Teen Science Cafés

The Santa Fe Alliance for Science is excited to partner with the Santa Fe Indian School's Cafe Scientifique Teen Leaders for the second consecutive year to host a series of Science Cafes for Santa Fe high school students.  These evening interactive presentations, which are held once a month during the school year at the Santa Fe Indian School, are open to any high school student.  Each Café features a dynamic presenter, hands-on activities, free food and a raffle prize!
Upcoming Teen Café Topics and Presenters
 
October 1, 2018- Math Circles (James Taylor)
October 17, 2018- Natural Disasters: Fighting Wildfires with Sim Tables (Porfirio Chavarria & Stephen Guerin)


October 24, 2018– Extreme Events (presenter TBD)
November 14, 2018- Math Circles – Quantum Dots: reshaping how we use color and light (Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD, Inc.)
January 16, 2018– AI, Ubiquitous computing, and Fake News: The Promise and Ethics of Machine Learning (Gary Goddard, LANL)
February 13, 2019– Hantavirus, Rift Valley and Zika Fever (Carrie Manore, LANL)
March 13, 2019– Epigenetics (Elena Giorgi and Karissa Sanbonmatsu, LANL)
April 10, 2019– Adventures at the South Pole: The Ice Cube Project (Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, LANL)

Our Most Recent Science Café Talks

Electromagnetism: A Tale of Two Fields
Mar 30, 2017
Laurel Elaine Winter Stritzinger


Take a virtual field trip to some of the prominent geological features of New Mexico and discuss what may lie ahead. Learn how New Mexico’s geology--while not always readily apparent--is significant to our everyday world.

New Mexico's Dynamic Geology: What it means to you
Feb 23, 2017
W. Scott Baldridge


Take a virtual field trip to some of the prominent geological features of New Mexico and discuss what may lie ahead. Learn how New Mexico’s geology--while not always readily apparent--is significant to our everyday world.

Wacky, Weird, & Wild: Plant Stories You Don't Know
Dec 14, 2016
Mollie Parsons and
Cristina Salvador

You are surrounded by plants, but how much do you really know about them?  Cristina Salvador and Mollie Parsons from the Santa Fe Botanical Garden will be giving plants a voice, telling the stories of our silent neighbors.  Hear about the surprising and complex world of plants, from how we use plants everyday to where they find their nutrients, from terrifying survival techniques to the people who dedicate their lives to their discovery.  Leave this talk seeing green in a totally new light.