The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Geoscience Education

Abstract

The AAPG is vitally concerned about geoscience education for people of all ages. The keynote theme for our 1990–91 term is “Education, Exploration and Employment.” Nine of AAPG's twenty-three standing committees are directly involved in educational activities and many of the others have peripheral responsibilities in education. The Committee on Youth Activities serves as a liaison between the Association and the Boy Scouts of America and other similar organizations. One project of the Committee is to establish a database of the names and addresses of science-fair winners in the earth-science category and geology merit-badge recipients and to make this list available to university and college geology departments as a recruiting tool. The Committee on Conventions helps plan and coordinate AAPG's annual meeting and other conferences and symposia. This year, for the first time, AAPG offered a program for high-school teachers and students at the San Francisco meeting. The program was designed to introduce stud...