Los Alamos: Cafe Scientifique February Meetings for High Schoolers

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Dear Cafe Scientifique supporters,

I would appreciate it if you shared this information with your teens or
others who work with teens in Los Alamos. We had an awesome program in
January with 90 teens in attendance and are hoping for a repeat. Note that
we are making a special effort to recruit 8th graders to this meeting.

February 20 7PM Bradbury Science Museum

The Cafe Scientifique Youth Leadership Team from Los Alamos High
School is hosting its February Cafe with Dr. Joyce Guzik who will speak on
"What if the Sun stopped shining". This new free program is being offered
Wednesday, February 20 at the Bradbury Science Museum beginning at 7:00
p.m. Cafe Scientifique is a program geared for high school students on
topics that are of interest to them. Dr. Guzik will speak for 20 minutes
and students will then be encouraged to engage in civil discourse and
discuss what would life be like if the Earth cooled by 2-3o C as it did in
the Little Ice Age.


February 28 7PM UNM-LA Bldg 2 Lecture Hall

The Cafe Scientifique Youth Leadership Team will host a discussion
and debate about proposals to geoengineer the climate to slow or reverse
the present trend in warming. International committees have been
discussing ideas such as seeding the atmosphere with material that can
reflect the sun s energy back into space, rather than trap it as
greenhouse gasses do. Some short readings on the discussion and debate
topic will be provided on the website after February 20.

The Youth Leadership Team would like to emphasize that the Cafes are
designed so that they are of interest to all high school students.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Food and drink is provided, and students
are eligible to win door prizes. For further information, please log onto
www.cafenm.org or contact Michelle Hall at 663-5365, hall@scieds.com.

I have also attached a flyer if you have an opportunity to post it.

Thanks,

Michelle