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Action Plan: Teen Science Cafe: Getting Serious About the Sun Date Attended: 11/3/2017 Written: 11/16/2017 =Teen Science Cafe: Getting Serious About the Sun= The teen science cafe is an event held at the Daily Planet Cafe in Downtown Raleigh. The event features a guest speaker to present on a topic. The topic I attended was Getting Serious About the Sun and featured guest speaker Dr. Patrick Treuthardt, the assistant head of the astronomy and astrophysics lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.

Dr. Treuthardt gave an excellent presentation on the sun. Some of his focuses included solar energy, sunspots and the Aurora lights. I was fascinated the most by his explanation of blackouts, which can become a serious problem with our increasing dependence on technology. At the end of his presentation, we made an edible model of the sun with cookies, frosting, twizzlers, and cinnamon drops, which I of course, devoured in seconds.

This lecture is related to our class because the suns presence influences our environment in several ways- the hydrologic cycle, photosynthesis etc. The sun is also a source of renewable energy that is increasingly being used.

