Cool Cafés
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.
Squid Science
Making Waves held a café on squid and their behaviors. The immune system was talked about and for an activity, teens got to dissect squid.
Emergency Response Technology
Emergency Response was the topic at a recent Rio Rancho Café Scientifique. Understanding and evaluating an emergency situation were addressed.
The Science of Stress
Vermont teens learned about the science of stress. In particular, the stress that comes from public speaking was explored. For an activity, teens were asked to monitor each others stress levels as they counted backward by 7s from 6,124.
Microplastics in Lake Champlain
Microplastics are causing big problems
Lightning and the Global Electric Circuit
This blog was written by Making Waves Teen Leader Claudia Garcia On February 26th, the Making Waves Teen STEM Café of the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi hosted its Café on the topic of lightning and the global electric circuit. During this Café, our guest speaker was Thomas Lavigne. Mr. Lavigne is a Ph.D student at Texas A&M
Mash Up of Cool Cafés in Baton Rouge
The T.E.A.M. Science Café was incorporated into the national award winning EnvironMentors program out of LSU. After joining Teen Science Café Network, Program Coordinator, Brian Matherne, decided to do a trial of demonstrations and presentations using the TSCN guidelines during their spring meetings. The result was four great discussions involving
Environmental Science
SEM Link hosted a Teen Science Café on Friday, July 27th at the Summer Institute for the Chief Scientific Officer Program. The Chief Scientific Officer program is a program of the Atlanta Science Festival, in which middle and high school serve as leaders in their schools. Hence the name, Chief Scientific Officer. The purpose of the program is
Hurricane Harvey at the Texas State Aquarium
This blog was written by Making Waves Teen Leader, Sierra Spears Would you be prepared for a hurricane? Well, the Texas State Aquarium was prepared for Hurricane Harvey. On January 29th, the Texas State Aquarium held a Making Waves Teen STEM Café with presenter Jeff Vlach, the Aquarium’s IT Manager. Jeff planned ahead and mapped out all of