PASSHE Geology Field Experience
The PASSHE Geology Field Experience program is an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills to the investigation of Pennsylvania’s unique and varied geology. Students will work independently and in groups during a 5-week immersive, field-based course, to collect, analyze, and interpret field data and to develop scientific reports and presentations. Fundamental skills in Geology, such as lithologic and stratigraphic descriptions, surficial and bedrock mapping, and geophysical and environmental analyses, will be developed. The course is offered throughout Pennsylvania at select locations with field-based modules taught by experts from across the state system.
Prerequisites: One prior Geology class, application to participate, and permission of instructors
Visit the PASSHE Geology Field Experience webpage for additional information
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Union City Spillway
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Geology of Pennsylvania
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Coastal Geology
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
![Students dressed in orange vests looking at a river and its surrounding banks](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3845.jpeg)
Waterfalls and Geology
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
![Students in yellow vests looking at a geyser.](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3680.jpeg)
Abandoned Mine Drainage
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Mining
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Abandoned Mine Drainage
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
![Students wearing neon vests climbing up the side of a cliff](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3589.jpeg)
Geology Measurements
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Mining
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
![Distant shot of students in neon vests, walking toward a waterfall](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/freedom%20falls.jpg)
Freedom Falls
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Erie Bluffs
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Erie Bluffs
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Stream Flow Measurements
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Touring
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
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Local Geology
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
![Six students wearing hardhats smiling in a mine](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/20220616_150632.jpg)
Mining
Students of the PASSHE Field Course
![A group of students, sitting on a large boulder in a valley and wearing yellow vests and hard hats](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/Union%20city%20spillway.jpg)
![Students walking in a forest between fallen trees and over large stones](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/Rocks1.jpg)
![Distant shot of a class of students dressed in yellow or orange vests and hard hats and standing on the beach, next to the surf](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3855.jpeg)
![Students dressed in orange vests looking at a river and its surrounding banks](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3845.jpeg)
![Students in yellow vests looking at a geyser.](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3680.jpeg)
![Class of students standing in front of a mountain, wearing neon hard hats and vests](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3666.jpeg)
![Distant shot of students looking at an abandoned mine drainage ditch, now filled with water, with a tree in the foreground](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3645.jpeg)
![Students wearing neon vests climbing up the side of a cliff](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3589.jpeg)
![Students wearing orange hard hats and yellow vests, standing in a group and smiling in front of a cliffside](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/IMG_3573.jpeg)
![Distant shot of students in neon vests, walking toward a waterfall](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/freedom%20falls.jpg)
![A group of students wearing neon orange vests, sitting on a fallen tree with the ocean in the background](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/Erie%20Bluffs%202.jpg)
![Group of students wearing neon vests and standing on a beach, with some students standing barefoot in the shallow water](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/Erie%20Bluffs%201.jpg)
![A group of students, dressed in waders and high boots, standing in a pool of water in the middle of a field @{panelDrawerId}](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/20220624_103331.jpg)
![A man wearing a hardhat, holding a small cinderblock above his head while a female student wearing a hardhat looks at him](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/20220620_115351.jpg)
![Distant shot of students in a forest, behind fallen tree trunks](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/20220618_115834.jpg)
![Six students wearing hardhats smiling in a mine](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/Geology%20Images/PASSHE/20220616_150632.jpg)