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?

Teen Science Café out-of-school programs are a free, fun way for teens to explore the big advances in science and technology affecting their lives. Teens and STEM experts engage in lively conversations and activities to explore a topic deeply.

What is the Teen Science Café Network?

We are a community of practice providing the highest quality resources and support to organizations who implement a teen science café. Our members are committed to help one another and continually improve the teen science café experiences and their impacts.

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.

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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Jim Sauer

Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Jim Sauer

In a nutshell, describe your Teen Café program. What’s special or unique about it? Our TSC program is with The Kids’ Science Cafe in…
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Spotlight on Café Teen Leadership Team President Alicja Mazurkiewicz

Spotlight on Café Teen Leadership Team President Alicja Mazurkiewicz

  In a nutshell, describe your Teen Café program. What’s special or unique about it? Bethesda Green’s Teen Science Café program began in 2021…
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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Donna Stallings

Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Donna Stallings

In a nutshell, describe your Teen Café program. What’s special or unique about it? The Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson City Teen Science…
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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Bree Oatman

Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Bree Oatman

To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What’s special or unique about it? STEM Savvy is…
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Inside, the Café: Virtual Café Series

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.

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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Becca Holloway

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.

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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Jim Sauer

Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Jim Sauer

In a nutshell, describe your Teen Café program. What’s special or unique about it? Our TSC program is with The Kids’ Science Cafe in…
Read More
Spotlight on Café Teen Leadership Team President Alicja Mazurkiewicz

Spotlight on Café Teen Leadership Team President Alicja Mazurkiewicz

  In a nutshell, describe your Teen Café program. What’s special or unique about it? Bethesda Green’s Teen Science Café program began in 2021…
Read More
Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Donna Stallings

Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Donna Stallings

In a nutshell, describe your Teen Café program. What’s special or unique about it? The Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson City Teen Science…
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Researching SC Herpetology

Researching SC Herpetology

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STEM Experts & Teens Exploring our World Teen Science Café programs are...
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What Medical Career Path is Right for Me?

What Medical Career Path..

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Teen Science Café out-of-school programs are a free, fun way for teens to explore the big advances in science and technology affecting their lives.

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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Bree Oatman

Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Bree Oatman

To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café...
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Inside, the Café: Virtual Café Series

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.

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Spotlight on Café Adult Leader Becca Holloway

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.

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