The American Association for the Advancement of Science is wrapping up Monday in Chicago.
Among the presenters were researchers from Washington University and the vice president of the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
They discussed subjects ranging from , to the role of , to how
Carolyn Noe of the was also on a AAAS panel.
She spoke about
Noe says 鈥� which are more common 鈥� allow people to interact directly with a scientist and find out about their research in an informal setting.
鈥淣ow, a Teen Science Caf茅 takes that idea and really puts the teens in charge,鈥� Noe said. 鈥淭hey get to plan the venue and the food, and they get to pick the topic and the scientist, and it鈥檚 just a really dynamic and hands-on experience.鈥�
Noe says the Teen Science Caf茅s she鈥檚 helped organize in St. Louis have covered a wide variety of topics. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e varied from emergency room medicine and technology, to zombies.鈥� She says that one was really fun 鈥� if somewhat chaotic. 鈥淭he kids got to learn about infectious diseases and their spread, through the use of , which is this sort of powder-and-liquid substance that only shows up under black light.鈥�
The is about super lasers. It鈥檚 coming up this Thursday at the Center for Emerging Technologies.
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