Awarding Excellence In The Classroom




The Teacher of the Year Award annually gives $6,000 ($3,000 for school use under the teacher's supervision for educational purposes and $3,000 for personal use by the teacher) to a K-12 teacher within the United States who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of geoscience education.

Your application should include material taught during the academic year ending the previous Spring or Summer semester.


REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES

How To Apply

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Awards are announced approximately two months after application deadline.

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Digging Deeper with Michael Pyrcz, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Digging Deeper with Kristin Bergmann, Asstant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Part 2: How Conversational Self Discovery and Personal Reperception Empowers Long-Term Success on Your Terms. Career Talk with Frank Wantland, career coach and former AAPG EXPLORER columnist.

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Part 1: How Conversational Self Discovery and Personal Reperception Empowers Long-Term Success on Your Terms. Career Talk with Frank Wantland, career coach and former AAPG EXPLORER columnist.

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Data Mining/Machine Learning and the Evolution of the Petroleum Geoscientist with Deborah Sacrey, Auburn Energy.

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Introduction to Machine Learning/Deep Learning with Susan Nash, AAPG's Director of Innovation and Emerging Science/Technology.

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Digging Deeper with Lisa Stright, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University/Co-PI, Chile Slope Systems Consortium, and 2018-2019 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Digging Deeper with Irene Arango, Senior Geochemist, Chevron Energy Technology Company and 2018-2019 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Digging Deeper with Michael Hudec, Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas and 2018-2019 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Carbon Capture, Use and Storage: A conversation with Cindy Yeilding, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for BP America. Hosted by Sarah Barnes and Julian Chenin.

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Opportunities for geoscientists: A conversation with Rick Fritz, AAPG President. Hosted by Sarah Barnes and Julian Chenin.

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Sustainable Development with Kristin McLin, manager, Petroleum Geochemistry and Basin Modeling at ConocoPhillips, Houston. Hosted by Sarah Barnes and Julian Chenin.

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Digging Deeper with Scott Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, and chairman of the Switch Energy Alliance.

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Digging Deeper with Stephen Hubbard, Associate Professor, University of Calgary, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Digging Deeper with Lee Esch, Senior Geoscience Advisor, Subsurface Geology, ExxonMobil, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

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Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Michael Pyrcz, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Kristin Bergmann, Asstant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Part 2: How Conversational Self Discovery and Personal Reperception Empowers Long-Term Success on Your Terms. Career Talk with Frank Wantland, career coach and former AAPG EXPLORER columnist.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Part 1: How Conversational Self Discovery and Personal Reperception Empowers Long-Term Success on Your Terms. Career Talk with Frank Wantland, career coach and former AAPG EXPLORER columnist.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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Audio Podcast

Carbon Capture, Use and Storage: A conversation with Cindy Yeilding, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for BP America. Hosted by Sarah Barnes and Julian Chenin.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Opportunities for geoscientists: A conversation with Rick Fritz, AAPG President. Hosted by Sarah Barnes and Julian Chenin.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Sustainable Development with Kristin McLin, manager, Petroleum Geochemistry and Basin Modeling at ConocoPhillips, Houston. Hosted by Sarah Barnes and Julian Chenin.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Scott Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, and chairman of the Switch Energy Alliance.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Stephen Hubbard, Associate Professor, University of Calgary, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Lee Esch, Senior Geoscience Advisor, Subsurface Geology, ExxonMobil, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Michael Pyrcz, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Digging Deeper with Kristin Bergmann, Asstant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 2019-2020 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecturer.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Part 2: How Conversational Self Discovery and Personal Reperception Empowers Long-Term Success on Your Terms. Career Talk with Frank Wantland, career coach and former AAPG EXPLORER columnist.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Audio Podcast

Part 1: How Conversational Self Discovery and Personal Reperception Empowers Long-Term Success on Your Terms. Career Talk with Frank Wantland, career coach and former AAPG EXPLORER columnist.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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Hear From Our Winners

IMAGE 2021 | Denver, Colorado and Online

Summary

Sabrina receives AAPG Foundation's Teacher of the Year Award at the IMAGE event on September 27, 2021.

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