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How Energy Storage Works & Why It Matters

Cool Café write up by Samantha Blackmore, Teen Leader At our most recent VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Café on February 2nd, we had 71 teens welcome members from UVM’s Alternative Energy Racing Organization. AERO is a club dedicated to the study, implementation, and building of hybrid race cars. The AERO team showcases their work in multi-level competitions

Avalanche!

Teens in Boulder learned about avalanche safety, and about reading the warning signs and avoiding dangerous areas, also how to respond during an avalanche.

Summer Cafés – Yes, You Can!

Note: this post has been updated, due to the Covid 19 pandemic.  Many cafes have been cancelled, but you may be able to host programs in the summer.   It might seem funny to post about summer in the winter, but this is a great time to start considering making the leap to summer cafés! Read on to

Natural Disasters: Forest Fires and Fighting Them With Sim Tables

Teens in Santa Fe learned about forest fires and how fire fighters are working to prevent them, as well as how they are approached once they have begun.

Mescalero Apache NM State Winner of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

The Mescalero Teen Café was a winner of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest. Way to go Teens! Selected from thousands of entries nationwide, Mescalero Apache School in Mescalero has been named the New Mexico state winner in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest for its proposed plan to address Native Elderly Food insecurity.

Spotlight— Denise Thompson

  To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? Explora is a place for hands-on science. People come to tinker, experiment with variables, make discoveries, and enjoy learning that is active and open-ended.     What's your background...

Location Matters: The Power of GIS and Maps in Decision-Making

Written by Henry Wu, Teen Leader   On November 10, the VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Café welcomed Dr. Jen Santoro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, to speak about geographic information systems (GIS) and maps. Santoro is currently working in the Silviculture & Applied Forest Ecology Lab

What’s Buzzing in Entomology?

By Lena Ashooh, Teen Leader   On Saturday October 20th, youth from across Vermont gathered at the University of Vermont (UVM) for a presentation from Dr. Yolanda Chen and her graduate students to learn about their study of...bugs! Teen Science Cafés are a wonderful opportunity to step out of the conventional classroom space, and explore the STEM field

A Wrinkle in Space Time

Teens in Los Alamos learned about gravitational waves created when two neutron stars collide. Several activities were done throughout the café to demonstrate black holes, gravitational waves and kilonovas.

Michelle Hall receives ASTC award

Surprised by Colleagues who nominated for Leading Edge CEO Award

Overcoming Obstacles of a Rural Teen Science Café

For teen leaders the Café has been a life-changing experience.

Spotlight on Chiara Paleari

  To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? Los Alamos is a very unique place: a tiny little town in the New Mexico mountains with a National Laboratory that employs more than ten thousand people. Many of the teenagers who attend our
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