148: Unlocking the next generation of geophysicists

Warren Neff and Luke Gallery discuss exposing high school students to geophysics and how to incorporate the field into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs. Warren Neff is a STEM teacher at Bartlesville High School in Bartlesville, OK. Luke Gallery is a senior at Bartlesville High School. Luke and Warren published a paper titled, "Past geophysics science fair projects inspire new ideas in a high school STEM setting" in the March 2022 The Leading Edge. Warren discusses how to incorporate geophysics into STEM programs, how to recruit mentors for students, and why shooting rockets in hallways is the best way to teach quadratics. Luke shares how he went from never hearing of geophysics to publishing papers and considering it for his major. Additionally, Warren highlights why keeping it real is the best way to teach students any subject. Visit https://seg.org/podcast to read the full show notes and find the full archive for Seismic Soundoff. RELATED LINKS * Luke Gallery, Betty Henderson, and Warren Neff, (2022), "Past geophysics science fair projects inspire new ideas in a high school STEM setting," The Leading Edge 41: 192–196. (https://doi.org/10.1190/tle40010060.1) * Daniela Ferguson, Betty Henderson, and Warren Neff, (2021), "A high school student's introduction to geophysics through acquisition, processing, and interpretation of GPR data from marked and unmarked gravesites," The Leading Edge 40: 60–62. (https://doi.org/10.1190/tle40010060.1) * William Doenges, Sydney Potts, Christopher Rathman, Cody Winters, and Warren Neff, (2019), "Geophysics in the high school STEM setting," The Leading Edge 38: 873–877. (https://doi.org/10.1190/tle38110873.1) * Read the March 2022 special section: Unconventionals (https://library.seg.org/toc/leedff/41/3) CREDITS SEG produces Seismic Soundoff to benefit its members, the scientific community, and inform the public on the value of geophysics. To show your support for the show, please leave a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. It takes less than five seconds to leave a 5-star rating and is the number one action you can take to show your appreciation for this free resource. You can follow the podcast to hear the latest episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Original music created by Zach Bridges. This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary at 51 features, LLC. Thank you to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Cobb, Kathy Gamble, and Ally McGinnis.