STEM Experts & Teens Exploring our World
Teen Science Café programs are a free, fun way for teens to engage in lively conversations with STEM experts that explore the advances in science and technology that affect their lives.
Mission
Teen Science Cafés are a dynamic, rapidly growing community of practice, which connects teens with science and STEM experts via the science café model.
Cafés are a forum for teens to always be curious and never stop asking, why? Our goal is to empower teens in their quest for leading and learning, as the program is for teens and by teens.
What is a Teen Science Café?
What is the Teen Science Café Network?
What We Do
Teen Science Café programs bring teens and scientists together to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) affecting their lives and our world. Programs are led by teens for teens with sponsorship of an adult leader. The central theme is a guided experience led by teens, exploring topics selected by the teens, and bringing scientists and technologists to a setting where teens could explore new ideas.
The Café events are unique, based on the communities and cultures in which they are held. Cafés are hosted at community colleges, science centers, zoos and aquaria, libraries, museums, and other public venues.
[The teen science café program] definitely influenced my decision to pursue research opportunities in college, first working as a lab assistant and then conducting my own research for my thesis.
Blogs
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Jim Sauer
Spotlight on Café Teen Leadership Team President Alicja Mazurkiewicz
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Donna Stallings
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Bree Oatman
Inside, the Café: Virtual Café Series
Inside the Café encourages similar science cafés across the nation to not hesitate to step into the virtual world.
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Becca Holloway
My favorite part of our program is the Teen Leadership Team there would not be a Delaware Teen Science Café without them.
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Jim Sauer
Spotlight on Café Teen Leadership Team President Alicja Mazurkiewicz
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Donna Stallings
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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Bree Oatman
Inside, the Café: Virtual Café Series
Inside the Café encourages similar science cafés across the nation to not hesitate to step into the virtual world.
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Becca Holloway
My favorite part of our program is the Teen Leadership Team there would not be a Delaware Teen Science Café without them.
