Freiburg Seminar for Mathematics and Natural Sciences
The Freiburg Seminar for Mathematics and Natural Sciences is an institution in Freiburg im Breisgau that supports particularly skilled and interested students from Freiburg, the district of Emmendingen and the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in scientific and mathematical subjects. The Freiburg seminar has existed since the school year 1994/95 and is currently under the direction of Markus Eppinger and Ingo Kilian. In the 2017/18 school year, around 250 participants attended the 18 study groups.
participation
In order to be able to participate in the Freiburg seminar, you have to be a student at a (vocational) high school in Freiburg, the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district or the Emmendingen district . The selection of the participants takes place via an insight into the half-year information of the students as well as a kind of job interview. Pupils who are already part of the Freiburg seminar can enroll for the next school year without registering. Participation in the Freiburg seminar is free, all that is required is regular attendance at the AG meetings, attendance of three of the total of six lectures on scientific topics and participation in an excursion . At the end of the school year, all participants who have met the requirements will receive a certificate. The proportion of female participants was 30.8% in the 2014/15 school year and 36.5% in 2015/16.
Working groups
In the 2018/19 school year, the Freiburg Seminar offers 20 working groups. The subject areas include mathematics , physics , chemistry , biology , computer science , technology and geography . The working groups are led by high school teachers , there are weekly 90-minute meetings, which are supplemented by excursions.
Working groups in the school year 2018/19
| Working group | subject area | Grade levels | place | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A look over the fence - mathematics beyond the curriculum | mathematics | 7-10 | Richard-Fehrenbach-Gewerbeschule Freiburg | |
| Cryptology - ciphers and codes | mathematics | 10-12 | Rotteck-Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Applied Physics | physics | 10-13 | Richard-Fehrenbach-Gewerbeschule Freiburg | |
| astrophysics | physics | 9-13 | Kepler High School Freiburg | |
| Physics meets technology | physics | 7-9 | Rotteck-Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Physics & technology | physics | 10-13 | Richard-Fehrenbach-Gewerbeschule Freiburg | |
| Particle physics | physics | 10-13 | Rotteck-Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Chemistry supermarket | chemistry | 7-10 | Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Biology - very practical | biology | 7-10 | Rotteck-Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| View into the cell - Illustrative of the biological 3D image | biology | Berthold-Gymnasium Freiburg | ||
| Genetic engineering - in forensics and medicine | biology | 9-10 | Bad Krozingen district high school | |
| Playing the computer - how? | Computer science | 7-11 | University of Freiburg (technical faculty) / Sick Bildungshaus Waldkirch | |
| Programming for advanced users - from hash tables to design patterns | Computer science | 10-13 | Richard-Fehrenbach-Gewerbeschule Freiburg | |
| Neural Networks - Machine Learning Part 2 | Computer science | 9-13 | University of Freiburg (Technical Faculty) | |
| Applied Robotics I | technology | Born in 2004 or later | Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium Gundelfingen | |
| Applied Robotics II | technology | Born in 2004 or later | St. Ursula Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Microcontroller and automation | technology | 9-13 | Marie-Curie-Gymnasium Kirchzarten | |
| Air quality in Freiburg - measurement and analysis | geography | 8-12 | Wentzinger Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Math junior club | Junior Club | 5-6 | Sankt Ursula Gymnasium Freiburg | |
| Science Junior Club | Junior Club | 5-6 | Bad Krozingen district high school |
Lectures
Six lectures are held annually, with experts from research and business as speakers . The topics that are discussed usually go beyond the subjects of the lesson. At the end, the students always have the opportunity to ask questions.
Lectures from the last few years
2015
- Whisper mail 2.0 from junior professor Peter Fischer
- Biocombust: biomass-energy-health by Reto Gieré
- Information processing on the membranes of nerve cells by Prof. Bernd Fakler
- Earthquake in Baden-Württemberg from Mr. Brüstle
- Mathematical ornaments by Wolfgang Soergel
- Ideas from biology for the technology of the future by Th. Speck
2016
- Stroke ; Recognize-treat-rehabilitation by Andreas Hetzel
- DNA chips: Molecules to change the world by Günther Roth
- Forests in the context of sustainability and their role in climate change by Till Pistorius
- Digital holography by Tobias Beckmann
- From Hirudin and Warfarin to Dabigatran by Andreas Clemens
2017
- Drug development in children and adolescents by Dr. Andreas Clemens
- Dark times by Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer
- Experimental lecture on the joint project "HolMos" given by the working group concerned with it
- The mathematics of paper folding by Prof. Schmitt-Hartmann
- Flying localization system for the rescue and recovery of buried subjects by Dipl.-Ing. Robert Tannhauser
- Protein transport and folding in the cell and the smallest power plants in the world by Dr. Jan Brix
2018
- Natural substances - role models for modern drug research by Prof. Dr. Andreas Bechthold and Fabienne Gutacker
- Big Bang, Stars and Explosions - where do our elements by Rolf Schlichenmaier come from
- Final lecture of the "HolMos" project
- Insights into the pharmaceutical industry - various professions in a pharmaceutical company from Dr. Andreas Clemens
- Research projects in synthetic biology by Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber
successes
Time and again, participants and working groups take part successfully in competitions, so in the 2014/15 school year seven participants won the state or federal competition for mathematics . In the 2016/17 school year, one participant took second place in the international competition "International Year of Global Understanding". In 2019, a participant in the Freiburg seminar won the technology competition "Invent a chip", which was advertised by the Federal Ministry of Research and others.
In addition, there are always collaborations between the Freiburg Seminar and companies. In the 2014/15 school year, for example, the microcontroller AG cooperated with the Testo AG . In the period from 2013 to 2017, the Digital Geography group cooperated with the ESRI company .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Yearbook Freiburg Seminar for Mathematics and Natural Sciences 2015.
- ^ A b Yearbook Freiburg Seminar for Mathematics and Natural Sciences 2016.
- ↑ Yearbook of the Freuburg Seminar for the school year 2016/2017.
- ^ Prices for math aces, Badische-Zeitung Freiburg, November 29, 2014.
- ↑ Math Prize for Girls, Badische-Zeitung Freiburg, February 11, 2015.
- ^ The best in math, Badische-Zeitung, June 18, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.wentz-gym.de/index.php?page=Arbeitsgemeinschaften/AG-Geographie.htm Accessed on February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Badische Zeitung: Victorious data lights - South West - Badische Zeitung. Retrieved January 12, 2020 .
- ↑ http://freiburg-seminar.blogspot.de/ Accessed on February 12, 2018.