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Marcellus Shale Project Middle school students learn about Macellus Shale


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 * **Dan Surra, a senior advisor to the PA Wilds, talks to Team H eighth-grade students at DuBois Area Middle School on Friday, May 1 about Marcellus Shale gas well drilling in Pennsylvania. Surra was one of six speakers during a professional forum about Marcellus Shale gas well drilling that included PowerPoint presentations.** ||
 * After doing research on marcellus shale, the Team H, eigth grade students participated in live and archived webinars through [|Penn State Cooperative Extension]. During the Webinars groups of students did live blogging and formulated questions about Marcellus Shale gas well drilling to use during a professional forum at the school.

The forum included six speakers and PowerPoint presentations on the different aspects of Marcellus Shale gas well drilling. Some of the aspects discussed were the permitting process, the treatment of water from the drilling process, the advantages and disadvantages of drilling, the drilling process itself, the environmental protection associated with the drilling and studies of the amount and availability of Marcellus Shale.

Following each presentation, the students asked questions of the speakers. The speakers included Fred Berry from the Clearfield County Conservation District, Tim Keister from ProChemTech International, Casey Bowers from Open Flow Gas Supply Company, Dan Surra from the PA Wilds, Bruce Jankura of the Department of Environmental Protection and LaMichelle Arnold, a graduate students from Penn State University. ||