Support the 2027 Summer GEO-REx

On Day 3, GEO-REx students become researchers.

Working in small groups with BPSoG faculty and undergraduate and graduate student mentors, campers tackle geoscience questions by doing their own research.

They prepare samples.

They make measurements.

They analyze data.

And sometimes the results aren't what they expected, which means they get to experience another important part of science: figuring out why.

GEO-REx student analyzing changes in river meanders using LIDAR

Previous GEO-REx projects have ranged from reconstructing past environments from sediment cores to investigating soil contamination and using ground-penetrating radar to identify underground features. 

We are at 45% of our funding goal but there's still a ways to go. Your support gives students the opportunity to move from learning about science to actually doing it. Your donations will help ensure we can offer the full GEO-REx research experience for summer 2027.

The GEO-REx Team

Thanks again to all our donors! So far, we have raised $1520 to support GEO-REx, and the matching challenge from Sue and Mike Gaskins is still ongoing.

Day 2 gets students out and exploring.

GEO-REx workshops and field experiences expose campers to different areas of geoscience and the tools geoscientists use to understand the Earth.

Previous students have visited the Gary Stewart Core Research Facility, observed water-well drilling, examined core, modeled groundwater, visited outcrops, and explored the equipment used by working geoscientists. Activities change from year to year, giving students a broad look at the field. 

2026 GEO-REx students inspecting a core

For some students, this may be their first exposure to an entire area of science or career they didn't know existed.

Your donations help make the workshops and field experiences possible.

The GEO-REx Team

What does the first day of GEO-REx look like?

It starts with questions.

Students arrive with different experiences with science and geoscience. Our first goal is to help them begin thinking like scientists.

Campers learn how observations become questions, how questions become hypotheses, and how scientists collect evidence to evaluate their ideas. They also learn teamwork, communication, and data management.

In last year's activity, each student group acted as an environmental water testing team tasked with evaluating a water sample and addressing an associated scenario. The group worked together to create an experimental plan, analyze the sample, and create a short report on their findings.

It's the beginning of everything they'll do during the rest of the week.

Your support makes that first discovery possible.

A group of GEO-REx students evaluating water samples

The GEO-REx Team

We're live!

GEO-REx is a four-day summer experience designed to introduce high school students to geoscience through field experiences, hands-on workshops and authentic research.

Over the next several weeks, we'll take you inside GEO-REx one day at a time.

You'll see students discover how science works, explore different areas of geoscience, conduct their own research, work with mentors and professionals, and ultimately share what they've discovered.

More importantly, we'll show you where your donations go.

Gifts to GEO-REx help us provide student housing, meals, transportation, research materials, field supplies and other resources needed to offer this experience while keeping costs for participating students as low as possible. 

Thank you for making discovery possible.

Group photo of 2026 GEO-REx students in front of the Cowboys sign.