Kepler seminar

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The Kepler seminar for natural sciences supports high school students from Stuttgart and the surrounding area who are interested in mathematics and science and technology . Funding takes place through an extracurricular program in the form of lectures with discussions, visits to institutes and holiday courses. The seminar is not intended to "prepare" the participants in scientific disciplines or to anticipate parts of a course, but rather to provide insights into areas of work and branches of science, which should stimulate further reflection and reading and facilitate orientation for the further way after school. The Kepler seminar is supported by the Heidehof Foundation GmbH (formerly Foundation for Education and the Promotion of the Disabled).

Emergence

In 1983 Robert Bosch d. J. joined the Foundation for Education and Disability Funding GmbH (today: Heidehof Foundation GmbH) founded by him and his sister, with the Kepler Seminar for Natural Sciences. The decisive factor was his impression at the time that science and technology had lost their reputation among young people. He wanted to counteract this, since a society whose prosperity is based on scientific and technical progress could not afford this.

His second motivation was the philanthropic aspect of promoting enthusiastic and talented young people. His initiative was exemplary for a number of comparable institutions that emerged in the following years under different sponsorship.

advancement

There are numerous offers in the Kepler seminar from research-based learning for the lower grades (grades 5–7) through the Junior Science Club (secondary level I) to the upper grades - working groups in chemistry, computer science, life science and physics. In the working groups, the participants pursue individual interests and have the opportunity to experiment. Excursions are also carried out. Compact seminars in mathematics and theoretical physics take place in the autumn and carnival holidays. In cooperation with the city of Stuttgart, we also offer Lego Mindstorms holiday courses for children.

Together with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Baden-Württemberg , the Kepler Seminar also prepares the participants from Baden-Württemberg for the selection for the International Physics Olympiad and International Chemistry Olympiad .

In the history of the Kepler Seminar there have been six national winners at Jugend Forscht (2014, most recently in 2017) and numerous regional and state victories, at the international level the International Young Physicists' Tournament ( IYPT ), International Conference of Young Scientists ( ICYS) and Science on Stage . In addition, the Kepler seminar takes part in the "Quanta International Competition for Science, Mathematics, Mental Ability and Electronics" of the CMS in Lucknow (India) every year, together with the Student Research Center in South Württemberg and the Phaenovum in Lörrach , and has already won several overall victories

Heinrich Düker Prize

The Heinrich Düker Prize was awarded for the first time in the 2002/03 school year . Young scientists present their research topic as part of a lecture in front of the students, who then have to evaluate them using questionnaires. The best-rated presentation of a school year is then awarded the Heinrich Düker Prize, which is endowed with € 1,500.

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supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. MonEzine - the intelligent RSS reader 2014 - Mathematics - Computer Science - Baden-Württemberg. (No longer available online.) In: www.jugend-forscht.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed in 2014 .
  2. Results of Quanta 2012. In: www.cmseducation.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014 ; accessed in 2012 .
  3. ^ Results of Quanta 2011. In: www.cmseducation.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014 ; accessed in 2011 .