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  • What’s a Teen Science Café?

    Teen Science Cafés are a free, fun way for teens to explore the big advances in science and technology affecting their lives. Teens and local scientists, engineers, and inventors engage in lively conversations and activities to explore a topic deeply.

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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.

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.

Making the Most of Showing Up – Team Builders and Ice Breakers

Try these whole group activities (sometimes called "icebreakers") to help teen leaders 'gel' en route to becoming a team.  Some of them could also be used to help attendees at a Teen Science Café feel more comfortable with others in the room.

Hands-on STEM Activity Sources

Check out this list of sites with great STEM Activities for Teen Science Cafés
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