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Core Design Principles Banner
CoreDesignPrinciplesBanner2018_bySaraFyke_piktochart_high-res This is a high-resolution PDF of our Core Design Principles Banner. It can be downloaded and printed as poster size.
Leadership Building Exercises for Youth
Leaders You Admire. Essentially this activity involves participants divided into groups and discussing leaders they know or know of and why they admire them. Groups come back together for a larger discussion and communication session at the end. An activity that helps define desirable leadership characteristics and improves team bonding. Round Tables. This activity requires four
Team Builders and Icebreakers! Ideas for Café Warm-Up Activities, and Leadership Team Building
Most teens are social by nature and a great icebreaker activity can work wonders in getting them to meet and interact with one another. Many Teen Science Cafés hold them prior to introducing the café speaker to add to the fun ambience of the event as well as to help everyone feel comfortable in asking questions aloud and conversing with the speaker.
A Shareable Overview – Teen Science Café Programs & the Teen Science Café Network
Sometimes it helps to have a quick 1-2 page glimpse of What It Is and How It Works in a shareable format. Here is a 2 page PDF you can share.
Checklist for an Adult Leader – Creating Vibrancy Within the Teen Teen Leader Group
Download and print: Checklist for an Adult Leader - Vibrancy of a Teen Science Café's Teen Leader Group
Survey of Café Topics for Teen Leaders
An example and downloadable template of a survey of potential topics for Teen Science Cafés that teen leaders can rate so as to give you an idea of where their interests lie.
Words to Describe a Teen Science Café
An exercise to do with teen leaders that helps them envision their roles and what they want their café to be like.
Video: “Zombie” Neurobiology Teen Science Café
There are many ways to make a Teen Science Café fun and memorable, and this was an especially great one! Neurosciences Fellow uses Zombies to explore the brain and its functions.
Food-raising and Fundraising From Local Businesses
Templates for asking for donations via email & phone, plus info on food donations from national chains for your Teen Science Café.
Improv Activities
Consider trying these as part of a training for teen leaders (to help them bond as a team), or as a fun icebreaker-type activity at a café before the presentation starts.