I was recently notified about a Florida high school that is really having a good time hosting science cafes. Here’s the note Florida Citizens for Science board\u00c2\u00a0member Kathy Savage sent me about it:<\/p>\n
Oviedo High School\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Science Honor Society, with the help of the Florida Academy of Sciences, has been running their our own monthly science cafes. So far they have had two caf\u00c3\u00a9\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, one with Betsy Von Holle (assistant biology professor at UCF) who spoke on invasive\u00c2\u00a0 species in Florida, and Libby Cowgill (assistant professor of anthropology) who spoke on the Neanderthal. Both events were well attended and, best of all, really truly received enthusiastically by the students who are looking forward to more. For our next caf\u00c3\u00a9 tomorrow, Feb. 13, we have managed to secure Dr. Jan Garavaglia (from\u00c2\u00a0 the television show Dr. G: Medical Examiner). I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really excited about how these caf\u00c3\u00a9\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s have taken off at our school and am grateful for all the help the Florida Academy of Sciences has given us to get them going.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
They don’t have a website right now, but when I get some time I’ll try to make a simple one for them. Unless, of course, one of you kind folks out there want to lend a hand with this …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was recently notified about a Florida high school that is really having a good time hosting science cafes. Here’s the note Florida Citizens for Science board\u00c2\u00a0member Kathy Savage sent me about it: Oviedo High School\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Science Honor Society, with … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-ey","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":698,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=698","url_meta":{"origin":902,"position":0},"title":"Gainesville event: Evidence for Evolution","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Caf\u00c3\u00a9 Scientifique Gainesville presents ... 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