Educator Events

To continue connecting with STEM educators, our team actively attends state and national educator conferences to provide workshops and distribute program information at our booth. Below are events we currently attend to actively engage with STEM educators:

  • Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST)

    Nov. 13–15, 2025 | Dallas, TX

    The Hildebrand K–12 Outreach Team will host a booth to engage with Texas science educators about professional development opportunities and classroom resources. The team will also present three engaging workshops — Energize the Future; Put It Back: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Engineering Design Challenge; and Pack It In: Rock Models That Rock the Classroom. Each session will feature standards-aligned classroom resources designed to help educators seamlessly integrate energy industry content and engineering design skills into their existing curricula. CAST is sponsored by the Science Teacher Association of Texas (STAT).

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  • Region 20 Science Leadership Network Meeting

    Oct. 29, 2025 | San Antonio, TX

    ESC-20 provides professional development and technical assistance for implementation of the Science TEKS by analyzing data to enhance instructional practices to meet the needs of students, and provides targeted support to reach campus and district goals. Sabrina Ewald will present to these secondary science leaders about the Choose Energy K–12 Outreach program and the variety of teacher resources and professional development opportunities offered.

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  • SEG | AAPG IMAGE 2025 Panel: K–12 and Community Outreach Resources

    Aug. 26, 2025 | Houston, TX

    Learn to access outreach resources to engage with K–12 students, teachers and your community from expert Earth Science educators with connections in academia, industry, nonprofit and government circles. Panelists represent UT Austin’s Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment and Bureau of Economic Geology; the Switch Energy Alliance; and the American Geosciences Institute.

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  • Region 18 Round-Up: Learning Under the West Texas Sun

    July 23, 2025 | Midland, TX

    Get ready to lasso a wealth of insights and strategies that will enhance your teaching prowess and make this rodeo an unforgettable learning experience! Plan to attend these two workshops led by Dr. Hilary Olson and Dr. Jon Olson: Hydraulic Fracturing: Key to the Oil and Gas Shale Boom and the Success of Geothermal Energy and Put It Back: Decarbonizing Industry with Carbon Capture and Storage.

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