The Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH) Outreach Team delivered hands-on geoscience STEM activities at Houston's Energy Day, engaging more than 500 students and adults.

For GSH Museum Youth STEM day, GSH hosted a group of elementary students for a hands-on exploration of geology, geophysics, and the technology that maps our world.

October 10, the Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH) Outreach Team, led by volunteers René Mott, David Tett, and Mustafa Al-Waily, spearheaded a hands-on STEM initiative connecting everyday technology to subsurface exploration as part of Energy Science Week at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

GSH exhibits at the 2026 Shenandoah Valley Gems, Minerals and Jewelry Show. Lisa Bucker shows rock samples, geophones, and explains seismic data.

The item is a galvanometer pencil, Figure 1, a marvel of analog engineering that once served as the literal heartbeat of seismic exploration, translating the silent vibrations of the Earth into visual symphonies of data.

How does a twitching frog leg in an 18th-century Italian laboratory connect to the discovery of massive oil reserves beneath the Earth's surface? The answer lies in the heart of a remarkable historical artifact: the 1929 photographic oscillograph recording camera system used by the Sun Oil Company to pioneer early subsurface seismic exploration. Its core technology is rooted in a bizarre breakthrough in the history of science.