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

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Geology of Pennsylvania

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Coastal Geology

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Waterfalls and Geology

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Abandoned Mine Drainage

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Mining

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Abandoned Mine Drainage

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Geology Measurements

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Mining

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Freedom Falls

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Erie Bluffs

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Erie Bluffs

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Stream Flow Measurements

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Touring

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Local Geology

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Mining

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A group of students, sitting on a large boulder in a valley and wearing yellow vests and hard hats
Students walking in a forest between fallen trees and over large stones
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
Students dressed in orange vests looking at a river and its surrounding banks
Students in yellow vests looking at a geyser.
Class of students standing in front of a mountain, wearing neon hard hats and vests
Distant shot of students looking at an abandoned mine drainage ditch, now filled with water, with a tree in the foreground
Students wearing neon vests climbing up the side of a cliff
Students wearing orange hard hats and yellow vests, standing in a group and smiling in front of a cliffside
Distant shot of students in neon vests, walking toward a waterfall
A group of students wearing neon orange vests, sitting on a fallen tree with the ocean in the background
Group of students wearing neon vests and standing on a beach, with some students standing barefoot in the shallow water
A group of students, dressed in waders and high boots, standing in a pool of water in the middle of a field @{panelDrawerId}
A man wearing a hardhat, holding a small cinderblock above his head while a female student wearing a hardhat looks at him
Distant shot of students in a forest, behind fallen tree trunks
Six students wearing hardhats smiling in a mine