In 2006, Shell Oil Company and the LSU Department of Geology & Geophysics realized the need to educate Louisiana high school students about geology, and as a result created the LSU SURGE (Shell Undergrate Recruitment and Geoscience Education) program.

The week of June 9, 2008, Dr. Jeff Nunn and Jeff Agnew led the second annual 3-day LSU SURGE workshop to educate high school biology teachers on how to incorporate geology lessons into their classrooms. The workshop consisted of classroom lessons on geologic time, fossils, evolution, and geochemical cycles, as well as, a field trip to a fossil site near Jackson, Mississippi. The teachers were given a collection of shark teeth, rock samples, and tree rings to be used in a variety of lesson plans. The teachers were very enthusiastic about sharing their new knowledge of geology with their students when they return from the summer break!

To learn more about the LSU SURGE program, click here.