Texas A&M Geosciences Camp lets students explore STEM options in great outdoors

Many people imagine laboratories and white jackets when they hear the words scientific research, but students at this weeks Texas AandM Geosciences Camp got a more hands-on look. The high school students participating in the camp have collected samples from Galveston Bay, met with officials from BP and took core samples from trees. The purpose of the camp, nicknamed GeoX, is to let students - most of whom will be seniors in the fall - explore the majors included within Texas A&M’s College of Geosciences, including atmospheric sciences, geography, geology and geophysics, oceanography, environmental science, water management and hydrological science and geobusiness. Geography professor Julie Loisel said she explains geosciences as everything that has to do with the natural environment and the interaction with humans.