifications to resources on SERC sites? Use the Community Contribution Tool (CCT) to share with others and keep these valued online resources current. Many data-rich InTeGrate and GETSI modules were recently. CCT is now available on all SERC-host activities.

Award Nominations are Open Now!

Nominate deserving colleagues for the JGE Outstanding Paper and Outstanding Reviewer Awards by June 15!

Nominate Outstanding Teaching Assistants by June 15!

Congratulations to the 2025 Field Scholarship Awardees!

Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Earth Science Teachers!

Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) awards are given for "exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences at the pre-college level." Any teacher or other K-12 educator who covers a significant amount of earth science content with their students is eligible.

Do you have good news related to your geoscience education work that you would like to share with the NAGT community? Submit it to NAGT's Community Kudos!

Workshops

2025 Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Workshop

Online - August 4-8, 2025, from 11 AM-2 PM EDT/10 AM-1 PM CDT/9 AM-12 PM MDT/8-11 AM PDT each day/7-10 AM AKDT/5-8 AM HST

"I participated in both the Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Workshops and the Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty. They were FUNDAMENTAL to my career success!" - Amy Williams

Register now for this highly interactive week-long synchronous online workshop! This workshop is designed specifically for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others interested in pursuing academic careers in geoscience. Workshop facilitators will lead sessions and provide guidance that will help participants become stronger candidates for academic positions and succeed in academic jobs.

Register by July 30

Enhance your STEM courses with MATLAB and Generative AI

In-person at Carleton College, Northfield, MN - October 26-28, 2025 - Apply by June 15

A workshop for educators interested in enhancing their students' computational teaching skills with MATLAB and exploring the integration of Generative AI will be held in Northfield, Minnesota, from October 26-28, 2025. This three-day event offers opportunities to collaborate with peers and MathWorks experts on curriculum development and the sharing of effective teaching strategies.

Now in its 11th year, the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop brings together educators to learn about trends in teaching, share experiences, and develop curriculum that improves student learning, with each educator focusing on their particular course goals and desired outcomes. The workshops introduce participants to the newest trends in STEM teaching -- from flipped classrooms, to computational notebooks, to online grading. The 2025 workshop includes a focus on Generative AI (aka GenAI or ChatGPT). MathWorks staff and educator peers will be on hand to help turn what you learn into practical classroom approaches that draw on relevant MATLAB tools and features.

The workshop program combines training sessions introducing teaching tools, brief talks by educator peers, and group breakouts that account for approximately half the workshop, including dedicated work time to develop and evolve the course curriculum. Conveners develop the workshop program and working group make-up based on applicant interests and teaching focuses.

Apply by June 15

Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop

In-person - CU-Boulder, Boulder, CO - 11-13 June 2025

Join us for a two-and-a-half-day teacher workshop in June, where you'll get to engage with a variety of classroom-ready curricula from the Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE), formerly known as CIRES Education & Outreach.

The workshop will feature sessions on topics such as climate science, natural hazards, water resources, climate mental health, data literacy, and more. Participants can tour the local NOAA research site, hear directly from climate scientists, and attend a Science On a Sphere presentation.

• WHO: Middle and High School Science Teachers
• WHAT: In-person teacher workshop in a conference-style format, with sessions on CEEE, NOAA, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Earth Force, and CLEAN education resources, scientist talks, lab tours, and networking sessions. Participants will leave with a variety of classroom-ready lessons and activities, and receive a 20-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder OR 1 Continuing Education credit from CU Boulder.
• WHEN: Wednesday, June 11th to Friday, June 13th (Wednesday/Thursday 8-5, Friday, 8-Noon)
• WHERE: University Memorial Center, CU Boulder. A Western Slope version of the institute will be held at Western Colorado University in Gunnison on June 3-4 (Western Slope event info here).
• COST: $35 Registration Fee. Upon course completion, participants will receive a $35 gift card. Please contact us (ceee@colorado.edu) to inquire about a scholarship. The course fee is non-refundable.

In addition to the CEEE team, representatives from NOAA Boulder, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver Love My Air, Earth Force, and the CLEAN team will present valuable resources.

View the schedule or see the full program.

Register today!

Traveling Workshops: Bring Our Experienced Leaders to You

The Traveling Workshops Program (TWP) brings NAGT's professional development program to you, working with you to customize a workshop to meet your group's needs. The TWP has well-tested workshop sessions on adapting to change, (re)designing your courses and curriculum, inclusive mentoring, supporting all students, and more. Are you preparing for a program review or responding to feedback from one? Have you seen changes in the faculty in your department through new hires or retirements? Do you feel you could do a better job serving your students? We can help you! Choose your workshop or learn more about the program.

Request a Traveling Workshop

Webinars

NAGT Webinars are on YouTube!

Did you miss a webinar hosted by NAGT? Check out the NEW NAGT Webinar Series YouTube Channel! Find a selection of recordings from webinars in the series and sponsored projects at your fingertips. Remember to subscribe!

Learn about your Regional Section

NAGT Regional Sections are the grassroots of geoscience education in North America. The 2023 reorganization of Sections focused members' efforts on regional issues. If you haven't connected with your section leadership, we encourage you to do so! Check out the Regional Section Webpages to learn more about your Section and efforts to engage and support geoscience education in your region.

NAGT-PNW Section Annual Conference & Business Meeting

Join us in Portland, Oregon, to meet colleagues from around the Pacific Northwest, share teaching techniques, and explore some amazing geology!

The 2025 conference features meeting sessions on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, with half-day field trips on Thursday morning and Friday afternoon. Saturday is a full-day field trip to the Oregon Coast. There will be a social and joint section with CRESCENT. Schedule and registration details are on the website.

This year, we are excited to announce that our conference is being held in parallel to, and co-located with, the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center Annual Stakeholders meeting.

Meet other NAGT Members at 2026 GSA Section Meetings

NAGT members and their students love GSA Section Meetings. The 2026 Section Meetings are accepting Session Proposals now.

• Triple Joint Southeastern, North-Central, and South-Central, 8-11 March 2026 in Memphis, TN. Session, symposium, field trip, and short course proposals are due 15 July 2025, 11:59 PDT.
• Northeastern, 21-25 March 2026 in Hartford, CT. Session, symposium, field trip, and short course proposals are due 15 July 2025, 11:59 PDT.
• Cordilleran, 21-24 April 2026 in Loreto, Baja California Sur, México. Session, symposium, field trip, and short course proposals are due 15 July 2025, 11:59 PDT.
• Rocky Mountain, 17-20 May 2026 in Albuquerque, NM. Session, symposium, field trip, and short course proposals are due 15 July 2025, 11:59 PDT.

Geo2YC Division

The Geo2YC Division is a home for NAGT members who have a shared professional interest in geoscience education at two-year colleges. Two-year college faculty are an integral part of NAGT.

Join Geo2YC

Geoscience Education Research (GER) Division

The Geoscience Education Research Division (GER) is committed to the promotion of high-quality, scholarly research in geoscience education that improves teaching and learning in K-12, higher education, and informal learning environments.

Join GER

Teacher Education (TED) Division

The NAGT Teacher Education Division (TED) seeks to improve geoscience teaching by improving teacher content and pedagogical knowledge and by encouraging research on best teaching practices. TED is in search of a new Media Director! We have a great leadership team. Do you want to know what we've been up to? Do you want to inform how the Teacher Education Division supports you, as members of NAGT and TED? Find us on Facebook!

Join TED

Exchanging Knowledge in Geoscience Education Research

Are you interested in enhancing your research design and methodology skills in an informal, collaborative setting? The GER Monthly Knowledge Exchange is here to help! This casual, interactive monthly Zoom gathering seeks to create a forum for the GER (Geoscience Education Research) community to ask questions and get input from peers without the pressure of formal presentations, build collective capacity, and share resources, ideas, and experiences on a specific topic. No prep required–just bring your curiosity and insights to share!

• Date: Thursday, June 19th
• Topic: "I wish he hadn't said that...": An open conversation on equitable interviewing of neurominorities
• Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am PT | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm CT | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET
• Join the Meeting: Link to meeting and meeting number: 2630 458 3581

We'd love your input! Suggest a topic for a future session by adding it to our topic calendar. Also, visit the summary of shared insights from our prior meeting on "Publishing GER: Deciding where to submit manuscripts and addressing implications for writing" here. Let's learn and grow together. See you there!

Visiting Lecturer in Earth and Climate Sciences at Bates College

The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences at Bates College invites applications for a part-time (70%) visiting lecturer position in Solid Earth Geodynamics, to begin July 1, 2025. Bates seeks an outstanding scholar with a strong commitment to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. A terminal degree is required.

Available Samples

• Petrology Samples
• Ophiolite, Tertiary sedimentary, misc. metamorphic

Desired Specimens

• A small rural school needs a classroom rock and mineral collection
• #50States50Rocks
• Precambrian chert. Stromatolites
• Science Department Head/Earth Science Teacher
• Deformation Microstructures

Post in the Rock and Mineral Exchange

We have recently learned of the passing of several NAGT long-time members. We honor the work and dedication of Carole Ziegler, Janie Johnston, Jeff Callister, and Len Vacher. We share our condolences with their family, friends, and colleagues.