Cool Cafés
Mythbusters Science: Fact or Fiction
Lizzie Oakley spoke about how science can be presented in ways may be deceiving.
Shark Dissection
The South Carolina Aquarium Teen Science Café held a café all about SHARKS!
Mind Control
STEM Savvy teens learned how their brains operate and how easily their brains can be tricked. With the use of an EEG they were able to track brain activity.
All in the Genes
The VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Café was thrilled to invite Dr. Debra Leonard, the chair of the University of Vermont Pathology Department, to speak about genes on March 30. We were extremely grateful that Dr. Leonard was able to take some time out of her busy schedule to teach us about how genomics and genetics are
Building for Natural Disasters
The first ever Delaware Teen Science Café was titled “Building for Natural Disasters,” featuring guest speaker Richard Kimball and was organized by the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Richard Kimball is a fourth year architectural engineer student at Drexel University working to get his BS/MS degree. As a child, Mr. Kimball thought he wanted to become
Spilling the Tea on Climate Change
Penn Museum Teen Ambassadors: Spilling the Tea on Climate Change By Enya Xiang The Penn Museum Teen Ambassadors held their first 2019 Teen Science Cafe, Spilling Tea on Climate Change, this Tuesday, January 29th. Pairing fauna with flora, the team hosted Dr. Kate Moore, specialist in zooarchaeology, and Dr. Chantel White, specialist in archaeobotany. Lots of snacks
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.
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