9 Geo REx The Boone Pickens School of Geology (BPSoG) hosted the GEO-REx (Geoscience Educational Opportunity–Research Experience) camp again this last summer. Ten high school students participated in this hands-on academic experience, exploring geoscience through field trips, lab work, and mini-research projects. Students kicked off the week with teambuilding activities and a campus scavenger hunt highlighting geologic features. Day two featured a field trip with Dr. Brandon Spencer, where students explored geologic features along the Cimarron River. Workshops in environmental geoscience, geophysics, and geology provided foundational knowledge for student-led research projects. On Day 3 the campers undertook smallgroup research projects under the guidance of BPSoG faculty and graduate students where participants developed hypotheses, collected and analyzed samples, and presented their findings. Projects included measuring heavy metals in soils, near surface geophysics using ground penetrating radar, LIDAR mapping, surface water geochemistry, and picking foraminifera microfossils. The final day began with a career panel where students learned about careers in the geoscienes. The camp concluded with participants presenting the findings of their research projects to family and faculty. Student presentations, prepared the night before, gave excellent overviews of their work and demonstrated a strong understanding of their research. The BPSoG would like to thank the Alumni and the career professionals who made this camp possible with their funding and support! spring.2025
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