Teen Science Cafe | FIRST Carrborobotics
2024-05-17 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, May 17th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe! For this month we will be joined by FIRST Robotics team Carrborobotics who has just returned from the national competition. They will be showcasing this year’s robot, discussing the challenges they faced, and how to get involved.

Their team is completely student led and managed. We are nearly equal in our male-female ratio. Carrborobotics is a space open to all, regardless of appearance or orientation. We aim to provide a space within STEM where underrepresented groups are able to learn and grow their skills.

Carrborobotics pushes to bring out the best in our members and are constantly learning about ourselves through the construction of our robots and the friendships the team forms. Most of our team members have been in the local school system since elementary and take pride in visiting their past schools and getting younger students involved in STEM at early ages.

The western doors up the big stairs will open at 5:30 for pizza and conversation. The cafe will start at 6:00 and wrap up around 7:00.

Established in 2019, Carrborobotics is a FIRST® Robotics Competition team. We are based in Carrboro, North Carolina, and represent the students of Carrboro High School. Currently, our team is student-led by two captains, with the guidance of our lead mentor, Dr. Morais.

Learn More About the Team

Schedule

5:30 pm – Arrive and check in. We will gather inside the west, main entrance of Morehead.

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Pizza social. Pizza social will take place in our classrooms, located on the 2nd floor.

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Discussion & activities. Presentations will take place at the Science LIVE! Stage.

*Please Note: Depending on scheduled activities, the program may end between 7:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.

Magic Tree House Space Mission
2024-05-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-25 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-06-01 10:30 - 11:30

Star Families: Anyone Out There?
2024-05-18 12:00 - 13:00

Earth, Moon and Sun
2024-05-18 13:30 - 14:30, 2024-05-25 13:30 - 14:30, 2024-06-01 13:30 - 14:30

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
2024-05-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-25 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-01 15:00 - 16:00

Carolina Skies
2024-05-18 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-05-24 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-05-25 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-05-31 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-06-01 16:30 - 17:30

The Sun: Our Living Star
2024-05-19 13:30 - 14:30, 2024-05-26 13:30 - 14:30, 2024-06-02 13:30 - 14:30

Mars: The Ultimate Voyage
2024-05-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-26 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-02 15:00 - 16:00

One Sky, Many Eyes
2024-05-19 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-05-26 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-06-02 16:30 - 17:30

Forward! To the Moon
2024-05-24 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-31 15:00 - 16:00

Astronaut
2024-05-25 12:00 - 13:00

Cosmic Colors
2024-06-01 12:00 - 13:00

Carolina Science Cafe | Environmental Justice
2024-06-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Haw River Tap & Table, 300 E Main St C, Carrboro, NC, 27510, United States
How Environmental Justice Improves Environmental Science

Join us for our next installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For the June Cafe, we will welcome Dr. Ryan Emanuel, a tenured faculty member at Duke University’s Nicolas School for the Environment.

Designed for adults, this program explores science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the headlines. The Carolina Science Café is hosted at Haw River Tab & Table in Carrboro on Tuesday, June 4th, starting at 6:00 p.m. with light appetizers available for all attendees.

Environmental justice is the idea that everyone deserves to be protected from environmental harm (e.g., pollution, natural disasters), allowed access to environmental benefits (e.g., green space), and included equitably in environmental decision-making processes. While many who are familiar with these ideas typically think about science and technology as tools to promote justice, we do not often consider how environmental justice can improve the work of environmental scientists and professionals.

This science café will tackle this issue head on as Ryan Emanuel shares his perspective as a water scientist whose work has been deeply influenced (and improved) by the principles of environmental justice. Using examples from his new book on Indigenous environmental justice in North Carolina, On the Swamp, and from his other work, Emanuel highlights the importance of understanding and acknowledging the two-way relationship between environmental justice and environmental science.

About the Speaker

Ryan Emanuel is a hydrologist and community-engaged scholar from North Carolina. He is currently an associate professor of hydrology at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and formerly worked as a professor in the College of Natural Resources at NC State University. At Duke, Emanuel’s research group studies the impacts of climate change and unsustainable development on water and watery places. His group also partners with Native American Tribes in North Carolina to understand environmental change from their perspectives as First Peoples. Emanuel is the author of On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice. He belongs to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Learn more about his work: Ryan E. Emanuel, Ph.D. (ryanemanuel.com)

Carolina Science Cafe is produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and sponsored by the UNC Chapter of Sigma Xi.

You do not need to register…just show up!
