MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — More than 40 science teachers from across three different states took a trip to Morgantown Thursday to learn how they can teach their students about the oil and gas industry.

The pilgrimage came as part of the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia's 7th annual Science Teacher Workshop and teachers hope to take knowledge about the industry back with them in order to implement the subject into their curriculum.

"A lot of times we end up with too many folks who are at the twilight of their careers so we arte constantly trying to get younger and younger people to take interest in the science, the STEM programs, get interested in the oil and gas industry at a young age so they can study it and hopefully end up employed and stay in this region," Jim Crews with Mar

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