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Spotlight on Lauren Traister
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? We started the VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Café in the Fall of 2017. The initial group of teen leaders spent the Fall designing all aspects of the café – location, time, logo, topics and
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!
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 see how Taking Flight Nights at Tracy Aviary got their start during the summer… Motivation to Inspiration Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City, Utah had a problem. Its reputation as a
Baking Up Culinary Chemistry
Written by Youth Programs Coordinator Megan McKay For our January edition of Taking Flight Nights, Salt Lake City’s Teen STEAM Café held a café about science in the culinary arts. Dr. Robyn Hyde of Westminster College came to teach teens about the chemistry involved in baking! All living matter consist of chemicals. So, when baking delicious treats
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.
Have You Heard About Whale Earwax?
Teens in Texas explored the fascinating world of whale earwax. While gross, the study provides information on the life of a whale much like lines in a tree.
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.
Heavy Metal Sharks
Teens at Making Waves learned about mercury levels in sharks and how high levels of the toxin can be obtained by these sharks through diet or at birth from their mothers. For an activity, teens were able to dissect a baby shark.