DLR_School_Lab

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DLR School Lab Dresden
DLR School Lab Dresden
Biotechnology in the DLR School Lab
DLR School Lab Dresden
DLR School Lab Dresden

The DLR_School_Labs are school laboratories of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) that offer children and young people the opportunity to discover the world of research and technology . Students can get to know not only the operation and the daily work of scientists, but also even at the various DLR locations experiments carry out the thematic research projects of DLR in the fields of aviation and aerospace , energy and transport correspond.

In the DLR_School_Labs, the school classes are provided with the most modern research facilities and high-tech equipment that schools generally do not have. By experimenting with current research , the children and young people gain knowledge and insights that go far beyond the possibilities of school lessons. A visit to a DLR_School_Lab should therefore offer teachers a varied addition to their lessons; The aim is to teach the students how the theoretical knowledge acquired in school can be transferred and applied in practice.

The experiments, which are individually tailored by the DLR_School_Labs to the age group and level of knowledge of the school classes, cover the entire research area of ​​DLR - from development work on the aircraft of the future to testing rocket engines and innovative technologies such as solar thermal power plants or fuel cells .

DLR is heavily involved in promoting young talent in order to arouse a fundamental enthusiasm for science and technology in young schoolchildren as well as to deepen their interest in the upper grades and possibly motivate them to choose an appropriate apprenticeship or degree . Therefore, in addition to the cognitive transfer of knowledge, the aim is also to convey the fascination of research . The concept aims to have a broad impact as well as to promote particularly talented young people.

history

The first DLR_School_Lab was opened in the DLR Göttingen in 2000. Today there are DLR_School_Labs at the DLR locations in Berlin , Braunschweig , Bremen , Göttingen, Cologne , Lampoldshausen / Stuttgart , Neustrelitz and Oberpfaffenhofen as well as at the partner universities RWTH Aachen , TU Darmstadt , TU Dortmund and TU Hamburg-Harburg . They look after around 40,000 students a year. There is also a DLR_Project_Lab in Neustrelitz, which offers courses for schools in the area, among other things.

On November 21, 2017, the DLR_School_Lab TU Darmstadt was opened in Darmstadt in cooperation with the Technical University of Darmstadt .

DLR_School_Labs

Berlin

At the DLR_School_Lab Berlin , the focus of the experiments offered is on the subjects of planetary research , optical information systems and transport research. The following experiments are currently offered:

Braunschweig

The DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig was opened in November 2009. The experiments deal in particular with the topics of flying and aerodynamics as well as traffic . The following experiments are currently offered:

Bremen

Since 2012, schoolchildren have been able to experiment in the DLR_School_Lab Bremen on the subjects of "Extreme and dangers in space ", " Satellite technology and remote sensing " and " Mars mission ". The following experiments are currently offered:

Extreme and dangers in space:

Satellite technology and remote sensing:

Mars mission:

Goettingen

Research at the DLR site in Göttingen is particularly concerned with the subject of "flying", which is therefore also the focus of the DLR_School_Lab Göttingen there. When experimenting school classes are among other high-speed cameras , as well as wind and water channels provided. The following experiments are currently offered:

Cologne

In the centrifuge hall of the DLR in Cologne earlier were astronauts prepared for their use - today is here the DLR_School_Lab Cologne, are available in the currently following experiments:

Lampoldshausen / Stuttgart

In the DLR_School_Lab Lampoldshausen / Stuttgart experiments on the research areas of space travel and rocket technology are offered: Here, the pupils can not only learn interesting facts about Ariane launch vehicles , the engines of which are being tested at DLR Lampoldshausen, but also build their own water rocket . The following experiments are currently offered:

Neustrelitz

The DLR_Project_Lab, which offers experiments for younger pupils in grades 4–8, and since September 2011 the DLR_School_Lab Neustrelitz are located at the DLR site in Neustrelitz. The following experiments are currently offered:

1-7 Class:

  • Visit to the ISS
  • Missile transporter into space
  • Astronomical observation
  • Satellite TET1
  • Mars in 3D
  • Understand weather images
  • Make the invisible visible
  • Robotic arm
  • Basics of flying

8-13 Class:

Oberpfaffenhofen

In the DLR_School_Lab Oberpfaffenhofen , the children and young people research, among other things, the environment and atmosphere and learn what is hidden behind the technical terms high-frequency technology and mechatronics . When experimenting, the school classes are provided with technologies that are usually used by DLR scientists: sensors , robots , the satellite data archive, a professional workstation for meteorologists and much more. The following experiments are currently offered:

RWTH Aachen

The DLR_School_Lab RWTH Aachen opened in 2013 in cooperation between DLR and RWTH Aachen . In the DLR_School_Lab RWTH Aachen, experiments from the fields of aerospace, energy and transport research are offered, with a focus on robotics and artificial intelligence. The following experiments are currently offered:

  • Autonomous flight systems - how technology blows up
  • A Walk on Mars - experience distant worlds on site
  • Renewable energies - where will tomorrow's energy come from?
  • Traffic - real phenomena in virtual worlds
  • Industrial robots - powerhouses that go to hand
  • Humanoid robots - people as role models

TU Darmstadt

The DLR_School_Lab TU Darmstadt was opened in 2017 and, in cooperation with the Technical University of Darmstadt, is dedicated to the topics of aerospace, information technology, robotics and high-tech materials. The following experiments are currently offered:

  • robotics
  • aviation
  • weightlessness
  • vacuum
  • control center
  • The virtual earth
  • High-tech materials

TU Dortmund University

The DLR_School_Lab TU Dortmund was created in 2008 in cooperation between the DLR and the Technical University of Dortmund . The offer combines the research focuses of the DLR with those of the TU Dortmund, so that a diverse experiment program is made available to the students. The following experiments are currently offered:

Energy and vehicles of the future:

Robotics and virtual worlds:

  • Service robotics
  • Haptic interaction
  • 3D stereoscopic display

Structure of matter:

Space:

TU Dresden

The DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden has existed on the premises of the Technical Collections Dresden since November 2013 . It emerged from a cooperation between DLR, the Technical Collections and the Technical University of Dresden . The main topics of the DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden are energy and mobility. This results in the three experimental blocks of materials science and technology, traffic control and alternative methods of energy supply. In each of these three blocks there are different attempts to choose from:

Material and material science:

  • Basic module
  • Journey inside an airplane
  • Ultra- light and yet stable: How fiber composites help build lighter cars
  • A good connection: In search of the super glue !
  • Water-repellent surfaces - copied from nature

Traffic control:

  • Traffic management systems: prevent the traffic collapse

Energy:

  • It's hot here: Power plant processes with the highest levels of efficiency
  • Store energy, but how? Fast-paced ride with supercaps
  • Organic photovoltaics: experience flexible solar energy for the future today
  • OLED - the organic light of the future
  • White biotechnology: hydrogen from the biotank
  • Energy generation in space - harvesting electricity with thermoelectric generators

TU Hamburg

Hamburg is the world's third largest location for the civil aviation industry , which is why the DLR_School_Lab on the campus of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg deals in particular with the subject of flying. The students get to know the principles of flying and can make currents visible , among other things . The following experiments are currently offered:

Aviation:

  • The flight simulator
  • The soap film channel
  • The acoustics measuring stand
  • Understand flying: the concentricity
  • The wind tunnel
  • The flutter trainer

Shipping:

  • The vibration laboratory
  • The strength laboratory
  • The large pool of water
  • The ship command simulator

literature

  • DLR School Lab Cologne. In: Tim Plasa: The perception of student laboratories and student research centers. Logos Verlag, Berlin 2013, pp. 75–76.

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See also

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