The DLR_School_Lab Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences offered practical insights into study and career guidance at the district's education conference.
In the fall, the Görlitz district's educational conference on vocational orientation took place in Zittau. Around 65 participants - school principals, teachers, practical advisors and careers advisors - came together to discuss current topics and offers relating to careers guidance in schools in the district.
After welcoming speeches from Ms. Kieschnick (Head of the Education and Sports Office) and Prof. Alexander Kratzsch (Rector of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences), the team led by Prof. Sophia Keil and Dr. Thomas Fester presented DLR_School_Lab Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz - a school laboratory that allows pupils to experience research and awakens enthusiasm for science and technology.
Following the lecture program, participants had the opportunity to explore the Junior Academy Zittau with the DLR_School_Lab Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz. After a short introduction, they went on a tour of the laboratory. There, the participants were able to discover six exciting experimental stations, such as the states of matter with liquid nitrogen and dry ice, respiration in humans and yeast, fluorescence microscopy, heat pumps, pipetting technology and thin-layer chromatography.
The great positive response to our experiments was a nice confirmation of our work in the new laboratory. I look forward to working with the schools in the region.
”Many guests were delighted to be able to get hands-on after the theoretical part of the conference. Numerous participants took the opportunity to try out various experiments and stayed in the lab much longer than planned. The first visits with school classes were already arranged during the event - a clear sign of the great interest and practical added value of the offer.
The DLR_School_Lab is an outstanding example of how science and schools can work together successfully. The opportunity to get hands-on directly on site at various experimental stations not only gave participants exciting insights into scientific and technical issues, but also noticeably awakened their enthusiasm for STEM subjects. Such hands-on offers are invaluable in motivating students to take an interest in research and technology and showing them prospects for their professional future.
”The DLR_School_Lab Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz is part of the strategic education initiative "Zukunftslernort Oberlausitz (ZukLOS)". The aim of the initiative is to create new learning and meeting places for people of all generations in the region. In the Zittau school laboratory, pupils can experiment and experience the fascination of aerospace, transport research and energy at first hand. In exciting experiments, they discover scientific and technical contexts in a vivid way - and learn how research affects everyday life and shapes the future.
The experiments include:
The experiments are supervised by trained student assistants. This makes learning practical, exciting and sustainable.
Further information on the offers, dates and booking options can be found on the website of the DLR_School_Lab Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz.
