Posts tagged: ERT Cafes

Avalanches!

Teens learned how strong snow on top of weak snow causes an avalanche to happen.

Fire Evacuation Mapping With GIS

Teens in San Diego learned how to use GIS software to look at historic fires that happened in their area and used the GIS software to develop escape routes from home to safety in the event that there is another fire near them.

Earthquake Detection

Sammamish Teen Science Café learned about earthquakes and how and why they happen. Also discussed was to do in the event of an earthquake.

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

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.

Emergency Response Technology

Emergency Response was the topic at a recent Rio Rancho Café Scientifique. Understanding and evaluating an emergency situation were addressed.

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

Drone Technology in Hurricane Emergency Response

                  Our March 23rd (2018) Teen Science Café in Oxford Hills Maine was invaded by several drones! In fact, Colonel Dan Leclair of the University of Maine at Augusta brought drones of all sizes and demonstrated how they were used following