Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Awards

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) Awards are administered by the Geological Society of America (GSA). This is a yearly award that recognizes excellence in earth-science teaching at the precollege level.

The Geological Society of America awards the section recipients $500 travel money to attend a GSA meeting. The winners can also apply for up to $500 for classroom supplies. The Award also includes an award certificate, a complimentary membership in GSA for three years for section recipients and a one year complimentary membership for state recipients, plus information on GSA educational programs and events.

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2007 Award Recipients
Section Winners	State Winners
Central Section Paul Varsho Menomonie Middle School Menomonie, WI Eastern Section Debra Faulkner Halifax County High School South Boston, VA FarWest Section Diane Kelsey Schurr High School Montebello, CA New England Section David Eatough Revere High School Revere, MA Pacific Northwest Section Clay Good Juneau-Douglas High School Juneau, AK Southeast Section Patricia Royle Camden Junior High School Camden, TN Southwest Section Carol Tichio Arcadia High School Scottsdale, AZ No awardees for the Mid-continent North Central Texas Sections	Alabama Natalie Lane Mountain Gap Middle School Huntsville, AL Alaska Clay Good See Pacific NW Section award winner British Columbia Chris Loewen W. J. Mouat Secondary Abbotsford, BC Deleware Michael Smith Wilmington Friends School Wilmington, DE Florida Tonya Camaratta Buchholz High School Gainesville, FL Georgia William Witherspoon Fernbank Science Center Atlanta, Georgia Idaho Mike Emory Woodland Middle School Coeur d’Alene, ID Iowa Amanda Rae Schiller Van Buren Middle School Keosauqua, IA Louisiana Michelle Brand-Buchanan Alexandria Middle Magnet School Alexandria, LA Maryland Linda Murphy Sykesville Middle School Sykesville, MD Missippi Patti Brooks D’Iberville Middle School D’Iberville, MS New York David Robison Wilson High School Wilson, NY North Carolina Sam Fuerst Northern High School Durham, NC Ohio Chantelle M. Rose Graham High School Paris, OH Pennsylvania Tiffany Hays The Baldwin School Bryn Mawr, PA Puerto Rico Julio DeJesus Radians School Cayey, Puerto Rico South Carolina Ina Eaton Sangaree Middle School Ladson, SC Tennessee Patricia Royle See Southeastern Section award winner Virginia Debra Faulkner See Eastern Section award winner Washington Sheila Guard Canyon Park Junior High Bothell, WA West Virginia Stefan Smolski Oak Glenn High School New Cumberland, WV Wisconsin Paul Varsho See Central Section award winner Michigan-Honorable Mention Certificate Sue Merrill Hartland High School Howell, MI Minnesota-Honorable Mention Certificate Cheryl Sill Coon Rapids Middle School Coon Rapids, MN

2007 Award Recipients

Section Winners

State Winners


No awardees for the: Mid-continent
North Central
Texas Sections