Student Research Center North Hesse

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In the PhysikClub Kassel , founded in 2002 , now a student research center in North Hesse at the University of Kassel at the Albert-Schweitzer-Schule, an institution of the children's and youth academy of the Volkshochschule in Kassel , young people from grade five through to high school graduate research into problems of science . The main focus of the students is on the fields of physics , astrophysics, geophysics, chemistry, biology and technology. At the beginning of 2016, 300 students from 20 schools in North Hesse are working on almost 50 projects (69 of them in grades five to seven and 104 from grades eight to thirteen). 25 supervisors, mainly students, but also trainee teachers, teachers and physicists, support the teams in their work. The initiator and leader of the physics club is Klaus-Peter Haupt, teacher at the Albert Schweitzer School in Kassel and seminar leader for the training of physics teachers in North Hesse.

Student Research Center North Hesse (SFN)

On December 5, 2007, the pilot project “Student Research Center” was started. According to the model of the club, students from North Hesse carry out independent research projects in many natural sciences, mathematics and technology as well as computer science. Originally, the new building should be started by the University of Kassel on the grounds of the Albert Schweitzer School in summer 2009. The foundation stone was only laid in May 2011. The building, which has already received an award for innovative architecture, opened in June 2012.

The building owner of the approx. 3.2 million euro building is the University of Kassel , which finances the building in particular from funds from the university investment program Heureka of the state of Hesse. The building is open to all North Hessian students for their own research activities across the entire MINT spectrum. They are to be supported by two additional teaching positions and accompanying university research. The new building is a free-standing building with an area of ​​approx. 1400 m², including a large multifunctional room (this can be divided into two smaller rooms by sliding wall), a technical room with 3D printers and vacuum chamber, workshop with soldering station, lathe and two milling machines, full equipped chemistry laboratory, biology work room, electron microscope, darkroom, sound laboratory and the observatory with a retractable roof and three telescopes. There is also a kitchen and a relaxation room on the upper floor, where there is also a roof terrace. The building has an elevator and is completely barrier-free. The infrastructure of the Albert Schweitzer School (cafeteria, other classrooms) is also included.

The students work either in groups or individually. They usually support each other and receive professional advice from teachers, trainee teachers, students and scientists. The research projects last at least one year and are usually presented to the public in an annual presentation (e.g. MINT congress, youth research). Aspects of teacher training are discussed in the student research center and conveyed in a practice-oriented manner. The work in the student research center is new didactic and methodological territory in many ways. Accompanying research projects investigate and a. a possibility to change the regular school lessons. The already close cooperation between the natural science institutes of the university and the physics club will be further strengthened in the student research center.

The physics club is open to all students in grades five to 13 (if the G8 system is being phased out: up to grade 12); no selection is made based on performance or project success.

Awards

Awards from the Physics Club and the Albert Schweitzer School:

  • 2005: School award from the Hessian Ministry of Culture to the Albert Schweitzer School in Kassel.
  • 2007: First prize at the MINT Award given by Procter & Gamble for the physics club of the Albert Schweitzer School in Kassel.
  • 2007: Second prize in the NAT Working Prize of the Robert Bosch Foundation to the Physics Club Kassel.
  • Special prize for special support for technical projects at a school, state competition Hessen 2007
  • Special prizes (school prize Hessen-Nord of the sponsor pool Hessen) at "Jugend forscht" for high number of participating works 2005 (3 participating works), 2006 (6 works), 2007 (7 works) and 2008 (9 works)

Awards from Klaus-Peter Haupt, founder and head of the physics club:

Awards from students from the club:

  • 2006: Soemmerring Prize for Astronomical Work - Promotion Prize of the Physikalischer Verein to Constantin Bär and Moritz Mihm, students from the Physics Club.
  • Numerous successes at Jugend forscht : Christoph Muster, Jens Pfeifer and Jonas Schmöle in 2006, Lucas Rott and Karen Wintersperger in 2009 and Till Hülsmann, Joshua Kühner and Jonatan Molinski in 2011 achieved national victories in the field of physics. In addition, there have been 10 state victories so far (physics (6), technology (3) and geo- and spatial sciences (1)), numerous second places in physics, technology, geo- and spatial sciences and chemistry at the state competition, as well as many special prizes on regional -, state and federal level.
  • Jugend forscht 2014: National victory of the Hexapod in the field of technology and invitation to the 26th European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) of the European Commission and the European Prize of the German Research Foundation

Workshops

Workshop navigation on the Regina Maris

Every year, the Physics Club and the Astronomical Working Group in Kassel organize a workshop in which young people and adults independently familiarize themselves with a current field of natural sciences. The topics were: Astronomy in a mountain hut (2002), Evolutionary systems (2004), What is time? (2005), The World of Quanta (2006), Navigation (2007), Geo- and Astrophysics (2008) and Cosmic Sounds (2010). The last workshop took place in October 2016 in the south of France.

Support association

Since September 2008, the “Friends of the North Hesse School Research Center of the University of Kassel” has been a registered association. The task set out in the statutes of the association is the financial and personal support of the physics club / student research center. The work in the physics club continues to be supported by sponsors. The goals of the SFN's friends' association are to create a free and high-quality working environment for the students. Through donations or a membership in the development association, students, parents, alumni, companies and others who care about the well-being of the student research center can make a contribution. Since the association is recognized as a non-profit organization, donation receipts for donations can be issued to the tax office. Membership in the friends' association also supports the work of the SFN.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ uni-kassel.de: Foundation stone laid for the North Hesse School Research Center ( memento of the original from May 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-kassel.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release, May 20, 2011, accessed January 5, 2012
  2. ↑ hna.de: Student Research Center receives Hessian Prize for Innovative Architecture , January 4, 2012, accessed on January 5, 2012
  3. ↑ Beate Eder: A house for young talents , HNA.de, March 18, 2011 (accessed on March 21, 2011).
  4. ↑ State winner Jugend forscht chosen . Press release from the Hessian Ministry of Culture of March 22, 2005.
  5. ↑ P&G presents MINT Award 2007 to tomorrow's researchers . P&G press release dated November 15, 2007.
  6. ↑ NaT Working Price 2007 ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / natworking.bosch-stiftung.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated October 29, 2007.
  7. ↑ Pictures of the award ceremony 2007. Awarded: Klaus-Peter Haupt
  8. ↑ Klaus-Peter Haupt at the Körberforum ( memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated March 6, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.koerber-stiftung.de
  9. ↑ The Physics Prize Winners 2008 - Awards of the German Physical Society . DPG press release No. 28/2007 of November 15, 2007.
  10. ↑ Ceremonial event: Awarding of sponsorship prizes by the Physikalischer Verein to young amateur researchers ( memento of the original from August 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated June 28, 2006. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.physikalischer-verein.de
  11. ↑ Jugend forscht , Jugend forscht , Jugend forscht
  12. ↑ http://www.jugend-forscht.de/projektdatenbank/hexapod-aufbau-und-programmierung-eines-sechsbeinigen-aufklaerungsroboters.html
  13. ^ Klaus-Peter Haupt: SFN Kassel - picture report from the astronomy workshop. In: sfn-kassel.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .