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Educational Geoscience Videos for Everyone
Dr. Rachel Phillips produces educational geoscience videos on YouTube, covering topics from college-level mineralogy to general field geology.
Whether you are student or just a geoscience enthusiast, there’s something for everyone!
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![Geo Girl wearing a yellow outdoor jacket, red glasses, and an orange hat holding a piece of gneiss in a lush green forest of Grand Teton National Park.]()
Geoscience Videos
Explore Geo Girl videos to learn about the geology of particular regions, geological change throughout Earth’s 4.5 billion year history, summaries of new and exciting publications in geoscience, interviews with geoscience experts, and more!
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Work For Earth! Podcast
Explore Careers in Geoscience!
In this series, Rachel interviews geoscientists working in all industries, fields, and facets of Earth Science to guide you in choosing your Geoscience career path. -
![Shawn Willsey and Geo Girl taking a selfie outdoors in a rocky volcanic landscape, with a distant cinder cone and clear blue sky in the background.]()
Shawn Willsey Collabs
Rachel regularly collaborates with Professor Shawn Willsey, from Shawn Willsey - Geology Explained, on field geology videos in places like Craters of the Moon in Idaho and the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico.
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![Chris and Jesse from Planet GEO smiling with backpacks posing outdoors in a forested area.]()
Planet GEO Collabs
Rachel regularly collaborates with Jesse and Chris, from the Planet GEO podcast, on deep dive videos and interviews on topics like Earth’s oldest rocks, the first continents, supervolcanoes, and more.
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![GSA Field Trip participants in front of a tall, rocky cliff with sparse vegetation. Some are standing, and some are sitting on the ground, facing the camera. Many are smiling, dressed in casual outdoor clothing, with some wearing hats and jackets.]()
Geological Society of America Collabs
The Geological Society of America (GSA) provides resources to geoscientists around the world.
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Upcoming Porjects
Rachel is currently working on PBS documentaries, audible series, Great Courses series, and more!
We’ll update you hear as these get released.
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![Geo Girl smiling and posing outdoors near a river with rocky cliffs and green trees in the background. She is wearing a yellow hat, orange shirt, and glasses, with a backpack on her shoulders.]()
Join me on a Guided Tour
Rachel is collaborating with the Great Courses Journeys to offer guided geological tours of certain regions starting in 2027. The first two locations are Norway and Antarctica. Browse these and other upcoming Journeys at the link below.
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Earth's Great Extinctions Audible Series
Listen to my audible series on the 6 largest mass extinctions in Earth history to learn more about what causes these catastrophes and why they matter to us today.
What People Are Saying
“If I had seen this video (and one other on 20+ careers) in 1958 (when I was a HS sophomore!), I would have been inspired to seriously consider becoming a geology student. I just send links to my science-oriented 15-year old grandson.”
— YouTube Commenter“I am happy to say I applied and will start my bachelors degree in geosciences this october :) I am super excited! And I just wanted to let you know you played a huge role in making this decision!”
— YouTube Commenter“Thank you very much for your videos. Your channel was one of the reasons why I started studying geosciences.”
— YouTube Commenter“My 10 year old and I watch your videos together. I get to spend time with my son while we learn. He loves it and looks forward to your new videos. Thanks for that.”
— YouTube Commenter“Thanks for inspiring me to learn more about geoscience. (PS: All thanks to you, I am a student representative for promotion of Earth Science education in my country.”
— YouTube Commenter“Just stumbled on your channel, the videos are inspiring! For sure, I’m having my 15 year-old home schooled son enhance his cirriculum with your content.”
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Meet rachel
Rachel Phillips recieved her PhD in geological sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2023. Her doctoral research utilized biogeochemistry to study paleoceanography (she did lab experiments that tested how life affects rock formation in order to better understand the marine rock record and reconstruct past ocean conditions).
From 2024 to 2025, she completed an NSF STEM Education Postdoctoral Fellowship and taught at the University of South Carolina. Her postdoc research aimed to increase geoscience enrollment and engagement by transforming existing misconceptions surrounding the field.
Now, Rachel works for the Geological Society of America (GSA) to create educational geoscience content for their YouTube channel and other social media platforms.
Are you a Geoscientist?
Come on the Podcast!
I’m always looking for new guests for the “Work For Earth!” podcast to highlight diverse geoscience careers.
So far, guests have included environmental consultants, petroleum geologists, mining and economic geologists, National Park Service rangers, US Forest Service geologists, hydrogeologists, earthquake geologists, geotechnical engineers, oceanographers, and others.
I would love to have on: planetary geologists, glaciologists, concrete/construction geologists or aggregate mining geologists, and professional geologists that have gotten their licensure in the UK, CA, or other countries and can share info about that.
If you work in geoscience in a different capacity, I’d still love to hear about it. Please reach out to me at rfphillips@miners.utep.edu!
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