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Spotlight on Amy Jernigan
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? Teen Science Café Whiteville is situated in southeastern NC, about an hour west of Wilmington. Since it’s a rural area, we see a mix of teens from a variety of neighboring towns and counties.
Spotlight on Central Texas
What are your backgrounds... how did you come to be involved with your Teen Café program? Emily: I have a BS in Biology and an MA in Museum Studies. I was hired at
Spotlight on Kate Sallah
Kate Sallah talks about the SFIS Teen Science Café that helps run.
Teen Co-Founder of Bay Area Teen Science Café — Spotlight on Manav Shah
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What’s special or unique about it? The Bay Area Teen Science Café program invites students in middle school and high school to come listen to scientific speakers, engage in interactive activities with them, and learn about a new
Reaching for the Stratosphere-Spotlight on Melissa Burt
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? The Front Range Teen Science Café is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Close proximity to Colorado State University has its advantages. The pool of scientists to choose from allows us to locate interesting speakers that
Spotlight on Marti Copeland
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? Our Teen Café is at the Dallas Zoo! At the Zoo, we do science every day, and we have a very engaged teenage audience. Starting a Teen Science Café was a great way to offer more to our
Spotlight on Allison Brody & Explora’s Teen STEM Café in Albuquerque, NM
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Science Café program? What's special or unique about it? Explora hosts a Portal to the Public (PoP) training program for STEM professionals each year. In this PoP training we work with scientists and engineers to develop their communication skills and prepare them for conversations
Spotlight on Anthonette Peña & Southeast San Diego STEAM Café
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? Our program is hosted at the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS), a local STEM non-profit in Southeast San Diego. What makes our Teen Café program special is that we have a 15,000 ft building with 8
Spotlights on Janice McDonnell & Christine Bean – 4-H Teen Café
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? What's special or unique about it? Our 4-H Teen Café launched this past 2016-17 school year, with the fall devoted to planning and then our inaugural series of 3 cafes in the spring. We have a core group of ~15 teens that
Spotlight on Kayci Barnett, Lead Smart Alec of Pueblo
To start with, can you tell us in a nutshell about your Teen Café program? The Smart Alec Teen Café in Pueblo, Colorado is only a year old, but I am excited to see where it goes. It gathers at the Giodone Library branch in a rural section of Pueblo. It was started with just 3 teen volunteers